Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:02:42 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues Food security http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2012 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 Land Rights and the Rush for Land: Findings of the Global Commercial Pressures on Land Research Project W. Anseeuw This report is the culmination of a three-year research project that brought together forty members and partners of ILC to examine the characteristics, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59577 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59577 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:14 GMT Incorporating gender issues into plant breeding approaches This paper aims to analyse methods and approaches currently used within participatory plant breeding (PPB) with respect to gender issues and to draw ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59477 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59477 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:52:28 GMT Women, food security and agriculture in a global marketplace: A significant shift R. Mehra; M. Hill Rojas New directions in development assistance and agricultural investments must recognize and support women's involvement in the full agricultural value ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59476 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59476 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:50:49 GMT Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh L. Iannotti; K. Cunningham; M. Ruel A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59475 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59475 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:50:03 GMT Discrimination and food rights This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59472 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59472 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:47:18 GMT How agricultural interventions can improve the nutritional status of children E. Masset; L. Haddad; A. Cornelius; J. Isaza-Castro This systematic review's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of agricultural interventions in improving the nutritional status of children ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59470 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59470 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:50:25 GMT Food security and gender insights S. Turrall This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women's empowerment. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59402 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59402 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:48:35 GMT The benefits of increasing women's access to agricultural resources Women account for a high proportion of farmers in many developing countries yet often have very little access to the resources they need to support their ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59418 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59418 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:26:25 GMT Will India be compelled to import dairy products in the near future? V.P. Gandhi; Z. Zhou With a large population and recent growth in consumer income, India's demand for food has increased. This study examines the demand for livestock ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59329 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59329 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:53:13 GMT Cassava and sweet potato harvesting in Malawi C. Moyo Cassava and sweet potato are important food and cash crops in Malawi. However, key information regarding varieties grown, sources of planting materials ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59255 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59255 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:32:42 GMT Cassava for hunger reduction in Malawi J. Rusike Cassava in Malawi is the second most important staple food crop after maize. This paper assesses the impact of agricultural research for development approach ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59256 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59256 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:15:00 GMT Connecting cassava growers to buyers in Malawi N.M. Mahungu In an effort to improve rural farmer's livelihoods, many initiatives have been initiated in Sub-Saharan Africa to link cassava farmers to markets. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59257 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59257 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:07:55 GMT Addressing problems of hunger through vouchers T. Josling Currently, the low levels of purchasing power of poor consumers in many developing countries remain apersistent obstacle to efforts to ensure food ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59264 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59264 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:32:30 GMT Food importing countries need a mixture of trade policy tools and food security stock C.L. Gilbert The food security debate is often posed as a choice between trade and stocks. This paper argues that this approach is misleading since the two strategies ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59283 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59283 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:19:39 GMT Preserving Malawi's second staple crop F. Gondwe Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59297 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59297 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:22:10 GMT What can we learn from droughts in Malawi? G. Munthali Extreme climate events such as droughts are very common in Malawi and yet their impacts are generally not well factored into the long term National Development ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59296 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59296 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:42:17 GMT Is food security achievable in Malawi? C. Sanley This report presents findings and conclusions from a governance and food security assessment of Malawi. The fieldwork was undertaken in January-February ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59303 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59303 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:37:53 GMT Agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children E. Masset; L. Haddad; A. Cornelius This report is a systematic review of the impact of potential „win-win? agricultural interventions that aim to improve children?s nutritional status ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59304 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59304 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:32:03 GMT Evidence Matters: Evaluating the impact of agricultural interventions on malnutrition in children Six million children die of hunger every year. Over 40 per cent of children under five in countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nepal and Niger ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59287 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59287 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:39:25 GMT Farmers in a Changing Climate: Does Gender Matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India This report presents the findings of research undertaken in six villages in two drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh in India Mahbubnagar and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59234 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59234 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:02:15 GMT Gender and asset ownership: a guide to collecting individual-level data Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59235 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59235 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:02:07 GMT Gender and Collective Action: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis This paper presents a framework for investigating the intersection of collective action and gender to better understand how gender-oriented analysis can ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59236 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59236 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:02:01 GMT Access, Adoption, and Diffusion: Understanding the Long-term Impacts of Improved Vegetable and Fish Technologies in Bangladesh Malnutrition continues to be a serious problem in Bangladesh. In 1996–1997, households were surveyed in three sites to examine the effects of the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59237 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59237 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:01:52 GMT Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit This free online database, created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO), aims to support and encourage the use of sex-disaggregated ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59227 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59227 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:41:33 GMT What are “women's crops”, and why? This online article highlights how gender inequalities can limit women to certain choices which prevent them from developing profitable farming activities. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59228 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59228 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:41:26 GMT Agriculture, trade negotiations and gender Women and men in developing countries have different roles in agriculture, and different access to and use of productive resources, therefore the effects ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59229 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59229 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:41:12 GMT Promoting Gender Equitable Opportunities in Agricultural Value Chains: A Handbook Gender issues fundamentally shape the production, distribution, and consumption within an economy but have often been overlooked in value chain development. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59232 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59232 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:41:05 GMT Rural women and food security in Asia and the Pacific: Prospects and paradoxes In many Asian and Pacific countries, substantial gender equality gains have been made in urban areas in education, health and employment, yet rural women ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59233 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59233 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:40:58 GMT Monitoring price movements during crucial periods of the year to forecast grain crisis in West Africa C. Araujo; C. Araujo-Bonjean; S. Brunelin Countries located in the Sahel region of Africa are repeatedly confronted by episodes of rapid increase in grain prices resulting in food crises. This ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59187 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59187 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:33:10 GMT Communication technology can maximise the impact of food price changes on riots M. Verpoorten; A. Arora Both recent and historic events point to a close link between riots and food prices. This article aims at providing a credible estimate on the impact ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59191 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59191 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:18:20 GMT