On 27 July, the UK’s Department for International Development unveiled its 'structural reform plan’ . While aid funding is ring-fenced and the 0.7% target is maintained, the new UK Coalition Government proposes to do business differently. In addition to realising the UK’s international commitments and assuring value for money in the aid spend, new departmental priorities are wealth creation, conflict and stabilisation, gender equality and climate change.
But agriculture and food security are nowhe...
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Africa Seminar Series now underway.
In partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), FAC...
6-8 April 2011 International Conference on ‘Global Land Grabbing’
Co-organized and hosted by the Futu...
We are delighted to announce that the Central Research Department of the UK Department for Internati...
What is the role of agriculture in Africa's economic growth? An opinion article by Stefan Dercon and...
SOS Sahel International UK publishes a booklet on 'scenario planning' as a way to help pastoralists i...
Agriculture plays a major role in pro-poor economic growth in countries with large, poor rural sectors - this is increas...
Read more...The purpose of the study is to support the new Climate Change Theme under the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) , a par...
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Simulating the reality of small-scale farmers
Future Agricultures Consortium plans to develop an interactive, open-source...
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6-8 April 2011 International Conference on ‘Global Land Grabbing’
Co-organized and hosted by the Future Agricultures Cons...
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The changing structure of the global agri-food system – and the role of supermarkets and standards in particular - is in...
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The research focus of this theme is to explore and critically assess pastoralist innovation systems.
The gap in current ... Read more...