Tools
- Establishing forestry in national poverty reduction strategies: a case study of Uganda
- S. Geller; K. Thornber / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005
- This manual draws on real experience from Uganda to provide advice to forestry planners and managers on how to go about raising the profile of forestry at the level of national government. This involves "marketing" forestry: customisi...
- A participatory and gender- responsive approach to rural households and resources
- Socioeconomic And Gender Analysis Programme, FAO, 2005
- This pocket guide aims to assist extension and other community-based workers to understand the management of resources within and between rural households. It has been developed to assist people in applying a participatory and gender-...
- Case studies and recommendations on how to engage with the poor
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2004
- This guide presents a number of practical guidelines for businesses intending to engage in business with the poor. It primarily seeks to inform how to develop and engage in these new business opportunities and how to "do well by doing...
- Guidance on impact measurement and interventions for HIV/AIDS and food security
- M. O’Donnell / Save the Children Fund, 2004
- This paper from Save the Children is an introduction to the links between food security, livelihoods and HIV/AIDS and is aimed at managers and technical staff who work in either of these areas. The paper looks at factors to be conside...
- Empowering rural communities in building resistance to HIV/AIDS
- O. Chhaya; J. du Guerny; R. Geeves; M. Kato; L.N. Hsu / UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004
- Rural farming communities are particularly threatened by HIV/AIDS, leaving household security at stake. Recognising the warning signs in Asia, FAO and UNDP set up a joint initiative: The Farmers’ Life School. The project was orig...
- Guidelines to help development workers understand the role of local institutions better
- N. Messer; P. Townsley / Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003
- These guidelines aim to help development workers understand the role of local institutions better. They suggest practical ways of analyzing the role of local institutions and their influence on the lives of the rural poor with a view ...
- Planning for urban food security
- P. Bonnard / Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 2000
- This paper aims to sensitize FEWS field staff to urban food security issues and to build their capacity to guide, design, and implement urban vulnerability assessments (VAs) and food security monitoring. There is a growing recognition...
- Strengthening nomadic pastoral livelihoods in Wajir: a manual
- Oxfam, 2000
- This manual was written in order to capture the wide body of knowledge and experience on development of Pastoral Associations which has emerged in Wajir (Kenya). This manual aims to: serve as a comprehensive ...
- Sustainable livelihoods manual for field projects on adaptive strategies
- International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1995
- Manual on project design. Aims to ensure that teams select an appropriate mix of available research methods, particularly those based on participatory methods, so as to link meaningful field studies withpolicy research and thus achiev...
- Participatory assessment in community forestry
- K. Schoonmaker Freudenberger / Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network, FAO - SLU, 1994
- Manual offers guidelines for using rapid appraisal methods to gather information on tenure and natural resource management. It translates the concepts elaborated in Community Forestry Note 5, rapid appraisal of tree and land tenure. T...
- A participatory and gender- responsive approach to rural households and resources
- Socioeconomic And Gender Analysis Programme, FAO, 2005
- This pocket guide aims to assist extension and other community-based workers to understand the management of resources within and between rural households. It has been developed to assist people in applying a participatory and gender-...
- Case studies and recommendations on how to engage with the poor
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2004
- This guide presents a number of practical guidelines for businesses intending to engage in business with the poor. It primarily seeks to inform how to develop and engage in these new business opportunities and how to "do well by doing...
- Guidance on impact measurement and interventions for HIV/AIDS and food security
- M. O’Donnell / Save the Children Fund, 2004
- This paper from Save the Children is an introduction to the links between food security, livelihoods and HIV/AIDS and is aimed at managers and technical staff who work in either of these areas. The paper looks at factors to be conside...
- Empowering rural communities in building resistance to HIV/AIDS
- O. Chhaya; J. du Guerny; R. Geeves; M. Kato; L.N. Hsu / UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004
- Rural farming communities are particularly threatened by HIV/AIDS, leaving household security at stake. Recognising the warning signs in Asia, FAO and UNDP set up a joint initiative: The Farmers’ Life School. The project was orig...
- Guidelines to help development workers understand the role of local institutions better
- N. Messer; P. Townsley / Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003
- These guidelines aim to help development workers understand the role of local institutions better. They suggest practical ways of analyzing the role of local institutions and their influence on the lives of the rural poor with a view ...
- Planning for urban food security
- P. Bonnard / Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 2000
- This paper aims to sensitize FEWS field staff to urban food security issues and to build their capacity to guide, design, and implement urban vulnerability assessments (VAs) and food security monitoring. There is a growing recognition...
- Strengthening nomadic pastoral livelihoods in Wajir: a manual
- Oxfam, 2000
- This manual was written in order to capture the wide body of knowledge and experience on development of Pastoral Associations which has emerged in Wajir (Kenya). This manual aims to: serve as a comprehensive ...
- Sustainable livelihoods manual for field projects on adaptive strategies
- International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1995
- Manual on project design. Aims to ensure that teams select an appropriate mix of available research methods, particularly those based on participatory methods, so as to link meaningful field studies withpolicy research and thus achiev...
- Participatory assessment in community forestry
- K. Schoonmaker Freudenberger / Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network, FAO - SLU, 1994
- Manual offers guidelines for using rapid appraisal methods to gather information on tenure and natural resource management. It translates the concepts elaborated in Community Forestry Note 5, rapid appraisal of tree and land tenure. T...
- Sustainable Community Development Services (SCODE)
- SCODE is a national NGO whose aim is to enable people in Kenya especially the poor, to improve their quality of life by adopting technologies and approaches that are environmental friendly and contribute towards sustainable development.
