Institutions and policy processes
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- Tools and methodologies for monitoring and evaluating agriculture and rural development
- ( B. Hall (ed);N. Okidegbe;T. Marchant;et al / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
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While donors and development practitioners still lack a common framework of results indicators to measure the effectiveness of development assistance, this sourcebook sets out a menu of core i...
- Is large-scale private land acquisition beneficial to Africa?
- ( L. Cotula;S. Vermeulan;R. Leonard / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
- Over 2008 large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have increased. This report discusses key trends and drivers in land acquisitions, the contract...
- Food prices and food security in Eastern and Southern Africa
- ( T., S Jayne;A. Chapoto;I. Minde;C. Donovan / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University , 2008)
- This report examines the impact of recent world food price changes on domestic maize and fertilizer prices in the Eastern and Southern African region. It assesses the possible changes in cropping patt...
- Industrialising agriculture through contract farming
- ( C. Kudadjie-Freeman (ed);P. Richards (ed);P., C. Struik (ed) / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
- This paper examines sorghum contract farming in north-east Ghana in order to explore ways of making such arrangements viable for small farmers. Using the narratives from the key stakeholders who have ...
- Arab perspectives on sustainability
- ( International Union for Conservation for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) - West Asia/Middle East Regional Office (WAME) , 2008)
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The absence of a unified Arab perspective towards the sustainability approach and a lack of local capacity to generate a knowledge body which can contribute to the global debate on this, prompted t...
- Costs and benefits of contract farming in dairying sector in India
- ( P.S. Birthal;A.K. Jha;M.M. Tiongco / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
- This study is an empirical assessment of the costs and benefits of contract farming in dairying in India, focussing on productivity, production and transaction costs, milk prices, and profitability. U...
- Strengthening the links between research and development
- ( Center for International Development, Harvard University , 2008)
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How can knowledge better contribute to poverty reduction? While the international community’s attempts to mobilise science and technology for sustainable development are not new, it is not cl...
- Using participatory agricultural research approaches to create client-responsive, impact-oriented institutions
- ( Aden A. Aw-Hassan / Development in Practice , 2008)
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The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, mak...
- Increasing popular participation to enhance the efficiency of Senegalese land and decentralisation policies
- ( J. Faye / Drylands Programme, IIED , 2008)
- Land and decentralisation policies in Senegal have been closely linked since the country became independent in 1960. Although local governments manage public lands and participate in the management of...
- Bee-keeping in Southern Ethiopia: development interventions must recognise indigenous knoweldge
- ( A. Shiferaw;B. Dindamo;K. Berhe;A. Tegegne;D. Hoekstra / International Livestock Research Institute , 2008)
- Honey is one of the priority commodities of the Alaba special woreda (district) of Southern Ethiopia. While indigenous knowledge provides the cultural basis for bee-keeping in the woreda, efforts are ...
