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Norwegian Church Aid, 2014• Brazil has a Federal Constitution and consolidated legislation that provide for the protection of the environment, health and welfare of workers in rural areas.DocumentReality checks in Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well - being. Annual report. Year four, 2014 - entrepreneurship
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014A series of five “Reality Checks in Mozambique” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/employment/ climate and entrepreneurship that are key result areas in Swedish development cooperation with the country.DocumentReality Checks Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well - being. Year four, 2014. Sub-Report, District of Lago
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014A series of five “Reality Checks in Mozambique” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/employment/ climate and entrepreneurship that are key result areas in Swedish development cooperation with the country.DocumentThe social uses of livestock among pastoralists in Sudan: food systems, stores of value, wealth, power, and authority
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014The impact of livestock on the economy of Sudan and its social uses within the pastoral sector are of great importance in the future development of the country. The role of livestock is that of a food system and store of value, wealth, power, and authority in areas where pastoralists practice their daily life without being reached by modern banking systems and market economy.DocumentImpacts of large-scale investments in agriculture on water resources, ecosystems and livelihoods; and development of policy options for decision makers
GRID Arendal, 2014The goal of this project is to analyze the nature and extent of impacts of foreign direct investments (FDI) in agriculture in Africa.DocumentTools, fertilizer or cash? Exchange asymmetries in productive assets
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014We used a field experiment to investigate exchange asymmetries in productive assets among poor rural respondents in Ethiopi a. Farmers were randomly allocated two types of productive assets or cash, with a choice to keep the productive asset (cash) or exchange it for cash (productive asset).DocumentCan adoption of improved maize varieties help smallholder farmers adapt to drought? evidence from Malawi
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015This study used a three-year panel data set for 350 Malawian farm households to examine the potential for widespread adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties, a technology that holds considerable promise for helping smallholder farmers in SSA adapt to drought risk.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.DocumentInstituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.DocumentThe Ongo Community Forest REDD+ pilot Project, Uganda: A socioeconomic baseline survey
Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 2012This report aims to synthesise information on current socioeconomic conditions within the villages that are to be involved in the Ecotrust Pro-Poor REDD+ pilot project in the Masindi district of western Uganda.Pages