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Impact of contract farming on income

Linking small farmers, packers, and supermarket in China

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Eastern Asia, China
contract farming
farmers
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Agriculture and climate change: An agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
climate change
environment
land management
forestry
natural resources management
land use
sustainable development
Agriculture and climate change are inextricably linked. Agriculture is part of the climate change problem, contributing about 13.5 percent of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (with forestry contributing an additional 19 percent), compared with 13.1 percent from transportation. Agriculture is, however, also part of the solution, offering promising opportunities for mitigating GHG emissions through carbon sequestration, soil and land use management, and biomass production.
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IFPRI Annual Report 2008-2009

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Land & Food Security
food security
poverty
agriculture
farming systems
agricultural land management
natural resources management
capacity development
In 2008, a year in which the global population—particularly the world’s poor—was confronted by both the financial and food-price crises, agricultural systems faced changes that led to market disruptions, reduced growth, mass protests, and a string of political efforts to reshape the design and governance of food systems.
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Respondiendo a la crisis alimentaria mundial: Tres perspectivas

IFPRI 2007-2008 Annual Report Essay

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2009
Land & Food Security
agriculture
farming systems
agricultural land management
capacity development
food security
natural resources management
poverty
El dramático aumento y la volatilidad de los precios de los alimentos durante el último año han sacudido al sistema alimentario mundial. Por lo general, tanto los gobiernos como la comunidad dedicada al desarrollo internacional han respondido ante diversos aspectos de la crisis alimentaria, pero todavía permanecen las preguntas sobre si se han tomado o no las acciones más adecuadas, cuál es la mejor forma de responder y qué nos aguarda en el futuro.
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Does gender influence forest management?

Exploring cases from East Africa and Latin America

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2009
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
women
forestry
forest management plans
land management
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Park location affects forest protection

Land characteristics cause differences in park impacts across Costa Rica

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Costa Rica
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
land valuation
forest land
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Global retail chains and poor farmers

Evidence from Madagascar

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Eastern Africa, Madagascar
contract farming
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Food security and soil water management

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
water management
land degradation
food security
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Opportunities and challenges of community-based rural drinking water supplies

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Ghana
property
Providing safe drinking water in rural areas is a major challenge because it is not easy to establish institutional arrangements that will ensure that drinking water facilities are provided, maintained, and managed in an efficient, equitable, and sustainable way. Like many other countries, Ghana has adopted a community-based approach to meet this challenge. Community-based water and sanitation committees (WATSANs) are in charge of managing drinking water facilities at the local level.
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Do external grants to district governments discourage own-revenue generation?

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Ghana
property
Decentralization is expected to lead to greater efficiency in the allocation of public resources, as subnational governments are said to have better information than central government about the needs for and requirements of public services in their jurisdictions, especially in agricultural and rural areas, where information about rural residents' priorities is more limited. This purported benefit of decentralization rests strongly on the assumption that local governments can in fact exercise fiscal discretion to allocate resources.