The Seasonality Revisited international conference, recently held at the Institute of Development Studies, concluded that the costs of ignoring the seasonal dimensions of poverty are enormous, despite seasonality being rarely reflected in agricultural investment and social protection policies.

The conference was organised by the Future Agricultures Consortium and the Centre for Social Protection to help put the ‘seasonality of poverty’ back in the policy agenda.

Read more about the conference on this web site by accessing

• conference presentations
• background reports
• conference posters
• press release
• image gallery
• participant bios

Media Release

(with embargo date of 1 July 2009) – contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

'Seasonal poverty’ is worsening. Climate Change, AIDS and heightened vulnerability identified as main culprits.As seasons across the world appear to become more unpredictable, the impacts of seasonal shocks and stresses on poor people are increasing. Conclusions from the recent ‘Seasonality Revisited’ conference call for efforts to deal with adaptation to climate change and other issues contributing to poverty to take into account the importance of seasonal poverty. The conference was organised by the Future Agriculture Consortium and the Centre for Social Protection.

This is the blog for Seasonality Revisited, an international conference on seasonal poverty taking place from 8-10 July at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK.

You are invited to read these posts and comment generously to make the online discussions as thought-provoking as the conference sessions. Please contact me should you have any questions about this blog, the conference website, or conference communications in general. David Hughes This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Future Agricultures Consortium together with the Centre for Social Protection is convening a 3–day conference on Seasonality, to be held on Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th July 2009 at IDS Sussex.