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The poor relation: a political economy of the marketing chain for dagaa in Tanzania
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997Dagaa is the collective name in Tanzania for various types of sardine-like fish eaten in a dried form by poor and middle-income groups throughout eastern and southern Africa. This paper is a fieldwork-based case-study of the ‘commodity chain’ for dagaa.DocumentOf saviours and punks: the political economy of the Nile perch marketing chain in Tanzania
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997The paper is a fieldwork-based case study of the commodity chain for the Nile Perch fish from Lake Victoria, Tanzania. This fish first began apperaring in significant numbers in the lake in the early 1980s and within a few years a large artisanal fishery developed around it.DocumentCrop biotechnology and sustainability : a case study of Colombia
OECD Development Centre, 1995This study of Colombia describes activity in the agriculture sector against the background of major changes in macro-economic and sectoral policies. It then outlines the institutional arrangements for agricultural research in general, and biotechnology research in particular, in order to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of biotechnology initiatives.DocumentBetter Land Husbandry: Re-thinking approaches to land improvement and the conservation of water and soil
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997Soil erosion has conventionally been perceived as the chief cause of land degradation, yet the limited effectiveness and poor uptake of widely promoted physical and biological anti-erosion methods challenges this logic.DocumentWater Resource Development in the Drought-prone Uplands
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997Improved agriculture in the Drought Prone Uplands (DPUs) depends critically on better water conservation and management. However, there is a high degree of uncertainty surrounding issues of water availability, allocation and local rights. Despite broad similarities in the goals of many programmes, there has been a lack of consistency and coherence among them.DocumentTraditional African range management techniques: implications for rangeland development
Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1991A literature survey was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to collect details on traditional African natural resource management, to investigate the survival of traditional techniques and to evaluate their potential for the development process. The study collected information on:pastoral knowledge of the physical environment (e.g.DocumentDecentralization and macroeconomic management
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997There is a vast and growing body of literature covering the potential efficiency and welfare gains from decentralization. The literature has also amply discussed the potential trade-offs between decentralization and income redistribution, as well as various mechanisms designed to attenuate these trade-offs.DocumentGrappling with land reform in pastoral Namibia
Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1992This article discusses the history of land reform in Namibia. The article indicates that at the time of writing (September 1991), it is still too early to comment on the implementation of land reform in Namibia, as it has not yet begun in earnest.DocumentFrom Dutch disease to deforestation - a macroeconomic link? A case study from Ecuador
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997In the literature about macroeconomics and deforestation, it is often supposed that strong foreign exchange outflows (e.g. debt service) increase deforestation, as higher poverty augments frontier migration and natural resources are squeezed to generate export revenues. This paper analyses the opposite phenomenon, i.e.Pages