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Evidence of impact: Climate-smart agriculture in Africa
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2014Agriculture across Africa must undergo a significant transformation to meet the multiple challenges of climate change, food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty and environmental degradation. The case studies described here are just some of the climate-smart agricultural practices that already exist in Africa.DocumentScaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: Recent evidence and insights
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015This report explores evidence and insights from five case studies that have made significant recent progress in addressing the challenge of insuring poor smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the developing world. In India, national index insurance programmes have reached over 30 million farmers through a mandatory link with agricultural credit and strong government support.DocumentDrivers of agricultural diversification in India, Haryana and the Greenbelt farms of India
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2009Traditionally, agricultural diversification is referred to a subsistence kind of farming wherein farmers were cultivating varieties of crops on a piece of land and undertaking several enterprises on their farm portfolio. Household food and income security were the basic objectives of agricultural diversification.DocumentMaize response to fertilizer dosing at three sites in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
2014This study examines the agronomic response, efficiency and profitability of fertilizer microdosing in maize.DocumentLand tenure: issues in housing reconstruction and income poverty case study of earthquake-affected areas in Hazara
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2010There are many commendable successes with respect to relief, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation to assist the earthquake affected districts of North West Frontier Province3 and Azad Kashmir. The same, however, cannot be said unambiguously about housing reconstruction. Partly, the obstacles are rooted in Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) rigid procedures.DocumentThe impact of large scale land acquisitions on water resources – a background note
Evidence on Demand, 2014Since 2008 there has been a rapid increase in the level of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in agricultural land in Sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia. In 2008-2009 land acquisitions were estimated to be approximately 56 million hectares, 70-75% of which were in Africa (although it is likely that many leases are still pending or not yet executed).DocumentPlotting progress: integrated planning in the rangelands of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda
International Land Coalition, 2014Planning for development in rangelands, including land use planning, holds particular challenges and can impose unusual constraints on routine activities.DocumentThe challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: Insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries
Center for International Forestry Research, 2014Since 2007, it has been hoped that REDD+ would deliver on the 3E+ criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, equity, social and environmental co‑benefits) for strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.DocumentImproving land sector governance in South Africa implementation of the land governance assessment framework
Urban LandMark, 2012Land governance and administration are critical for achieving economic growth and development in any country. It is within this context that the World Bank introduced the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) for identifying specific areas for land reform while also providing a means for monitoring.DocumentLarge-Scale Land Acquisition : Field Findings and Recommendations
The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2014The Chinese central government has consistently taken decisive legal and policy measures over the past 35 years to secure, enhance, and expand farmers’ rights to farmland and forest land in order to reduce thePages