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Food security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014The purpose of this study is to discuss different ways of implementing the "Food Security in a Climate Perspective strategy 2013-15" in relation to support to private sector development and public-private partnership (PPP) as regards agriculture, climate change and food seDocumentEliciting consumer WTP for food characteristics in a developing context: Comparison of four methods in a field experiment.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015This paper aims at answering two objectives; 1) assess consumer preference and willingness to pay for organic and food safety inspected tomatoes in a traditional African food market; 2) compare willingness to pay for the tomato attributes in four different elicitation techniques.DocumentFood wasted, food lost: food security by restoring ecosystems and reducing food loss
GRID Arendal, 2014Food security is critical for health, labour productivity, economic growth and sustainable development.DocumentThe social uses of livestock among pastoralists in Sudan: food systems, stores of value, wealth, power, and authority
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014The impact of livestock on the economy of Sudan and its social uses within the pastoral sector are of great importance in the future development of the country. The role of livestock is that of a food system and store of value, wealth, power, and authority in areas where pastoralists practice their daily life without being reached by modern banking systems and market economy.DocumentReality checks in Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well-being. Sub-report Lago. Year three.
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2013The “Reality Checks in Mozambique” are expected to: Inform the public discussion among key development actors on poverty reduction, especially in the province of Niassa; Contribute to a better understanding of qualitative poverty monitoring methods in Mozambique; Provide Sweden with relevant qualitative data on developments and results from its engagement in Mozambique and support fDocumentThe Last Straw? The additional burden of climate change on food security in the Himalaya | GRID-Arendal - Publications - The last straw
GRID Arendal, 2013The food price spikes of 2007–08 brought food security into sharp focus on the global agenda. Declines in international commodity markets, financial speculation in low cereal stocks, dramatic weather events, soaring oil prices, and growth in biofuels competing for cropland merged to produce a global crisis.DocumentFinal report. FOKUS: External evaluation of the East African Program for the Empowerment of Grassroot Women (EAGWEN).
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013Norwegian Women and Family Association (NWF) has a history of supporting organisations whose main focus is on vulnerable groups.DocumentWhy women farmers are left out of the programs. Lessons learned. Evaluation of Norway's bilateral agricultural support to food security
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013Norway’s Bilateral Agricultural Support to Food Security 2005-2011 was reviewed in 2012-2013. This Lessons Learned document was prepared as a continuation of that review. Its purpose is to identify lessons learned regarding women’s rights and gender1 issues in the projects/programmes2 reviewed, in order to achieve more gender equality in Norwegian-funded agricultural programmes.DocumentEvaluation of Norway’s Bilateral Agricultural Support to Food Security
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013The purpose of this evaluation was “to assess to what extent Norwegian funds for agriculture have contributed to food security, with a view to get recommendations for future support”. The period under evaluation was 2005-2011. The evaluation focused on four aspects (clusters): 1. Contribution to food security. 2. Monitoring, evaluation and documentation. 3. Sustainability and scaling-up. 4.DocumentInequality watch
Norwegian People's Aid, 2012This report is a contribution to the development policy debate. It shows that it is a too narrow approach to limit the targets of development policy to growth or to lifting a population above an artificial poverty line. A clear prioritization of power and resources is needed. The report gives a thorough analysis of inequality and development in Bolivia, El Salvador, South Africa, and Mozambique.Pages