In April 2010, Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) organised a forum to share experiences on implementing interven...

Indonesia’s flora -- with over 45,000 plant varieties -- is one of the most abundant in the world. Photographer Dennis A-Tjak has been making a nam...

Sustainable agricultural development requires innovation. Due to globalisation and liberalisation, amongst other factors, smallholder producers ope...

The potato (Solanum tuberosum L) has a high potential to raise smallholder income and improve food security in Eastern Africa. Improving the qualit...

This beautifully illustrated book presents for the first time the rich Islamic collections of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Highlighting over a hu...

It goes without saying that one building after the other was built in the Dutch East Indies, the current Indonesia. Newspapers jubilated ‘again a j...

As smallholder farmers switch to producing for the commercial market, they face a steep learning curve. To select a product and to market it effect...

Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forest ecosystems around the world. Forest climbers take advantage of the biologically-expensiv...

In Amsterdam alone there have been more than eighty monuments created that have something to do with the Holocaust. In addition, there are still ma...

This book documents experiences by those at the forefront of technical support and capacity development. The experiences and lessons learned all or...

Discover the nature of an Amazonian country far off the beaten track …Suriname is a treasure trove of natural riches. The most densely forested cou...

Sustainable use of natural resources is a key element in the livelihoods of rural people. Especially the poor are often disproportionately affected...

The first volume of a series of ten books that discuss the collections of the Tropenmuseum and the histories and stories that accompany them. The b...

Ng'ambo is the lesser known 'Other Side' of Zanzibar Town. During the British Protectorate the area was designated as the ‘Native Quarters’, today ...

This is the second volume of a series of ten books that discuss the collections of the Tropenmuseum and the histories and stories that accompany th...

In 2015, the Dutch collector Hans van Berkel, granted his Inuit (and Chukchi) art and handicraft collection to the National Museum of Ethnology, no...

Curaçao has a large number of plantation houses. Their historic architecture is unique due to the use of European, specially Dutch, building styles...

In REVISUALIZING SLAVERY, historians, heritage specialists, and cultural scientists shed new light on the history of slavery in Asia by centring vi...

It is increasingly recognised that a vital role in the provision of water and sanitation services is played by small service providers (SSPs). Thes...

The provision of safe water and sanitation are key mechanisms for breaking the cycle of poverty. Access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation...

Scepticism about achieving essential development goals and fighting poverty is fading away. Since the Millennium Development Summit in 2000, when 1...

This book focuses on the evaluation of information projects, products and services from a learning perspective. It looks at evaluation within the c...

This book is based upon a unique private collection of photographs and home movies of one Peranakan Chinese elite family, the Kwee family from Cile...