Success factors in integrated natural resource management R&D: Lessons from practice

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Hagmann, Jürgen ^d   Chuma, Edward ^a   Murwira, Kuda ^e   Connolly, Mike ^b   Ficarelli, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c Broadening Agricultural Service Delivery Program

^d NONE   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Change management; Facilitation; Impact assessment; Institutionalization; Learning processes; Local organizational development; Natural resource management; Participatory approaches; Systemic intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249160643     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00298-050229     Document Type: Article

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