A maintenance management system is not a set of technical procedures for improving maintenance performance, but a means of ensuring that the correct activities are scheduled and performed at the right time and in an efficient and cost-effective manner. This manual presents guidelines for developing...Read more

This paper describes a significant subset of the African irrigation experience, from traditional flood recession systems to large projects like Gezira (Sudan) and Bura (Kenya). The authors analyze the key technical, socio-economic and institutional factions that have helped fashion success or...Read more

This training resource book was developed for people working with farmers in farming systems research and extension. It deals specifically with a farmer-participatory method for constructing pictorial models. The model, in this case, concerns bio resource flows between aquaculture and agriculture...Read more

After a contentious start brought about primarily by the reduced level of funding available vis-?-vis the expectations of the participating institutions, the implementation of the Cooperative Agreement has gained momentum during the quarter (December 1991 to February 1992) being reported. Read more