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Changing farm structure and agricultural commercialisation in Nigeria
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019Evidence is mounting that the rise of medium-scale investor farms and associated changes in the distribution of farm sizes are occurring in many African countries. These changes in the distribution of farm sizes are creating important and wide-ranging impacts at all stages of agricultural value chains.DocumentAre agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan
Springer, 2018Despite recent improvements in the national average, stunting levels in Afghanistan exceed 70% in some Provinces. Agriculture serves as the main source of livelihood for over half of the population and has the potential to be a strong driver of a reduction in under-nutrition.DocumentFarmer-led irrigation development and investment strategies for food security, growth and employment in Africa
Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, 2018Following a three year research programme, the SAFI research project gathered a group of researchers, policy-makers and irrigation specialists to define the characteristics of farmer-led irrigation development in Africa, and identify potential interventions by government and development agenciDocumentCan group farms outperform individual family farms? Empirical insights from India
Science Direct, 2018Is there an alternative model to small family farming that could provide sustainable livelihoods to millions of resource-constrained and often non-viable smallholders in developing countries? Could group farming constitute such an alternative, wherein smallholders voluntarily pool land, labour and capital to create larger farms that they manage collectively?DocumentThe role of irrigation in enabling dietary diversity in Afghanistan
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia, 2018This paper adds to the sparse literature on irrigation-diet linkages by contributing fresh evidence from Afghanistan and addresses the lacuna regarding the pathways through which such linkages may operate.DocumentEffectiveness of the value chain of an agri-food product in reaching low income consumers: a business case study of Amulspray
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia, 2018A large section of the population in South Asia is undernourished. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood in the region. Following the framework detailed in Henson and Humphrey (2015), this paper attempts to assess the effectiveness of a dairy milk product (Amulspray), manufactured by a cooperative business, in enhancing consumption of nutritious food by the poor.DocumentPublic distribution system in Tamil Nadu: Implications for household consumption
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia, 2018Food and nutrition insecurity is a reality for a large number of people in India. Social safety nets to ensure food security of the poor and vulnerable become important in such a scenario. The Public Distribution System (PDS) in India is an example of one such safety measure.DocumentPolicies for improved food security: The roles of land tenure policies and land markets
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017This paper provides an overview of what we know about farm size distributions, the emerging land markets, the role of tenure systems, tenure reforms and land policies in shaping the distribution of increasingly scarce land resources. The primary focus is on Africa while making some comparisons with Asia.DocumentAgricultural investments for development in Tanzania: reconciling actors, strategies and logics?
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017Agricultural investments carry opportunities and risks for smallholders, rural communities, and the environment.DocumentCampaigning for agrarian reform in the Bondoc Peninsula
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016Civil society monitoring and advocacy that is vertically integrated across different levels of action is one strategy for seeking government accountability. This case study summary is one of a set of seven from the Philippines. Each discusses a civil society campaign in a different sector, and draws out lessons for vertical integration.Pages