- Can Provision of Household Agricultural Extension Packages Reduce Rural Food Insecurity and Poverty in Tigray?
- H. Tesfa / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012
- The overall working hypothesis of the paper is that the programme has positive contribution in improving household welfare and reduces the incidence, depth and severity of poverty in study areas. The analysis is based on primary house...
- Perceptions and adaptation capacities of fisher men on climate change: the case of Palawan, Philippines
- M. Pana / Trisanita, 2012
- This study is based on perceptions gathered through interviews with fisher men and their community leaders in Palawan, the Philippines. The results show that variations in the fisher men’s perceptions of climate change are mainly...
- Joint Forest Management in Katanino, Zambia: Inappropriate Property Regime Change?
- B. B. Umar / The Open Forest Science Journal, 2012
- This research study reports on a Joint Forest Management (JFM) program in Katanino Area, Zambia. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey, unstructured group interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and ...
- Development support program for stone quarry affected communities in West-Bengal and Jarkhand, Pilot Project 2010-2012, Evaluation Report
- R. Kumar 2012
- The project is implemented particularly for the benefit of those Santhal communities who are working in stone quarry and crusher units of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The major focus areas of the project are occupational Safety, Health,...
- Community-Based Biodiversity Management South Asia Programme (CBM-SA) Mid-Term Evaluation Report
- C. Pionetti 2012
- The Community-Based Management of Biodiversity programme is funded by the Norwegian NGO Development Fund in South Asia and coordinated by LI-BIRD in Nepal. The CBM approach is being implemented in 29 sites across four countries with t...
- Pacific environment and climate change outlook
- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2012
- Livelihoods of some ten million people living in the Pacific island communities are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, according to this report. Low-lying islands in particular could face projected losses of up ...
- Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration
- K. Warner / United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
- This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory re...
- Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Phase 2 report 1
- G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2012
- The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the fertility of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conserv...
- Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. End report phase 1
- G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2012
- The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the fertility of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conserv...
- Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Progress report February 2011
- G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2011
- The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the quality of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conservat...
- Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration
- K. Warner / United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
- This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory re...
- Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Phase 2 report 1
- G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2012
- The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the fertility of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conserv...
- Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. End report phase 1
- G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2012
- The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the fertility of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conserv...
- Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Progress report February 2011
- G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2011
- The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the quality of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conservat...
- Access to Genetic Resources and ‘Rings of Protection’ in Indian Shrimp Aquaculture
- A. R. Pathak / Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2012
- This study examines the global and national factors affecting India’s policy on access and rights in relation to the shrimp sector. Shrimp aquaculture in India has witnessed recent changes that illustrate the complexities involve...
- Report on fieldwork from around the world documenting loss and damage due to climate change
- K. Warner; K. van der Geest; S. Kreft / United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
- This study presents empirical findings from fieldwork around the world examining loss and damage caused by global warming. The report begins by defining and contextualising the emerging discourse on assessing, quantifying and reacting...
- Understanding adaptive capacity: sustainable livelihoods and food security in coastal Bangladesh
- H. Wright / Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012
- This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. It examines the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and changes...
- Access to, Equity and Protection of Genetic Resources in Ghana: The Case of Tilapia (O. niloticus)
- G. K. Rosendal / Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2012
- Ghana is a latecomer to ABS legislation although the principle of benefit sharing has long traditions in Ghanaian society, also in the aquaculture sector. Experiences from bioprospecting deals have often been negative, similar to many...
- The Green Belt Initiative and Land Grabs in Malawi
- Chinsinga, B / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- FAC Policy Brief 55 by Blessings Chinsinga and Michael Chasukwa There is often a mismatch between the apparent benevolent intents and the practical manifestations of the large scale land deals. The empirical realities of t...
- Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
- World Bank, 2012
- After decades of stagnation, the size of the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean recently expanded by 50 percent - from 103 million people in 2003 to 152 million (or 30 percent of the continent’s population) in 2009. ...
- Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels (CTA)
- On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners. The Brussels briefings website hosts the video documentation of all the speeches given at the conference, as well as the presentations of the speakers, the programme of...
- Climate Focus
- An advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD)
- Open access journal focusing on agriculture and rural development
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS)
- An interdisciplinary open access journal of agriculture and socio-economic studies
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP)
- The Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) is an independent think tank serving the Pacific islands community. PiPP engages and connects principal stakeholders, promoting fraternity between the Pacific island countries and regional neighbours such as New Zealand and Australia.
- Integrated Development Society
- Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal is a non-for-profit, non-government development organisation working in the field of sustainable development, policy research and knowledge mobilisation.
- Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC)
- The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) is a six year global research programme exploring livelihoods, basic services and social protection in conflict-affected situations. Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), SLRC was established in 2011 with the aim of strengthening the evidence base and informing policy and practice around livelihoods and servic...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- International Growth Centre (IGC)
- The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. Based at LSE and in partnership with Oxford University, the IGC is initiated and funded by DFID. The IGC has 13 active country programmes in 12 countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India (Bihar state and Central), Mozambiqu...
- Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP)
- The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) works with extreme poor households living on island chars in north western Bangladesh, and aims to improve the livelihoods of over one million people. The CLP is jointly funded by UKaid through the Department for International Development and the Australian Government (AusAID), sponsored by the Rural Development and Co-operatives Division of the Government of...
