Agriculture
- Changing economic and social patterns in African rural settlements
- D. Bryceson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000
- This paper synthesises the findings and main policy implications of new empirical studies on changing rural livelihoods from the De-Agrarianisation and Rural Employment (DARE) research programme at the African Studies Centre, Universi...
- Pastoral groups in East Africa need to engage in policy debate
- C. Hesse; M. Ochieng Odhiambo / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2001
- This concept note explores initiatives aiming at supporting pastoral civil society in East Africa. The goals of the initiative include: create conditions such that pastoral groups can play a more effective and vi...
- Sustaining livelihoods on Mongolia's pastoral commons
- R. Mearns; E. Dulamdary / International Association for the Study of Common Property, 2000
- Under the socialist regime that prevailed until the start of the 1990s, Mongolia made great progress in improving human development indicators, and poverty was virtually unknown. Through innovative service delivery mechanisms to nomad...
- Livelihoods and security issues in Malawi
- M. Whiteside / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999
- Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates. Ganyu is a crucial p...
- Policymakers must recognise that urban poverty exists and that it is increasing
- D. Maxwell; L. Levin; M. Armar-Klemesu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
- Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sani...
- Exploring understandings of institutions and uncertainty: new directions in natural resource management
- L. Mehta; M. Leach; P. Newell; I. Scoones; K. Sivaramakrishnan; S-A. Way / Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
- The paper examines the nexus between institutions and uncertainty in natural resources management contexts. It argues that conventional understandings of institutions fail to focus on how they deal with the ever-increasing form...
- Livelihoods diversification in rural development
- F. Ellis / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- Examines livelihood diversification as a survival strategy of rural households in developing countries. Although still of central importance, farming on its own is increasingly unable to provide a sufficient means of survival in rural...
- Extension needs to concentrate on reducing vulnerablility
- I. Cristoplos; J. Farrington; A.D. Kidd / Department for International Development, UK, 2001
- This inception paper reviews recent trends in poverty, vulnerability and extension, and the policy context in which extension is located. The paper concludes that: poverty is multi-faceted, but as the Sustainabl...
- Key sheets for sustainable livelihoods
- Department for International Development, UK, 1998
- Aim of this series to provide a reference point for DFID decision-making about various aspects of service delivery and resource management. The series will also analyse different aspects of the policy process and options for donor int...
- The contributions of ethical trade to sustainable livelihoods
- D. Crucefix / Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
- Examines the contribution ethical trade initiatives can make towards the goal of sustainable rural livelihoods. The experience of organic agriculture projects in developing and in-transition countries is the particular focus of this r...
- Livelihoods and security issues in Malawi
- M. Whiteside / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999
- Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates. Ganyu is a crucial p...
- Policymakers must recognise that urban poverty exists and that it is increasing
- D. Maxwell; L. Levin; M. Armar-Klemesu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
- Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sani...
- Exploring understandings of institutions and uncertainty: new directions in natural resource management
- L. Mehta; M. Leach; P. Newell; I. Scoones; K. Sivaramakrishnan; S-A. Way / Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
- The paper examines the nexus between institutions and uncertainty in natural resources management contexts. It argues that conventional understandings of institutions fail to focus on how they deal with the ever-increasing form...
- Livelihoods diversification in rural development
- F. Ellis / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- Examines livelihood diversification as a survival strategy of rural households in developing countries. Although still of central importance, farming on its own is increasingly unable to provide a sufficient means of survival in rural...
- Extension needs to concentrate on reducing vulnerablility
- I. Cristoplos; J. Farrington; A.D. Kidd / Department for International Development, UK, 2001
- This inception paper reviews recent trends in poverty, vulnerability and extension, and the policy context in which extension is located. The paper concludes that: poverty is multi-faceted, but as the Sustainabl...
- Key sheets for sustainable livelihoods
- Department for International Development, UK, 1998
- Aim of this series to provide a reference point for DFID decision-making about various aspects of service delivery and resource management. The series will also analyse different aspects of the policy process and options for donor int...
- The contributions of ethical trade to sustainable livelihoods
- D. Crucefix / Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
- Examines the contribution ethical trade initiatives can make towards the goal of sustainable rural livelihoods. The experience of organic agriculture projects in developing and in-transition countries is the particular focus of this r...
- Implications for the design and targetting of more formal safety nets
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
- Examines role of informal safety nets in providing protection against livelihood shocks. Summarises state of knowledge on informal safety nets by reviewing available literature and also reporting on household survey carried out...
- To what extent can aquaculture help poverty reduction?
- P. Edwards / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000
- Aquaculture is often viewed narrowly as intensive culture of salmon and shrimp to provide high value products for luxury markets and is often associated with environmental degradation. The promotion of aquaculture for rural developmen...
- A look at sustainable livelihoods and ethical trade through case studiers
- Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
- Explores the actual and potential contribution ethical trade can make to the achievement of sustainable rural livelihoods. Summary report includes a description of ethical trade (Section 2), followed by an analysis of the buil...
- 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...
