Search
Searching with a thematic focus on Livelihoods, Livelihoods Agriculture
Showing 291-300 of 421 results
Pages
- Document
A preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries
HELIO International, 2007Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to climate change.DocumentAccounting for the ecological dimension in participatory research and development: lessons learned from Indonesia and Madagascar
Ecology and Society, 2008At the interface of environmental and social issues, not enough is known about the links between policies, regionally important biophysical factors, local natural resource management sustainability,DocumentA review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management
Ecology and Society, 2007A number of tools are available to elicit the knowledge, values, and preferences of communities. This paper provides a review of a selection of participatory tools in the analysis, synthesis, and decision making related to natural resource management and policy. A framework for analysis is established by identifying a set of criteria for evaluating each tool.DocumentWater and the rural poor: interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa
Land and Water Development Division, FAO, 2008Insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This publication addresses the linkage between water and rural poverty in the region, in order to help decision-makers make informed choices on where and how to invest.DocumentOperational guidelines for assessing impacts of agricultural research on livelihoods: Good practices from CIMMYT
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo, 2007Following a livelihoods approach, this manual responds to the need of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) scientists and field partners for guidance on impact assessment (IA).DocumentGender and natural resource management: livelihoods, mobility and interventions
International Development Research Centre, 2008This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment, and natural resource management.DocumentImproving drought response in pastoral regions of Ethiopia
Overseas Development Institute, 2008This study provides an overview of the timing, appropriateness and efficacy of interventions in response to the drought that affected the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia in 2005/2006. It identifies mechanisms to initiate more timely and appropriate interventions to protect and support pastoral livelihoods and explores donor interest in resourcing these changes.DocumentDon't call it shangri-la economic programs for displaced populations in Nepal
Women's Refugee Commission, 2008In 1996, an armed Maoist insurgency grew out of the Communist Party of Nepal and resulted in 10 years of conflict, human rights violations perpetrated by both the government and the Maoists, and large-scaleDocumentClimate change and poverty in Africa: mapping hotspots of vulnerability
African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008Climate change and increasing climate variability threaten the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Some of the worst effects on human health and agriculture will be in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in vulnerable regions.DocumentPoverty, pastoralism and policy in Ngorongoro: lessons learned from the Ereto I Ngorongoro pastoralist project with implications for pastoral development and the policy debate
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable policies.Pages
