This paper results from a study that was commissioned to contribute to the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)2. The overall purpose was to propose an agenda for supporting sustainable development of seed systems in two Sub-Saharan countries, Kenya and Mali, based...

Many watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people. Participatory watershed management—in which users help to define problems, set priorities, select technologies and...

This paper results from a study that was commissioned to contribute to the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)2. The overall purpose was to propose an agenda for supporting sustainable development of seed systems in two Sub-Saharan countries, Kenya and Mali, based...

Agrarberatung ist auf eine gute sozio-ökonomische Datenbasis angewiesen, um Erfolg zu haben. Als ein wichtiges, zugleich schnelles und zuverlässiges Instrument hat sich hier in letzter Zeit die partizipative Situationsanalyse (Participatory Rural Appraisal) erwiesen. Sie erleichtert es einer...

This paper examines the relationship between corporate activities to address climate change and stock performance. By separately analyzing the US and European stock markets for different sub-periods, we highlight the impact of the underlying climate policy regime. Methodologically, we compare...

This paper provides an overview of early changes in the sectoral innovation system for power generation technologies which have been triggered by the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Based on a broad definition of the sector, our research analyses the impact of the EU ETS on the four...