This  study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where the CBTF has been implementing a project on organic agriculture since 2004. Organic agriculture is a holistic production system based on active agro-ecosystem management rather than on external inputs, and it...

Este artículo se encuentra entre las páginas 140 a 144. Uno de los factores que intensifica la pobreza rural y disminuye el desarrollo rural es la alta tasa de migración hacia las capitales de departamento. Los miembros más jóvenes de las familias campesinas deciden migrar hacia ciudades con objeto de...

Entre las páginas 127 a 134 se encuentra este artículo. El análisis de los sistemas de producción de las áreas rurales debe considerar el estudio de las costumbres y creencias folclóricas de sus comunidades nativas ya que éstas condicionan las decisiones familiares en relación a sus actividades económicas y hábitos...

Este dossier recoge varios artículos que sostienen que la conservación y el sustento están íntimamente relacionados entre sí y que los modelos de conservación no participativos e impuestos desde arriba pueden resultar contraproducentes. Las comunidades pesqueras pueden ser poderosas aliadas en los esfuerzos de conservación.  El dossier muestra ejemplos de...

The researchers and studies conducted under the LSFM project were intended to contribute to the process of effectively linking small farmers to market and maximize their benefits from the value chain. In addition, the studies also aimed to help decision-making of the project's in-country anchors and in formulating strategic directions,...

La presente publicación hace un recorrido muy amplio, entre historia, información estadística, diagnóstico de actores y finalmente propuesta de tareas para familias, organizaciones e instituciones, y políticas públicas para los distintos niveles de gobierno. Desde la orientación de CIPCA, este es un nuevo ejemplo de cómo las acciones y emprendimientos de...

This paper is a shorter, more recent version of an earlier working paper, and uses RIGA data to describe participation in and income shares from the different income generating activities across rural households in different developing countries.This paper analyzes the household level impact of a price increase in major tradable...

Using nationally-representative data from 14 developing countries, this paper explores rural wage employment and its potential as a mechanism for improving the well being of the rural population. The analysis suggests that the sector of employment (agricultural or non-agricultural) and the overall household livelihood strategy appear to be of limited...

This publication contains the initial outputs of the research component of AsiaDHRRA's Regional Project on Linking Small Farmers to Markets (LSFM) as implemented by Dina Besa (InDHRRA) in Indonesia. This report is part of the outputs of the participatory market researchers and studies on specific commodities chosen in each pilot...

The social reproduction of familiar agriculture is permeated by distinct factors affecting the perspective of continuity of establishments along the generations. In general, these factors can be associated to changes caused by the modernization of agriculture,  crescent proximity between the rural and the urban and the internal dynamic of the...

The private sector can help smallholders to participate in modern supply chains. This type of collaboration will be critical to agricultural development.

El manual describe los procedimientos para planificar y conducir un Diagnóstico Participativo de Comunicación Rural (DPCR) como un primer paso para el diseño de programas de comunicación, estrategias y materiales para proyectos de desarrollo, apropiados y con una buena relación costo beneficio. El manual fue desarrollado por el Centro de...

This curriculum, developed and edited by the trainees of the IPM rice-fish ToT, is not a cooking recipe, but an inspirational document which is free for modifications based on local needs. Its contents are a blend of actual ToT experience and other sources, prepared under the guidance of the two...

This report is part of the outputs of the participatory market researchers and studies on specific commodities chosen in each pilot in four countries: tea in Vietnam, fresh calamansi fruit in the Philippines, free-range native chicken in Cambodia and organic rice in Indonesia.

Soil type and the effect of management on the condition of the soil are important determinants of the character and quality of annual cropping and have profound effects on long-term profits. Land managers need tools that are reliable, quick and easy to use in order to help them assess the...

Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries will bear the brunt of the adverse consequences, particularly from climate change. This is largely because poverty levels are high, and...

With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting temperature zones, climate change is expected to increase the frequency of climate-related shocks, such as floods and droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa. For farm households, an increase in the frequency of climate-related income shocks could lead not only to lower expected income,...

Natural resources management is a critical branch of sustainable rural development that requires thorough understanding of theland, the people who nurtures the land and how they govern land. They are historically, socially-ecologically constructed systems. While in today’s generation, natural resources management is intertwined with the problems of poverty, food and livelihood security and...

The development of subsistence agriculture is a key strategy for supporting the growing population of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. However, this approach is likely to be affected by climate change. Other factors, such as urbanization and a shift away from traditional food to imported items, are also having...

Soil type and the effect of management on the condition of the soil are important determinants of the productive performance of olive orchards, and have profound effects on long-term profits. Land managers need tools that are reliable, quick and easy to use in order to help them assess the condition...