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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Food security, Livelihoods

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  Can Provision of Household Agricultural Extension Packages Reduce Rural Food Insecurity and Poverty in Tigray?

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012

  The overall working hypothesis of the paper is that the programme has positive contribution in improving household welfare and reduces the incidence, depth and severity of poverty in study areas. The analysis is based on primary household-level data collected from 959 randomly selected households in three drought prone woredas of Northern Ethiopia in 2009.
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  Understanding adaptive capacity: sustainable livelihoods and food security in coastal Bangladesh

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012

  This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. It examines the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and changes in farming practices.
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  Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012

  This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions regarding the future viability of pastoral farming, arguing that these livelihoods should be sedentarised and diversified.
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  The poverty and welfare impacts of climate change quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies

  World Bank, 2012

  Although poverty remains widespread in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, substantial progress has been made especially in the past three decades. Nevertheless, this report stresses that climate change is likely to reduce agricultural productivity, which will directly affect poor people's livelihood assets including health, access to water and other natural resources, homes and infrastructure.
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  Empowering Small Farmers in India through Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation

  Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 2012

  This PhD dissertation from University of Connecticut investigates how local farming organizations enable and empower small farmers to become independent and selfsufficient.
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  Management 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, 2012

  The 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.
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  How can agriculture and trade lead to livelihoods, food security and development?: evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2011

  Agriculture 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.
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  Staple food market sheds in West Africa

  AgEcon Search, 2012

  Africa’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.
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  Coping with a changing climate: considerations for adaptation and mitigation in agriculture

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009

  This book presents historical evidence of the linkages between climate and food security and the current challenges climate change poses on world food security. It argues that changing climatic conditions are projected to affect food security from the local to the global level as the unpredictability of weather conditions increases.
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  Climate change, water and food security

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011

  This report summarises current knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. It examines the implications for local and national food security and the methods and approaches for assessing climate change impacts on water and agriculture.

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