Navigating amidst complexity: guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environment

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cg.creator.identifierBruce M Campbell: 0000-0002-0123-4859
cg.creator.identifierEva Wollenberg: 0000-0002-4335-2562
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/2115en
cg.isbn979-24-4664-8en
cg.subject.ciforPOLICY AND EXTRASECTORAL ISSUESen
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Bruce M.en
dc.contributor.authorHagmann, J.en
dc.contributor.authorStroud, Annen
dc.contributor.authorThomas, R.en
dc.contributor.authorWollenberg, Eva Karolineen
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:09:33Zen
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:09:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/19529
dc.titleNavigating amidst complexity: guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environmenten
dcterms.abstractThis booklet is directed towards those who are implementing natural resource management (NRM) projects, undertaking research on NRM, or setting policies for NRM. It is focused on the best ways to improve the effectiveness of research and development (R&D) in NRM, so that livelihood and environmental outcomes are enhanced. What is described here can be thought of as a “new way of doing business” for R&D in natural resource management, but builds on approaches in the agricultural, conservation and governance fields. Section 1 explains why we need to increase the effectiveness of R&D. The section indicates how a more integrated approach has evolved and illustrates how it can be applied (Section 1.4). For the sceptics of holism and integration, we clarify that achieving holism is often impossible and can be counter-productive (Section 1.5). Section 2 briefly describes the foundations of the approach. Section 3 of the publication covers the operational cornerstones for effective R&D interventions. Section 4 discusses the management of research for development processes. Section 5 concludes. The foundations and cornerstones presented in this booklet were established during a series of four workshops involving over 200 scientists from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and its partners. Specialists were drawn from the full spectrum of land use systems and NRM perspectives: conservation, forestry, fisheries, irrigated agriculture, dryland agriculture, and livestock production – covering the humid to arid tropics.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCampbell, B.M., Hagmann, J., Stroud, A., Thomas, R., Wollenberg, E. 2006. Navigating amidst complexity: guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environment . Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 82p. ISBN: 979-24-4664-8..en
dcterms.issued2006
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherCenter for International Forestry Researchen
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.subjectdevelopment plansen
dcterms.subjectefficiencyen
dcterms.subjectguidelinesen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.typeBook

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