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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

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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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

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

Resilience in Times of Food Insecurity: Reflecting on the experiences of women’s organizations

15/09/2014

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This research report considers the perspectives of women’s organizations and their strategies in dealing with vulnerability to shocks and crises, and building resilience in a context of food insecurity. The report identifies what 21 women’s organizations across 10 countries consider to be the key threats to resilience, and draws lessons from their ways of working. […]

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Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

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Discussion paper

Climate and Environmental Change: Views from Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility

14/07/2014

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

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How are rapid recent food price changes linked to climate and environmental change? How do people who are vulnerable to these changes view these links? This Institute of Development Studies (IDS) note explores the views of people living on low and precarious incomes on these connections. It is based on the 2012 findings of the […]

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Research report

Food Crisis, Gender, and Resilience in the Sahel: Lessons from the 2012 crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

16/06/2014

2 documents

58 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This report deals with the issues, or rather, with the responses to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel, from a gender perspective. The field research, which was conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, builds on past work and reflects the statements made by local people. The report finds that household resilience is inconceivable […]

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Research report

Help Yourself! Food Rights and Responsibilities: Year 2 findings from Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility

05/06/2014

12 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Help Yourself! provides the second year results of a four-year study on how food price volatility affects everyday life and uncovers grassroots realities related to the right to food. Do people at risk of hunger think they have a right to food? What does a right to food mean, and how can it be claimed […]

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