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It documents participatory field research in Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania, covering 15 agricultural sub-sectors. Findings are reported on women smallholders’ motivations and capacities to engage in collective action, as well as on gender-based patterns and […] View resource Campaign report Nourish South Asia: Growing a better future for regional food justice 26/09/2011 1 documents 59 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Climate change adaptation Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Food reserves Food security Land rights Livelihoods Natural resources Smallholder agriculture Overview Forty percent of the world’s hungry people lived in South Asia even before the food price crisis of 2008. Hunger stalks the entire region, from the mountain slopes of Nepal to the arid plains of southern Afghanistan. Although large-scale famines have largely been kept at bay, millions of poor people are unable to afford two […] View resource Briefing note East Africa Food Crisis: Poor rains, poor response 20/07/2011 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Drought Food security Natural resources Pastoralism Water and sanitation Overview East Africa is facing the worst food crisis of the 21st Century. Across Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, 12 million people are in dire need of food, clean water, and basic sanitation. Loss of life on a massive scale is a very real risk, and the crisis is set to worsen over the coming months, particularly […] View resource Case study Fighting Hunger in Brazil: Much achieved, more to do 09/06/2011 4 documents 8 pages long Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Food security Livelihoods Natural resources Overview This case study introduces the policies adopted by the Brazilian government in order to prioritize poverty reduction and food security. It explores the reasons for the success of these policies, and concludes that key factors include government support at the highest level, an integrated approach that goes across departments and sectors, and an influential civil […] View resource Briefing note Averting Tomorrow’s Global Food Crisis: The European Union’s role in delivering food justice in a resource-constrained world 31/05/2011 3 documents 12 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Food prices Food security Natural resources Overview Global food prices will more than double within 20 years, as a new age of crisis forces the collapse of our global food system. These price rises will push millions into poverty in a world where, already, one in seven goes hungry. As the world’s largest economy, the world’s biggest aid donor, and an aspiring […] View resource Journal article Capacity building for adaptive management: a problem-based learning approach 01/04/2011 15 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Natural resources Overview As natural-resource issues become more complex, particularly in developing-world contexts, there is a growing need for adaptive management solutions. However, the skills necessary to deal with these increasingly complex situations are not always present in many low-income countries. There is also a growing recognition that many capacity-building activities are limited in their effectiveness. This article […] View resource Journal article The role of local institutions in sustainable watershed management: lessons from India 01/04/2011 14 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Livelihoods Natural resources Overview The implementation and effective management of watershed-development projects is recognised as a strategy for rural development throughout the developing world. Several government and non-government agencies have launched watershed-development projects to tackle the challenges of soil conservation, improving land productivity, and economic upliftment of the rural poor for efficient use of natural resources. Participatory community-driven institutions […] View resource Discussion paper Towards a characterisation of adaptive capacity: A framework for analysing adaptive capacity at the local level 01/12/2010 1 documents 8 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Climate change adaptation Community building Disaster risk management Disaster risk reduction Disasters Drought DRR Early warning system Floods Livelihoods Local Government Natural resources Participation Research methods Overview Interest is growing in supporting vulnerable people and communities to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, and there is a general assumption that there are close links between development and adaptation. Yet our understanding of the impacts that development interventions have on adaptive capacity at the local level remains limited. Most development interventions […] View resource Journal article Issues in community conservation: the case of the Barberton Medicinal Plants Project 01/05/2010 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Development methods Livelihoods Natural resources Overview Over-exploitation of medicinal plants for traditional healing practices endangers pristine conservation areas. In South Africa, the Mpumalanga Parks Board (MPB) attempted through a medicinal-plants project to promote nature conservation and benefit traditional healers. The project was well planned and implemented, infrastructure was created, and a model farm was established to propagate medicinal plants. Yet, although […] View resource Guidelines and toolkits Gender, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Climate Change Adaptation: A Learning Companion 01/04/2010 1 documents 16 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Climate change adaptation Development methods Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Gender mainstreaming Gender training Gender-based violence Natural resources Overview This Learning Companion aims to provide Oxfam programme staff with the basis for incorporating gender analysis and women’s rights into disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) programming. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction are priorities for Oxfam GB, as are strengthening women’s rights and gender equality. View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 … Page 10 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know