Search Results - "Development studies"

Leaving no one behind: How women seize control of wheat-maize technologies in Bangladesh by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Jafry, Tahseen, Rahman, S., Badstue, Lone B.

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Youth participation in smallholder livestock production and marketing by Mutua, Edna N., Bukachi, S., Bett, Bernard K., Estambale, B., Nyamongo, I.

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Understanding the role of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa’s economic transformation: Evidence from Tanzania by Diao, Xinshen, Magalhaes, Eduardo, McMillan, Margaret S.

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Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households by Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

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Gender differences in land inheritance, schooling, and lifetime income: evidence from the rural Philippines by Estudillo, Jonna P., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Otsuka, Keijiro

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Marketing margins and agricultural technology in Mozambique by Arndt, Channing, Robinson, Sherman, Jensen, Henning Tarp

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Adopting improved farm technology: a study of smallholder farmers in Eastern Province, Zambia by Celis, Rafael, Milimo, John T., Wanmali, Sudhir

“…In late 1985, the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Rural Development Studies Bureau of the University of Zambia, the National Food and Nutrition Commission, and the Easter Provice Agricultural Development Project embarked on a major research project in Eastern Province, Zambia. …”
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Impacts of in-kind transfers on household food consumption: evidence from targeted food programmes in Bangladesh by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A.

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Livelihood transitions and the changing nature of farmer-herder conflict in Sahelian West Africa by Turner, M.D., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Patterson, K.P., Patterson, E.D.

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Pastoralism 'alive and well' in Africa by Scoones, Ian

“…Ian Scoones from the Institute of Development Studies and the Future Agricultures Consortium reflects on some key issues emerging from a recent conference on the future of pastoralism in Africa. …”
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Correlations, causes and the logic of obscuration: donor shaping of dominant narratives in Indonesia's irrigation development by Suhardiman, Diana, Mollinga, P.P.

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Do community members share development priorities? Results of a ranking exercise in East African rangelands by McPeak, J.G., Doss, C.R., Barrett, Christopher B., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

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Capturing on-farm realities with IMPACTLite by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Their product, the Integrated Modelling Platform for Mixed Animal-Crop Systems (IMPACT), included a comprehensive survey and a data collection software package.The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) recently backed an effort to streamline and update this tool, making it much quicker to implement and more useful for modelling and agricultural development studies. The new version, IMPACTlite, has now been rolled out at 13 CCAFS research sites in 12 countries, and other research programs are also starting to use IMPACTLite as a foundation for their own studies.…”
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Youth participation in smallholder livestock production and marketing by Mutua, Edna N., Bukachi, S., Bett, Bernard K., Estambale, B.B.A., Nyamongo, I.

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Modern Varieties, International Agricultural Research, and the Poor by Lipton, Michael, Longhurst, Richard

“…Written by Michael Lipton and Richard Longhurst of Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.…”
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Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development by Seghezzo, Lucas, Volante, Jose Norberto, Paruelo, José María, Somma, Daniel Jorge, Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina, Rodriguez, Héctor E., Gagnon, Sandra, Hufty, Marc

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Ethiopia's agricultural transformation: agribusiness' contribution to reducing youth unemployment by Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Ayele, Seife

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Presentations and notes from a Roundtable on the metrics of sustainable diets and food systems: 27th November, 2012, Madrid, Spain by Bioversity International

“…by Professor Jennie Macdiarmid, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, UK“Sustainable Diets: Time to pilot some metrics” by Professor Lawrence Haddad, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK…”
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Oil Palm Contract Farming in Brazil: Labour Constraints and Inclusivity Challenges by Brandão, F., Schoneveld, George C.

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Are livestock always bad for the planet? Rethinking the protein transition and climate change debate by Houzer, E., Scoones, Ian

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