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Smallholder Incomes, Vegetable Marketing and Food Safety: Evidence from China
… Great changes have taken place in China’s agricultural and food markets in the past several decades. However, the impact of the … attempts to understand whether or not the recent changes in China’s food economy have contributed to an improvement in the welfare of small, … horticultural economy are consistent with a system that can deliver food safety. To achieve our objectives, we use a data set collected in …
Publication, 01 August 2009
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SITAM - Sustainable intensification: trade-offs for agricultural management (project flyer)
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Vegetable garden in the middle of a city street
Argentinian city Rosario wins award for urban sustainability
… inequality.  ‘Resilient Rosario’ The winning project, ' Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario ', converted unoccupied land for sustainable and healthy food production, and provided jobs and social benefits while also … of climate adaptation and social inclusion.  Rosario's urban agriculture programme is a model of how to integrate social, economic …
News, 08 July 2021
Two women talking to each other at a crowded event.
Strengthening local voices in the governance of food systems and the environment
… Establishing inclusive governance of food systems — where farmers and other citizens play an active role in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies — is not just a matter of equity or … sustainable livelihoods and environments. And yet, across the world, food system governance is marked by exclusionary processes that favour …
Project, 01 September 2011
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Planting India in Africa - Indian influence on African agricultural research and development
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Has agriculture been a winner in the economic downturn?
… speculation and export restrictions. From mid-2008 world prices for food staples fell back from peak levels, though they generally remain … 2009-2010. The spike in the price of staples fed rapidly through to food prices, with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) food price index rising by 27 per …
Insight, 14 June 2010
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Making agricultural advice work for smallholder farmers
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 June 2015
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Impacts of China's agricultural policies on payment for watershed services
… of China’s agricultural policies, principally those dealing with food supply, increasing farmers’ incomes, and restoring degraded … was, until recently, extremely poor, underdeveloped and dependent on agriculture for livelihoods – has posed many challenges in terms of governance, ensuring food security, and fostering orderly economic and social development. In …
Publication, 01 January 2006
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Urbanisation, rural transformations and food security: the view from China
… inequality with regard to access to affordable, safe and nutritious food in the context of changing rural–urban linkages. The production, distribution and consumption of food has changed in the context of rapid economic growth, urbanisation … linkages. The paper discusses policies aimed at ensuring adequate food provision and the regulation of quality and safety, as well as …
Publication, 01 December 2015
Muganda at his stall at Karango town with Medius Bihunirwa, a researcher with the Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (Photo: Kabarole Research and Resource Centre)
Rush to urbanise leaves food vendors out in the rain
… 18 April 2015 and we are meeting Basaija Godfrey (aka Muganda), a food vendor in Karago Trading Centre. Karago is an important trading … argued that these urbanisation trends create pressure to increase food supplies for town dwellers, most especially for the poor. Street food is one of the main sources of food for the urban poor — but is very …
Insight, 07 July 2015