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Leveraging the private sector to promote agriculture and natural resource-based livelihoods
Evidence on Demand, 2014For the benefit of Livelihoods Advisers in DFID, this Topic Guide sets out the issues arising when stimulating private investment and initiative to the benefit of small-scale and informal farmers, fishers and herders. Four sets of questions are addressed:DocumentGendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: the case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe
Land Deal Politics Initiative, 2012The biofuel boom has become a core issue in Zimbabwean land and development debates. Biofuels require large tracts of land for production; and the land acquisition programmes by the various state, non-state actors and individuals have been termed ‘land grabbing’.DocumentAgricultural Water management technology expansion and impact on crop yields in northern Burkina Faso (1980-2010): a review
Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2014Exploring the links between adoption of agricultural water management interventions and livelihoods in northern Burkina FasoDocumentFrom research to result: transforming peasant agriculture? Mid-term review of EPINAV Programme, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. Final report.
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2014Norway’s Embassy in Dar es Salaam contracted a mid-term review (MTR) of the Programme "Enhancing Pro-Poor Innovations in Natural Resources and Agricultural Value Chains" (EPINAV), implemented by Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in collaboration with Norway’s University of Life Sciences (NMBU).DocumentTopic Guide: Agricultural productivity
Evidence on Demand, 2014As the recent world food crisis has demonstrated, meeting the food needs of a growing world population, projected to reach over 9 billion people by 2050, is going to be a challenge. This Evidence on Demand topic guide examines how agricultural production has been improved and increased.DocumentThe Geography of food: reconnecting with origin in the food system
Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2013Origin-linked products described by geographical indications (GIs) are those that have specific quality attributes or reputation linked to the places where they are produced.DocumentFish-farming: the new driver of the blue economy
Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2013Fish farms are expected to produce nearly two-thirds of global food fish supply by 2030, and the rise in seafood demand gives countries the opportunity to expand and improve responsible fish and shellfish farming practices, with increased focus on offshore maricultureDocumentInvisible helpers - women's views on the contributions of working donkeys, horses and mules to their lives
2014In 2011 there were an estimated 112 million working equine animals in the world, with 43 million donkeys, 11 million mules, and 58 million horses. The large majority of these animals live in developing countries and provide daily support to hundreds of millions of poor households by doing a wide range of work in both urban and rural areas.DocumentYoung people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2014WIDER Working Paper 2014/080 James Sumberg, Nana Akua Anyidoho, Michael Chasukwa, Blessings Chinsinga, Jennifer Leavy, Getnet Tadele, Stephen Whitfield, and Joseph Yaro April 2014DocumentRwanda land tenure regularisation case study
Evidence on Demand, 2014Land has historically been a source of dispute and conflict in Rwanda, compounded by the social unrest which resulted in the 1994 genocide. Up to one million people were killed and three million fled to neighbouring countries, leading to weakened political institutions, infrastructure and human capital. Traditional land allocation systems also suffered.Pages