Analysis of approaches to understanding and addressing food security issues; examination of the structural causes of food insecurity and different policy responses.
- Helping women respond to the global food crisis
- Quisumbing A 2008
- The 2007-2008 food price crisis received widespread attention but the gender dimensions of the crisis were largely overlooked. Yet ongoing research on gender and intra-household resource allocation continues to suggest not only that m...
- Using gender research in development: food security in practice
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- Gender equality is a basic human right, and closing the gender gap is key to achieving many development objectives. Yet many practitioners and advocates concerned with achieving gender equality are often constrained by the lack of inf...
- Gender equality and women's empowerment within agricultural development
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1997
- These short practice notes provide guidance on how to address gender equality and women's empowerment within agricultural development co-operation. Rural women's work in agriculture is crucial to the provision of household food securi...
- Exploring how status affects the food security of women in Bangladesh
- M.A. Razzaque; M.M.K. Toufique / United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2007
- This paper explores the relationship between women's status within the household (her power to bargain) and food security, considering individuals food intake, physical differences, activities performed, budget and asset control. It d...
- Focus on women, World Food Programme (WFP)
- WFP's work on food security and women
- Localised solutions are essential in global land markets
- T.W. Hertel / AgEcon Search, 2010
- The number of people which the world must feed is expected to increase by 50% during the first half of this century, but will the world’s agricultural resource base be up to the task of meeting the diverse demands being placed o...
- How can sustainable livelihoods approaches be more successfully applied to future development challenges?
- S. Turrall (ed) / Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011
- How are Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs) relevant to current and future development challenges? What has been learnt from the experience of using SLAs to date? This Sustainable Livelihoods Highlights Brief looks at a series o...
- A review of the poorly performing policy and institutional framework of the fisheries sector in Malawi
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
- This paper presents issues for consideration in the development of a proposal for possible funding to address the policy and institutional framework for the fisheries sector in Malawi. It is based on consultations with officials from ...
- Successes and failures of input subsidy programmes
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007
- This paper explores how the experiences leading to the adoption and successful implementation of the 2005/2006 fertiliser subsidy programme can be exploited as the basis for churning out a viable framework for a developmental state in...
- An analysis establishing the linkages between agricultural growth, investment and poverty reduction in Malawi
- E.W. Chirwa; I. Kumwenda; C. Jumbe 2008
- The agricultural sector continues to be the most important sector in the Malawian economy. It accounts for 39 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), 85 per cent of the labour force and generates about 83 per cent of foreign exchang...
- A review of the poorly performing policy and institutional framework of the fisheries sector in Malawi
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
- This paper presents issues for consideration in the development of a proposal for possible funding to address the policy and institutional framework for the fisheries sector in Malawi. It is based on consultations with officials from ...
- Successes and failures of input subsidy programmes
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007
- This paper explores how the experiences leading to the adoption and successful implementation of the 2005/2006 fertiliser subsidy programme can be exploited as the basis for churning out a viable framework for a developmental state in...
- An analysis establishing the linkages between agricultural growth, investment and poverty reduction in Malawi
- E.W. Chirwa; I. Kumwenda; C. Jumbe 2008
- The agricultural sector continues to be the most important sector in the Malawian economy. It accounts for 39 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), 85 per cent of the labour force and generates about 83 per cent of foreign exchang...
- Will irrigation farming provide food security in Malawi?
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2006
- Until the introduction of the fertiliser subsidy programme in the 2005/2006 growing season, food insecurity was for close to two consecutive decades a characteristic feature of a great bulk of Malawians both in urban and rural areas. ...
- Will privatizing agricultural marketing help Malawi?
- E. Chirwa; P. Mvula; J. Kadzandira / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2005
- Since 1981 Malawi has implemented several economic policy reforms under the structural adjustment programmes. Most of the policies targeted the agricultural sector including deregulation of agricultural marketing activities, removal o...
- An investigation of variations in the technical efficiency of food production in Malawi
- E. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007
- Central to economic activities in Malawi, the agricultural sector accounts for 35 per cent of real gross product. It generates more than 90 per cent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings and provides paid and self-employmen...
- A study of the wage rate paid to participants of PWPs in relation to the Government of Malawi's social protection objectives
- E.W. Chirwa; A. Mc cord; P. Mvula 2004
- The Malawi Government, with assistance from the Department for International Development (DfID) of the Government of the United Kingdom, is implementing an Inception Phase for the National Safety Nets Programme (NSNP). The NSNP consti...
- This study shows that access to land via agricultural production is one of the factors that can translate growth to poverty reduction in Malawi.
- E.W. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2004
- Malawi has pursued an agricultural-led development strategy since its independence in 1964. This agricultural-led development strategy was based on the promotion of a dual agricultural system comprising estate (large-scale) production...
- An analysis of seeds and subsidised farm inputs in Malawi
- B. Chisinga / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2010
- The configuration of maize politics in Malawi has created a strong actor network, which include major donor aid agencies, which favours international commercial players and their genetic material in the seed sector over local producer...
- Tips for integrating gender into USAID agricultural sector solicitations
- US Agency for International Development, 2010
- Women play a major role in agricultural activities in many developing countries, producing 60-80 percent of food. Although this contribution is crucial to food security and economic growth women continue to have limited access t...
- Agris
- International network on agricultural research and associated sciences/activities. Collects and disseminates information on research publications, research projects and other related items. The bibliographical database gives emphasis to non-conventional literature from developing countries. The databases are also available on CD-ROM. Produces bibliographical database on international agricultur...
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Extensive information service from the UN FAO covering food, agriculture, forestry and rural development
- Beast CD
- Bibliographical database on animal breeding, animal nutrition, dairy science/technology. 1973 to date. Covers species of economic value in agriculture/aquaculture and laboratory species used in experiments related to agriculture. A subset of the CABI database, available on CDROM (see CAB reference for information on complete database), distribted by Silverplatter
- CAB International (CABI)
- Extensive information service on agriculture, forestry, rural development and related issues
- Abstracts on Tropical Agriculture (Tropag)
- Covers issues around agriculture, rural development, demography, nutrition, health care and women
- Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES] (IDS)
- IDS es un centro nacional para la investigación y la enseñanza en desarrollo. Fue establecido en 1966 y es una autoridad internacional en el tema. La investigación y enseñanza se combinan con trabajo operativo, asesora a gobiernos y agencias de cooperacion, y ayuda a convertir la teoría del desarrollo a la práctica cotidiana. IDS funciona como anfitrión de foros de debate, conferencias y tallere...
- USA Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Agencia nacional de cooperación de los Estados Unidos de América. WWW los servicios de la página web incluyen información administrativa sobre USAID, documentos públicos relacionados a la misión de USAID, información sobre el desarrollo del trabajo de USAID por país, la consecusión y manejo de recursos de USAID, documentos y publicaciones de USAID, estadísticas de salud (sobre países de acuerdo...
- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical [ES] (CIAT)
- Centro de investigación en agricultura, enfoca su trabajo en las áreas de producción para América Latina de frijoles, yuca, gramíneas y leguminosas forrajeras y arróz; manejo de recursos en ecosistemas húmedos en el trópico de América: laderas, orilla de bosques y sabanas. Su programa incluye el proyecto de Indicadores del Medio Ambiente y Sostenibilidad: CIAT-UNEP. Este proyecto se desarrolla...
