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rural livelihoods

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Vulnerability and Social Protection in Malawi

Vulnerability appears to be rising for many Malawians, whose exposure to livelihood shocks is increasing while […]

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The potential of food processing to improve the livelihoods of the poor in Zimbabwe

In the current study, the potential for food processing to improve the livelihood of the poor […]

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The livestock-climate-poverty nexus – A discussion paper on ILRI research in relation to climate change

Climate change will have severe impacts in many parts of the tropics and subtropics. Despite the […]

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The delivery of veterinary services to the poor: a framework for analysis

In most developing countries, veterinary services have never targeted poor livestock owners. Historically, the prevailing wisdom […]

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Stopping the rot

Outputs from CPP cassava projects based in southern Tanzania (R6614, R7563) have been adopted by agricultural […]

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SSLA Land Theme Research Briefing 1. The Politics of Land Reform in Southern Africa.

A range of factors – from the global to the local – have combined to put […]

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Smallholder Contract Farming of Swine in Northern Viet Nam: Type and Scale of Production

The rapid growth in demand for pork in Viet Nam presents an opportunity for rural households […]

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SLSA Working Paper 6. South Africa Country Paper.

This paper presents a brief overview of social and economic conditions in South Africa’s Eastern Cape […]

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Seed System Innovations in the semi-arid Tropics of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The power of a seed is unlimited. As a powerful agent of change, seeds can be […]

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Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods, and a driver of poverty and hunger, […]

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Rural Livelihood Programme Capturing Lessons Learned – Final Report

The CARE-Bangladesh/DFID Rural Livelihood Programme (RLP) was a consolidation of 3 projects: GO-INTERFISH (Greater Opportunities for […]

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Pro-poor values in agricultural research management: PETRRA experiences in practice

PETRRA was an agricultural research-management project which used a values-based approach in project design, planning, and […]

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Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Strategies: Synthesis of Country Background Papers

This brief is a synopsis of five country background papers that provided an inventory of information […]

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Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Strategies in Ghana

This study presents a detailed review of the poultry sector in Ghana with an aim to […]

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Poultry, HPAI and Livelihoods in Viet Nam – A Review

This document is part of a series of documents that aim to provide comprehensive overviews of […]

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Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS)

The action research was further structured around a jointly developed MUS conceptual framework of ‘principles’ that […]

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Playing the generation game

Forty-one percent of the world’s sorghum area is located in Africa, yet sorghum yields in this […]

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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 9/10: Monitoring and evaluation

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]

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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 8/10: Uptake pathways.

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]

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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 5/10: Value-based research approach within a competitive grant system.

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]

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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 3/10: PETRRA Policy Briefs

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]

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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 2/10: Strategies.

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]

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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 10/10: Sub-project briefs.

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]

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Participatory Varietal Selection to Multiple Actor Orientation??? Case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.

As part of a 3-year project focusing on improving the livelihoods of poor livestock keepers by […]

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Pakistan’s Final Report to DFID

The goal of this DfID-funded project was to improve rural livelihoods through accelerated adoption of resource-conserving […]

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Mitigation of the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods through low-labour input agriculture and related activities

This report attempts to provide answers to the following questions: 1. What is the evidence that […]

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Market Participation of Smallholder Poultry Producers in Northern Viet Nam

Access to markets for smallholder poultry farmers is crucial for exploiting the potential of poultry production […]

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Mapping the market: market-literacy for agricultural research and policy to tackle rural poverty in Africa

We present a market-literate framework in the form of a Market Map. The Market Map serves […]

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Managing Aquatic Resources to Benefit the Poor where Water is Limiting: Lessons from India and Sri Lanka, paper presented at World Aquaculture Conference, Beijing, April 2002.

The headings for this presentation, which has a number of colour photographs, are as follows: Background […]

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Inception Workshop on Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Project in Africa and Southeast Asia

Session III of the Inception Workshop includes 8 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – HPAI Risk […]

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Improved Rural Incomes from Better Forage Production and Sales of Milk Production

This presentation is an introduction to a project approved for funding by the RALF Project Review […]

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Impacts of Avian Influenza on Poultry Production in Developing Countries

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype re-emerged in Southeast Asia in late […]

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Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on Ghanaian Chicken Producers’ Incomes.

In this paper we focus on the rural poultry producing households in Ghana. Our aims are […]

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Growth and Social Protection Working Paper 04. Agriculture and Social Protection in Ghana

Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to embark on structural adjustment reforms. 25 […]

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Agriculture and Social Protection in Ethiopia

Government strategies to promote social protection and agricultural development in Ethiopia are closely intertwined. Interventions such […]

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Feeding livestock through partnerships

Addressing issues of animal feed scarcity has the potential of raising incomes and improving the lives […]

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Farmers’ and Traders’ sources of market information in Lira District

A baseline study was one of the first activities of a research project on ‘Decentralised Market […]

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Epidemiology sustaining rural livelihoods into the new millennium

This brief note describes the role of epidemiology in sustaining rural livelihoods, using as an example […]

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Enhancing livelihoods for resource poor householdsIn the Afghan Hindu Kush using theTerritorial Approach to Agroenterprise Development

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Afghanistan Program began using the Territorial Approach to Agroenterprise Development for its […]

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Improving Small Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity in Semi-arid Regions

In Latin America, as in Africa and Asia, 15-25% of the population lives in semi-arid areas, […]

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An Integrated Approach to Improving Adaptive Capacity: The Adapta Sertão Experience

Community-based adaptation (CBA) is a fairly new approach where communities are empowered to find their own […]

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Control of cassava virus diseases in eastern and southern Africa

The project purpose was to contribute to the sustainability of rural livelihoods in coastal areas of […]

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Community Animal Health Services for Improving Household Wealth and Health Status of Low-income Farmers

Community animal health services (CAHS) have been promoted since the 1970s by aid organizations in low-income […]

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Cambodia Workshop on Avian Influenza Research Activities. Sihanoukville, Cambodia, 8-10 October 2008.

This DFID-organised workshop included presentations of avian influenza research in Cambodia from a range of interested […]

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Beyond agriculture – making markets work for the poor: proceedings of an international seminar

A great deal of effort on behalf of governments and the international community goes into helping […]

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Aquaculture in small-scale farmer-managed irrigation systems

NB. The pdf associated with this document appears to be an updated version of an earlier […]

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Adjustment of Smallholder Livestock Producers to External Shocks: The Case of HPAI in Viet Nam

The poor in rural areas face economic risks that differ substantially from groups with other economic, […]

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A survey of disease impact and awareness in pond aquaculture in Bangladesh, the Fisheries Training and Extension Project – Phase II

A survey of the importance of fish disease to 257 farmers from six districts in Bangladesh […]

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Livestock and livelihoods: Highlights from a sample of research projects commissioned on livestock of relevance to resource-poor livestock keepers in Africa, South Asia and Latin America

This document contains a few highlights from completed research projects commissioned by DFID’s LPP over the […]

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Livestock and the Poor: Issues in poverty-focused livestock development

Livestock directly aid the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized citizens. Livestock […]

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Effect of world trade trends on the development of traditional food systems

This paper discusses the significance of traditional food systems (TFSs) and the impact of past and […]

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Investigating the Role of Poultry and the Impact of HPAI on Livelihoods in Ghana

This study uses the same data set and econometric models (i) to predict and profile which […]

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Investigating the Role of Poultry in Livelihoods and the Impact of HPAI in Ethiopia

This brief summarizes a study that (i) investigated factors that affect participation in small-scale poultry production […]

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International Fund for Agricultural Development

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