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GRAIN — 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.DocumentEmpowering Small Farmers in India through Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation
Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 2012This PhD dissertation from University of Connecticut investigates how local farming organizations enable and empower small farmers to become independent and selfsufficient.DocumentManagement for adaptation to climate change. Mid-term review of a project implemented by Total Land Care, Malawi
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2012The Management for Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) project in Malawi is implemented by Total Land Care (TLC) with funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Malawi and a 5 years time frame from 2008 to mid 2013.DocumentFood security and climate change: a report by the high level panel of experts on food security and nutrition of the committee on world food security
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012This report analyses the connected problem of food security and climate change. It observes that a social vulnerability lens is essential to understand why certain individuals, households or communities experience differences in food insecurity risks, even when they are in the same geographic region.DocumentTrade and environment briefings: export restrictions
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012Export restrictions are implemented nowadays with the aim of achieving a number of goals, such as food security, industrial development, environmental protection and natural resource conservation. Nevertheless, the current paper brings about a rethinking of the needs and policy objectives behind such measures.The document presents the following findings:DocumentHow can agriculture and trade lead to livelihoods, food security and development?: evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa
Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2011Agriculture and trade can be engines for inclusive growth and development in African countries. This monograph presents the main findings of country research studies on trade and agriculture issues in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.DocumentTrade policy responses to food price volatility in poor net food-importing countries
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the trade-related challenges that poor net-food-importing countries have faced since Marrakesh, and the useful measures that can be done.DocumentConsumer market for functional foods in south Brazil
AgEcon Search, 2011Functional food is any healthy food claimed to have a health-promoting or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients. This study aims at investigating the consumer market for functional foods (FF) in specific region in South Brazil.DocumentStaple food market sheds in West Africa
AgEcon Search, 2012Africa’s market demand for food staples will grow dramatically in coming decades. This paper aims to identify the geographic extent of major staple food market sheds in West Africa as well as the major trade corridors that link surplus producing areas with the deficit markets they serve.DocumentGender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
AgEcon Search, 2012With the commercialisation of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender-disparities in access to productive resources. This paper believes that farmer collective action that intends to improve smallholder access to markets and technology could potentially accelerate this trend.Pages