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Can Provision of Household Agricultural Extension Packages Reduce Rural Food Insecurity and Poverty in Tigray?
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012The overall working hypothesis of the paper is that the programme has positive contribution in improving household welfare and reduces the incidence, depth and severity of poverty in study areas. The analysis is based on primary household-level data collected from 959 randomly selected households in three drought prone woredas of Northern Ethiopia in 2009.DocumentTranslating famine early warning into early action: an east Africa case study
Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2012This paper considers the political contexts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, how these affected the response to the 2011 Horn of Africa emergency, and the implications for future response. Although the Horn of Africa is often seen as a security-challenged region, for good reason, the level of insecurity varies significantly between and within countries.DocumentEnhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions regarding the future viability of pastoral farming, arguing that these livelihoods should be sedentarised and diversified.DocumentSocial protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
2012Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’. Yet no clear consensus has so far emerged concerning many basic design choices and implementation of social protection policies and programs.DocumentFacts on Ecofarm
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012The Sahel countries face a range of problems from low food insecurity to environmental problems like climate change and soil degradation.DocumentDCG Strategy 2012-2016
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2011The Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) strategy for the period 2012-2016 presents DCG's strategic framework, its values and working principles, target groups, overall goal, and priority themes for the up-coming strategic period. The Drylands Coordination Group is a network for capacity building through exchange of practical experience and appropriate knowledge on food security in the drylandsDocumentAre food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from east Africa
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012Smallholder farmers across east Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to this study by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research programme.DocumentGRAIN — Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab
GRAIN, 2012Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse.DocumentDo Pre-natal and Post-natal Economic Shocks Have a Long-lasting Effect on the Height of 5-year-old Children?
Young Lives, 2010While the Ethiopian national emergency and food security programmes support farmers hit by area-wide shocks such as crop failure, idiosyncratic shocks such as illness and death of household member, loss of assets and separation or divorce are not covered.DocumentAchieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.Pages