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Guidelines for national FIVIMS: Background and principles

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Inter-Agency woking Group on Food Seurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (Italy)

Struggle for land in Southern Somalia; The war behind the war

This book examines for the first time, the further key ingredients of land and resources control issues which must be addressed in any future efforts to restore order and establish peace in the region

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Besteman, C. (Editor), Cassanelli, L. V (Editor)

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Ecological assessment of the coastal plain on North Western Somalia (Somaliland)

The objective of this study was to make an ecological assesment of the North Western Coastal plains of Somaliland. This would provide some preliminary information on vegetation use and trends, wildlife and livestock numbers and the use of the area by herders and their livestock.

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Sommerlatte, M., IUCN, Umar, A, IUCN

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The World Conservation Union

Manual of practices integrees management and of conservation of the grounds

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International Institute of Tropical Farming, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (Italy)

GIS for Health Organizations

Health care management is a rapidly developing field, where even slight shifts in policy affect the health care we receive. In this book, youandrsquoll see how physicians, public health officials, insurance providers, hospitals, epidemiologists, researchers, and HMO executives use GIS to focus resources to meet the needs of those in their care. GIS for Health Organizations gives detailed and compelling answers to the difficult questions health care providers ask every day: Where is the disease coming from? How will it spread? Where is the nearest hospital? What is the fastest route for the ambulance? Where should we allocate our funding? GIS for Health Organizations presents 12 case studies in which GIS is used to: br Track the spread of infectious and environmentally caused diseasesbr Site new hospitals and clinics based on demand and demographic factorsbr Monitor toxic spills to protect the health of nearby residentsbr Map the demand for future nursing home facilitiesbr Market pharmaceuticalsbr

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Lang L.

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Coping mechanisms and their efficancy in disaster prone pastoral systems of greater horn of Africa: Effects of the 1995-97 drought and 1997-98 El-Nino Rains and the response of pastoralists and livestock

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Ndikumana J., Kamindi, R., Marambii, R., International Livestock Research Institute, Stunth, J., Hamlett, P., Global Livestock-Collaborative Research Support Program Livestock Early Warning System (GL-CRSPLEWS), Ossiya, S, National Agriculture Research Organisation (NARO) , Uganda

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Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa, Global Livestock-Collaborative Research Support Program Livestock Early Warning System, Texas, USA, International Livestock Research Institute

LOcClim 1.0: Local climate estimator

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (Italy)

Irrigation Information Systems for Somalia

The aim of the work is to set up a comprehensive countrywide Information System for Irrigation. The system combines the existing and available information on Somalia, focusing its attention on the two river plains that are the most significant agricultural areas. In spite of the lack of some detailed data, the present Information Irrigation System can be consider a first effort to build up a useful tool to control, plan, manage and monitor the land. In this prospect, the main tasks of the work were:ul licollect all the existing/available information of Somalia/li licritically evaluate the usefulness of this information in the context of the future System/li; licreate a dynamic system that can be updated./li

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