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Innovating to compete: Smallholder farmers' agency and markets in East Africa
… and export firms, mainly through organising them in value chains. Research and experience from practitioners working with smallholder …
Publication, 01 November 2012
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Economics of Non-Timber Forest Benefits: An overview, The
… This paper, based on research carried out under the collaborative research programme Conservation, Management and Development of Forest …
Publication, 01 January 1999
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Do forests protect watersheds? A short summary of current thinking on the links between land use, hydrological functions of watersheds and local livelihoods in Vietnam
… which was held in Hanoi on 14 May 2002 and attended by about 50 research scientists, representatives of government departments and … Vietnamese. The workshop was held as part of the ongoing Sida-funded research project Land Use and Sustainable Livelihoods in Upland Vietnam, …
Publication, 01 January 2002
African women provide the majority of food production labor in the family, but do not necessarily own the land. Research has shown that ensuring land rights for women, such as these Kenyan farmers, can positively influence food security and economic development (Photo: Bonnie McClafferty/IFPRI, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
What women want
… would propose in relation to their land rights. And, according to our research , it's not just the right to make a marriage proposal once …
Insight, 29 February 2016
A beekeeper in Guatemala finds an alternative source of income. Photo: Todd Post/Bread for the World Institute
Judging the effectiveness of alternative livelihoods projects
… the strengths, weaknesses and prevailing knowledge gaps in that research. The project seeks to address the question: Are alternative …
Project, 16 August 2013
Aerial view of an informal settlement and an urban centre in the background
Rethinking household surveys reveals true picture of health inequality
… (and workforce) in many cities. One exception to this is APHRC’s research programme in Nairobi which has greatly increased our knowledge …
Insight, 18 January 2022
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PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… Jonas, Wim Hiemstra and María Julia Oliva Part 1: Setting the scene: research partnerships and ABS from the perspective of communities  FPIC and beyond: safeguards for power-equalising research that protects biodiversity, rights and culture Michel Pimbert … protocols for genetic resources and ABS  Decolonising action-research: the Potato Park biocultural protocol for benefit-sharing …
Article, 31 May 2012
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… and the implications for small-scale producers. We have undertaken research on the strategies and constraints of small producer agency in … Through our work with the Global Water Initiative  we undertake research and advocacy in West Africa to ensure that family farmers— both …
Article, 22 April 2014
Economics of climate change adaptation in least developed countries
… out the first phase of a major programme of collaborative economic research and capacity-building, looking at the costs of climate change … To address the gaps in data on costs and benefits, the Climate Change research group and the Environmental Economics programme began a major …
Project, 24 September 2008
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Shared value, shared responsibility Executive Briefing
… of managing contracting. This paper draws on three years of research and interviews within the oil and gas sector to highlight an …
Publication, 01 April 2011