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*   11,049,638  Farmers  
*   31,741,826  Hectares
*   113 % Average Increase in crop yield  

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what is Brightspot?

Individuals and communities have found ways to reverse natural resource degradation. The Bright Spots project is uncovering the keys to their successes and finding ways to spread them.

The goal is to enhance food security for millions in the poor south.

  
Reports and Publications

"Bright Spots” Globally
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Executive Summary
Andrew Noble
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Learning from “Bright Spots” to enhance food security and to combat degradation of water and land resources.
Frits Penning de Vries
Keynote address to 29th Brazilian Soil Science Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 14 July 2003
 
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Analysis of “Bright Spots” drivers: Key factors that contribute to their development.
Andrew Noble, Deborah Bossio, Frits Penning de Vries and Jules Pretty
Comprehensive Assessment Research Report

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Reversing land and water degradation: Trends and “Bright Spot” opportunities.
Deborah Bossio, Andrew Noble, Jules Pretty, Frits Penning de Vries, and David Molden
Paper presented at the SIWI/CA Seminar, Stockholm, 21 August 2004.
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“Bright Spots” in Africa
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Analysis of the development of “Bright Spots” in Africa
Olufunke Cofie and Precious Mattah
Case studies in Africa in relation to key drivers.
 
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Development of “Bright Spots” in Africa: Cause for optimism?
Andrew Nobel, Jules Pretty, Frits Penning de Vries, and Deborah Bossio
Paper presented at the Regional NEPAD/IGAD Conference of Successes in African Agriculture, 22-25 November, 2004
 
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Human resources as a driver of “Bright Spots”: the case of rainwater harvesting in West Africa.
Olufunke Cofie, Boubacar Barry and Deborah Bossio
Paper presented at the Regional NEPAD/IGAD Conference of Successes in African Agriculture, 22-25 November, 2004
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Fighting famine and poverty through water harvesting in Northern Ethiopia
Mintesinot B., Kifle W. and Leulseged T.
Case study report, Mekelle University
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“Bright Spots” in Central Asia
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“Bright Spots” in Uzbekistan, reversing land and water degradation while improving livelihoods: Key development and sustaining ingredients for slow transition economies of the Former Soviet Union
Mehmood ul Hassan, Andrew Noble, and Jusipbek Kazbekov
 

“Bright Spots” in Latin America
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Drivers affecting development and sustainability of no-till systems for smallholder at the watershed level in Brazil.
Ricardo Ralisch, Miguel Ayarza, Otávio J.G. Abi-Saab
Case study report, CIAT
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Drivers affecting the development and sustainability of the Quesungual Slash and Mulch Agroforestry System (QSMAS) on hillsides of Honduras
Miguel Angel Ayarza and Luis Alvarez Welchez
Case study report, CIAT
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Drivers affecting development and sustainability in communities of Versalles, Colombia: An analysis of selected participatory development programs
Mark Lundy and Nancy Johnson
Case study report, CIAT
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“Bright Spots” in South Asia
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Meta-analysis to assess impact of watershed program and people’s participation.
P.K. Joshi, A.D. Jahn, S.P. Wani, Laxmi Tewari and R.L. Shiyani
Comprehensive Assessment Research Report
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Adarsha Watershed Kothapally: Understanding the drivers of success.
T.K. Sreedevi, Bekele Shiferaw, and Suhas Wani
Global Theme on Agroecosystems, Report no. 10, ICRISAT
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The making of a new Powerguda: Community empowerment and new technologies transform a problem village in Andhra Pradesh.
Emmanuel D’Silva, Suhas Wani, and Basre Nagnath
Global Theme on Agroecosystems, Report no. 11, ICRISAT
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