Agriculture
- 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...
- Biodiversity through the lens of the Sustainable Livelihoods approach
- E. Cromwell / Overseas Development Institute, 1999
- This report reviews policy issues related to the maintenance of biodiversity in agricultural production, focusing on the effects on poor farmers. It provides suggestions for a newer approach to biodiversity, less reliant on ind...
- Using SL to bring together components of the ‘sustainability’ literature into a single methodological approach.
- P. Woodhouse; D. Howlett; D. Rigby / Centre for Agricultural Food and Resource Economics, University of Manchester, 2000
- Report of a project aiming at contribute to planners’ and policy makers’ understanding of what policies and institutions are required for effective, equitable, and sustainable management of renewable natural resources. The...
- Sustainable livelihoods as an approach to poverty alleviation
- J. Farrington; D. Carney; C. Ashley; C. Turton / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- What is poverty – and how it can best be addressed – are central questions at conceptual and practical levels in international development. Increased donor commitment to tackling poverty has made the search for answers mor...
- Interactions between wildlife, livestock and people from a livelihoods perspective
- C. Boyd; R. Blench; D. Bourn; L. Drake; P. Stevenson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- From the perspective of local livelihoods this paper explores the complex interactions between wildlife, livestock and people, and options for integrated wildlife and livestock management in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Africa....
- How to achieve better livelihoods for poor people?
- Khanya - Managing Rural Change CC, 2000
- Participants were grouped to relate the findings to clusters approximating to their work situations. Three were identified: Water issues: Capacity-building initiatives should respond to the overallv restructur...
- Why do households choose to invest in soil and water conservation?
- C. Boyd; C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Discusses the role of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices in sustainable livelihoods and presents preliminary findings from case studies conducted in Tanzania and Uganda. Describes the conditions under which households...
- Biodiversity through the lens of the Sustainable Livelihoods approach
- E. Cromwell / Overseas Development Institute, 1999
- This report reviews policy issues related to the maintenance of biodiversity in agricultural production, focusing on the effects on poor farmers. It provides suggestions for a newer approach to biodiversity, less reliant on ind...
- Using SL to bring together components of the ‘sustainability’ literature into a single methodological approach.
- P. Woodhouse; D. Howlett; D. Rigby / Centre for Agricultural Food and Resource Economics, University of Manchester, 2000
- Report of a project aiming at contribute to planners’ and policy makers’ understanding of what policies and institutions are required for effective, equitable, and sustainable management of renewable natural resources. The...
- Sustainable livelihoods as an approach to poverty alleviation
- J. Farrington; D. Carney; C. Ashley; C. Turton / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- What is poverty – and how it can best be addressed – are central questions at conceptual and practical levels in international development. Increased donor commitment to tackling poverty has made the search for answers mor...
- Interactions between wildlife, livestock and people from a livelihoods perspective
- C. Boyd; R. Blench; D. Bourn; L. Drake; P. Stevenson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- From the perspective of local livelihoods this paper explores the complex interactions between wildlife, livestock and people, and options for integrated wildlife and livestock management in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Africa....
- How to achieve better livelihoods for poor people?
- Khanya - Managing Rural Change CC, 2000
- Participants were grouped to relate the findings to clusters approximating to their work situations. Three were identified: Water issues: Capacity-building initiatives should respond to the overallv restructur...
- Why do households choose to invest in soil and water conservation?
- C. Boyd; C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Discusses the role of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices in sustainable livelihoods and presents preliminary findings from case studies conducted in Tanzania and Uganda. Describes the conditions under which households...
- 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...
