Agriculture
- Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
- G. Escobar; M. Glave / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today? In orde...
- Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition
- S. Wiggins; S. Keats / Overseas Development Institute, 2013
- Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?" Potentially, smallholder agricultur...
- Non-farm sector is the most important area for rural employment – evidence from India
- A.D. Foster / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Despite increasing urbanisation in Asia countries, a large fraction of Asia’s poor remain in rural areas. This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructu...
- Report outlining a comprehensive climate risk management study of a wetland in Niger
- J. Dekens; Y. Nazoumou; A. N. Zamudio-Trigo / United Nations Development Programme, 2013
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries. This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Pr...
- Chronic poverty in the Southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh
- Solidarités International, 2013
- Where the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh was once a prosperous agricultural hub, today it is an area ravaged by salinity, natural disasters, poverty and an inability to cope with recurrent shocks. This paper pr...
- Analysis of climate change impacts on coffee, cocoa and basic grains value chains in northern Honduras
- Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (Institute of Hunger Studies), 2013
- This study examines, applying future climate local scenarios, climate change impacts in northern Honduras and makes recommendations to strengthen the resilience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) &ls...
- Rural households in a changing climate
- J. E. Baez; D. Kronick; A. D. Mason / World Bank, 2013
- This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the autho...
- Social Protection for Agricultural Growth
- Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Various explanations have been advanced for the persistent under?performance of agriculturein many African countries, where smallholder farming is still the dominant livelihood activityand the main source of employment, food and incom...
- A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria
- P. O. Emaziye / Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
- This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for thei...
- Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD)
- Open access journal focusing on agriculture and rural development
- Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
- G. Escobar; M. Glave / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today? In orde...
- Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition
- S. Wiggins; S. Keats / Overseas Development Institute, 2013
- Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?" Potentially, smallholder agricultur...
- Non-farm sector is the most important area for rural employment – evidence from India
- A.D. Foster / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Despite increasing urbanisation in Asia countries, a large fraction of Asia’s poor remain in rural areas. This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructu...
- Report outlining a comprehensive climate risk management study of a wetland in Niger
- J. Dekens; Y. Nazoumou; A. N. Zamudio-Trigo / United Nations Development Programme, 2013
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries. This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Pr...
- Chronic poverty in the Southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh
- Solidarités International, 2013
- Where the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh was once a prosperous agricultural hub, today it is an area ravaged by salinity, natural disasters, poverty and an inability to cope with recurrent shocks. This paper pr...
- Analysis of climate change impacts on coffee, cocoa and basic grains value chains in northern Honduras
- Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (Institute of Hunger Studies), 2013
- This study examines, applying future climate local scenarios, climate change impacts in northern Honduras and makes recommendations to strengthen the resilience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) &ls...
- Rural households in a changing climate
- J. E. Baez; D. Kronick; A. D. Mason / World Bank, 2013
- This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the autho...
- Social Protection for Agricultural Growth
- Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Various explanations have been advanced for the persistent under?performance of agriculturein many African countries, where smallholder farming is still the dominant livelihood activityand the main source of employment, food and incom...
- A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria
- P. O. Emaziye / Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
- This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for thei...
- Alternative investment strategies for increasing resilience in the Horn of Africa
- D. Headey; A. S. Taffesse; L. You / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
- This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions...
- 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
- Odessa Centre
- The Odessa Centre is a consultancy working with researchers and practitioners in the fields of pastoralism, rangeland ecology and livestock development in semi-arid areas. Long-term projects have been carried out in Libya, Botswana, Somalia, Zambia, Namibia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Outputs include the journal "Pastoralism: Research, Policy, Practice", available via...
