Over the last few years, an increasing number of agricultural R&D actors have sought to
discover and get to know farmers' practices that they consider as innovative, unconventional …

This book offers a unique perspective on rural development, by discussing the most
influential perspectives and rendering their risks and benefits visible. The authors do not …

This article investigates the importance of pedagogical training technologies in organizing,
the ways of training and enriching qualified personnel as whole. In addition, training quality …

In this pioneering volume, leading scholars from a diversity of backgrounds in the
humanities, social sciences, and different area studies argue for a more differentiated and …

New approaches to complex societal challenges require a diverse mix of resources and
skillsets from different disciplines to create solutions that are of a transdisciplinary innovation …

The paper aims to provide a postdictive answer to why Central Asia is continuously investing
or aspiring to invest in irrigation infrastructure and further contributing to the overexploitation …

With independence in 1991, Uzbekistan, as most of Central Asia, entered into a phase of
socio-economic transformation. In agriculture, this state-driven restructuring of the former …

We analyze the hidden mobilities, in physio-spatial, epistemic and social terms that are part
and parcel of livelihood strategies in places dominated by informal institutions and …

This paper defines concepts of capacity and capacity development for Integrated Water
Resources Management (IWRM), and particularly the recent contributions made by a …

Bringing together stakeholders with different backgrounds and interests to create new
understandings and relationships is essential to advance the sustainable management of …