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Missing Out on Small is Beautiful: The EU’s failure to deliver on policy commitments to support smallholder agriculture in developing countries

30/06/2017

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French

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With the world on the brink of an unprecedented four famines, donor countries must urgently step up efforts to tackle the structural causes of hunger and poverty. Food security and sustainable agriculture are among the European Union’s key priorities for development cooperation. The EU is committed to long-term solutions, including empowering smallholders, in particular women, […]

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Research report

Legislative Wins, Broken Promises: Gaps in implementation of laws on violence against women and girls

08/03/2017

4 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls. It presents a comparative analysis of shortfalls between government commitments as laid out in laws, and the realities for survivors of violence as they try to access services […]

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En ordre disperse: Des progres encore insuffisants dans la mise en ouvre de l’approche programme dans le secteur rural au Burkina Faso

25/11/2016

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: French

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Au Burkina les partenaires au developpement financent la grande majorite des investissements dans le secteur agricole. Au moment de l’elaboration de la deuxieme phase du PNSR, les enjeux lies A la coordination et A l’alignement prennent une importance particuliere afin d’eviter les duplications et les incoherences, et garantir l’atteinte des resultats du plan global de […]

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Research report

Precarious Lives: Work, food and care after the global food crisis

09/09/2016

3 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

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When food prices spiked in 2008, the international price of basic food items peaked at unprecedented levels, bringing a wave of food riots in low-income countries. Subsequent price volatility had huge impacts on millions of people who struggled to feed their families nutritiously. Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility was a real-time investigation by […]

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Youth and Inequality: Time to support youth as agents of their own future

12/08/2016

3 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Young women and men today must grapple with serious social, political and environmental problems inherited from their elders. Yet they are systematically excluded from policy decisions, even though young people make up one quarter of humanity. By marshalling the energy, creativity and talents of youth to address the multiple inequalities they face, we will all […]

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Research report

Delicious, Disgusting, Dangerous: Eating in a time of food price volatility

03/11/2015

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

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The third year results of the study ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’ uncover the realities of what people on low and precarious incomes are eating. For the consumer, there are undeniable benefits from the integration of world food trade: more stable supply and wider choice. Changes in food habits mean people are […]

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Research report

‘Warrantage’ in Burkina Faso: Grain storage and access to credit

14/10/2015

1 documents

61 pages long

Languages: French

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Access to credit and effective storage for grain are two issues affecting small-scale farmers in Burkina Faso. Warrantage, a French word commonly used in West Africa, describes the inventory credit system (normally called the warehouse receipt system, or WRS, in English). This means granting credit with grain as collateral in secure warehouses where a third […]

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Research report

Integrating a Gender Approach into the Prevention and Management of Food Insecurity: The household economy approach

07/04/2015

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: French

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The Household Economy Approach (HEA) adds value to the assessment of access to food and food security in emergency situations. However, the approach fails to identify the specific causes of vulnerability that are related to gender dynamics within households. In the context of food security in the Sahel region, this report aims to provide ideas […]

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Research report

Social Protection and Food Security in Burkina Faso: Boutiques temoins

07/04/2015

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: French

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In the Sahel, social protection policies related to food security play a crucial role in improving the well-being of the population. Organizations working on food security in the region (farmer organizations as well as consumer organizations) can benefit from examining these policies and the concrete measures introduced, which can help to facilitate the design of […]

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Research report

Social Protection and Food Security in Burkina Faso: School canteens

07/04/2015

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: French

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Social protection policies related to food security in Burkina Faso play a crucial role in improving the well-being of the population. This report examines the school feeding programme in Burkina Faso; looking at the way it works and identifying key good practices. The government’s stable commitment and the gradually planned handover by WFP and CRS […]

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