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Roger Blench: Development materials

The materials posted here are papers, reports and Powerpoint presentations prepared in the course of development work but not necessarily published and sometimes not perfectly edited. The table below creates links to subpages that cover different regions of topics.

Country	Topic
Africa	Animal traction
Ethiopia	Community projects
Ghana	Agriculture
Jordan	Pastoralism
Mongolia	Pastoralism
Nigeria	Diverse
Sudan	General
Zambia	Community projects
Zimbabwe	Agriculture

General

Topic	Date	Paper	Download
Rural radio	2003	R. Chapman, Blench, R.M. Kranjac-Berisavljevic’, G. and A.B.T. Zakariah Rural radio in agricultural extension; the example of vernacular radio programmes on soil and water conservation in N. Ghana. AGReN Paper. London: ODI.
Climate	2003	Forecasts and farmers: exploring the limitations. In: Coping with climate variability: the use of seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa. eds. K. O'Brien & C. Vogel. 59-71. Ashford: Ashgate.	Not available
	1998	[with Zoë Marriage] Climatic uncertainty and natural resource policy: what should the role of government be? Natural Resource Briefing Paper 31. London: Overseas Development Institute	http://www.odi.org.uk/nrp/31.html
	1999	Seasonal climatic forecasting: who can use it and how should it be disseminated? Natural Resource Briefing Paper 47. London: Overseas Development Institute.	http://www.odi.org.uk/nrp/47.html
Hunter-gatherers	1999	Hunter-gatherers, conservation and development: from prejudice to policy reform. Natural Resource Briefing Paper 43. London: Overseas Development Institute.	http://www.odi.org.uk/nrp/43.html
Globalisation	2001	Globalisation and policies towards cultural diversity. Natural Resource Briefing Paper 70. London: Overseas Development Institute. .	http://www.odi.org.uk/nrp/70.pdf
Conservation	1999	[with C. Boyd and others] Reconciling interests among wildlife, livestock and people in Eastern Africa: a sustainable livelihoods approach. Natural Resource Briefing Paper 45. London: Overseas Development Institute	http://www.odi.org.uk/nrp/45.html

Livestock

Topic	Date	Paper	Image
Animal traction	2015	A history of animal traction in Africa: origins and modern trends. Pre-circulation for a conference to be held in Kyoto University of African and Asian Studies, February 6-7^th, 2015.
	1999	Animal traction in Africa: analysing its environmental impact. In: Meeting the challenges of animal traction. P. Starkey & P. Kaumbutho eds. 52-59. Zimbabwe: ATNESA/ London IT Publications.
	1997	Animal traction in West Africa: categories, distribution and constraints on its adoption and further spread: a Nigerian case study. ODI Working Paper 106. London: Overseas Development Institute.
Pastoralism	1987	Livestock in the Gezira Scheme -1986. ODI, Pastoral Network Paper, 23c.
	1999	Why are there so many pastoral peoples in East Africa? In: Pastoralists under pressure? eds. V. Azarya, Anneke Breedveld, Miriam de Brujn and Han van Dijk. 29-49. Brill: Leiden.
Breeds	1999	Traditional livestock breeds: distribution dynamics in relation to the ecology of West Africa. ODI Working Paper 122. London: Overseas Development Institute.