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Practice Brief: Promote food security in West and Central Africa
SNV, 2013This practice brief showcases SNV’s activities in West and Central Africa aimed at supporting rural households to achieve food security. It is based on a broad range of case studies that highlight a number of similarities in the quest for solutions, for example:DocumentSqueezed: life in a time of food price volatility, year 1 results
Oxfam, 2013Half a decade after the price spike of 2007-2008, food price volatility has become the new norm: people have come to expect food prices to rapidly rise and fall, though nobody knows by how much or when. So what does the accumulation of food price rises mean for well-being and development in developing countries? And what can be done to improve life in a time of food price volatility?DocumentLatin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today?DocumentLand grabs and fragile food systems: The role of globalization
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2013IATP have consistently argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalisation that privileges commercial interests and pushes public interests aside.DocumentChronic poverty in the Southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh
Solidarités International, 2013Where the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh was once a prosperous agricultural hub, today it is anDocumentThe quiet revolution in staple food value chains: enter the dragon, the elephant, and the tiger
Asian Development Bank, 2012Is there a difference between the current and the traditional value chains of staples in Asia? This study investigates how domestic staples value chains are structured and performing in three Asian countries (Bangladesh, China and India) in recent years.DocumentThe proposal of common market among Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran: investigating opportunities for agricultural trade
AgEcon Search, 2013The series of recent economic sanctions against Syria imposed by several countries and blocs sparkled the idea of a regional common market that comprises Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. This paper looks into the actual possibility of establishing this market, and investigates the horizons and opportunities that could be materialised in this context.DocumentOn the hoof: Livestock trade in Darfur
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012Livestock is one of Darfur’s main economic assets and makes a major contribution to Sudan’s national livestock and meat exports.DocumentFrom Subsistence to Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012Full title: From Subsistence to Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation Initiatives FAC Working Paper 37Ephraim W. Chirwa and Mirriam MatitaDocumentFactors Influencing Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012Full title: Factors Influencing Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation Initiatives Policy Brief 51by Ephraim Chirwa and Miriam MatitaPages