Social protection
- Building synergies between social protection and smallholder agricultural policies
- R. Sabates-Wheeler, S. Devereux and B. Guenther / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2010
- Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Stephen Devereux and Bruce Guenther January 2009 The paper explores how social protection and agricultural policies interact, creating either synergies or conflicts between them. To the extent tha...
- Cash Transfers and High Food Prices: Explaining Outcomes on Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net ...
- R. Sabates-Wheeler / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2010
- Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Stephen Devereux January 2010 An ongoing and highly politicised debate concerns the relative efficacy of cash transfers versus food aid. This paper aims to shed light on this debate, drawing on n...
- Seasonality and Social Protection in Africa
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Stephen Devereux January 2009 This Working Paper draws on nearly twenty years of research in several African countries on the inter-related themes of food insecurity, seasonality, coping strategies, famine, formal and info...
- Synthesis Report for Theme III: Growth and Social Protection June 2005–September 2007
- R. Sabates-Wheeler, A. Dorward, J. Omiti, S. Devereux, A. Teshome, E. Chirwa / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Andrew Dorward, John Omiti, Stephen Devereux, Amdissa Teshome, Ephraim Chirwa October 2007 This report describes the main activities and outputs of the Future Agriculture Consortium (FAC) under t...
- Using Social Protection Policies to Reduce Vulnerability and Promote Economic Growth in Kenya
- J. Omiti and T. Nyanamba / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By John Omiti and Timothy Nyanamba August 2007 Vulnerability and human suffering are major challenges facing large sections of Kenyan society who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Policy reforms have failed to ...
- The Social Protection Policy in Malawi: Processes Politics and Challenges
- B. Chinsinga / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Blessings Chinsinga September 2007 This paper is based on a study undertaken to critically understand the dynamics of policy-making and processes under the auspices of the Future Agricultures Consortium's (FAC) sub-theme ...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Ghana: A ‘LEAP’ in the Dark?
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Despite impressive progress on poverty reduction at national level in Ghana, chronic poverty and livelihood vulnerability persist, especially among small farmers in northern regio...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Ethiopia: The Politics of Land and ‘Graduation’
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Agriculture and social protection are inextricably interconnected in Ethiopia. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity for most Ethiopians, but is also a major source of pover...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Malawi: Fertiliser Policies and Politics
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Agricultural and social protection policies must be understood in the context of political agendas, market development and trends in rural livelihoods. This Briefing Paper reviews inter...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Africa
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 The following propositions are generally accepted: 1. Progress in reducing hunger and food insecurity in Africa is unacceptably slow. 2. Hunger and food insecurity are ...
- Seasonality and Social Protection in Africa
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Stephen Devereux January 2009 This Working Paper draws on nearly twenty years of research in several African countries on the inter-related themes of food insecurity, seasonality, coping strategies, famine, formal and info...
- Synthesis Report for Theme III: Growth and Social Protection June 2005–September 2007
- R. Sabates-Wheeler, A. Dorward, J. Omiti, S. Devereux, A. Teshome, E. Chirwa / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Andrew Dorward, John Omiti, Stephen Devereux, Amdissa Teshome, Ephraim Chirwa October 2007 This report describes the main activities and outputs of the Future Agriculture Consortium (FAC) under t...
- Using Social Protection Policies to Reduce Vulnerability and Promote Economic Growth in Kenya
- J. Omiti and T. Nyanamba / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By John Omiti and Timothy Nyanamba August 2007 Vulnerability and human suffering are major challenges facing large sections of Kenyan society who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Policy reforms have failed to ...
- The Social Protection Policy in Malawi: Processes Politics and Challenges
- B. Chinsinga / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Blessings Chinsinga September 2007 This paper is based on a study undertaken to critically understand the dynamics of policy-making and processes under the auspices of the Future Agricultures Consortium's (FAC) sub-theme ...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Ghana: A ‘LEAP’ in the Dark?
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Despite impressive progress on poverty reduction at national level in Ghana, chronic poverty and livelihood vulnerability persist, especially among small farmers in northern regio...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Ethiopia: The Politics of Land and ‘Graduation’
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Agriculture and social protection are inextricably interconnected in Ethiopia. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity for most Ethiopians, but is also a major source of pover...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Malawi: Fertiliser Policies and Politics
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Agricultural and social protection policies must be understood in the context of political agendas, market development and trends in rural livelihoods. This Briefing Paper reviews inter...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Africa
- S. Devereux / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- By Stephen Devereux March 2009 The following propositions are generally accepted: 1. Progress in reducing hunger and food insecurity in Africa is unacceptably slow. 2. Hunger and food insecurity are ...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Ghana
- R. Al-Hassan and C. Poulton / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to embark on structural adjustment reforms. 25 years on, its continuing commitment to reform for national economic development has yielded impressive gains in growth and poverty reduction...
- Agriculture and Social Protection in Ethiopia
- S. Devereux and B. Guenthe / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Stephen Devereux and Bruce Guenthe January 2009 Agriculture and social protection in Ethiopia are inextricably interconnected. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity for the majority of Ethiopians, but it ...
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS)
- An interdisciplinary open access journal of agriculture and socio-economic studies
- 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...
