Livelihoods and food security
Food security is a global challenge. According to the World Bank (2008) the current food crisis is said to risk plunging a further 100 million people into poverty. Livelihoods approaches can prove useful for understanding and addressing the multidimensional nature of food security. More..
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- FAO reporting on global hunger in 2009
- ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
- This is the tenth progress report on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS). It highlights that the food crisis has twinned with the economic crisis increasing the number of hungry people...
- Innovative backyard poultry value chain
- ( M. Dhawan (ed);M. Punjabi (ed);V. Ahuja (ed) / South Asia Pro Poor Livestock Policy Programme , 2009)
- There is a growing evidence about the role that backyard poultry production can play in sustaining and enhancing poor peoples’ livelihoods. Market oriented backyard poultry is increasingly recog...
- Bird flu and people's livelihoods: how much is lost?
- ( V. Ahuja;M. Dhawan;L. Maarse / South Asia Pro Poor Livestock Policy Programme , 2009)
- This report outlines the impact of bird flu on poor people’s livelihoods in West Bengal, India. Based on a survey of about 180 rural households raising ‘Kuroilers’ (a dual purpose bi...
- Climate change could fuel further conflict in the Middle East
- ( O. Brown;A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2009)
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Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water ...
- How has conflict affected livelihoods and remittances in Darfur?
- ( H. Young;K. Jacobsen;A. Osman / Feinstein International Center, USA , 2009)
- In conflict zones where displacement and insecurity undermine people’s ability to pursue livelihoods, links with Diaspora and the remittances they send are an important source of support. This b...
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