March 8, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (2)
Johann F. KirstenProfessor and Head of Dept. Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa
March 8, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (2)
Blessings ChinsingaAssociate Professor, Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Malawi, Malawi Ephraim ChirwaProfessor, Department of Economics, University of Malawi, Malawi
March 8, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (1)
Aderibigbe S. OlomolaSenior Economist/Consultant, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Abuja, Nigeria
March 8, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (1)
Assefa AdmassiePrincipal Research Fellow at the Ethiopian Economics Association and adjunct Associate Professor at the Addis Ababa University, Department of Economics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
March 8, 2013 / Political Decisions (parallel session)
T.S. Jayne, Nicole Mason, William Burke, Arthur Shipekesa, Antony Chapoto, and Chance Kabaghe The past two years are a tribute to Zambian farmers; they have responded admirably to government efforts to promote maize production. But ironically, rural poverty remains stubbornly
March 6, 2013 / Science, Technology and Innovation
A new book, available as a free download (Zip file, 18MB), is the culmination of a considerable amount of new and important research on seed systems, both within Ethiopia and across Africa. Defining Moments in the Ethiopian Seed System draws
March 2, 2013 / Books
(ZIP file: may take a long time to download) This book is the culmination of a considerable amount of new and important research on seed systems, both within Ethiopia and across Africa. Drawing together a large collection of papers presented
March 1, 2013 / Journal articles
by James Sumberg, John Thompson and Philip WoodhouseAgriculture and Human Values, March 2013, Volume 30, Issue 1, pp 71-83 In this paper we argue that over the last 40 years the context of agronomic research in the developing world has changed
February 28, 2013 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Titre complet: Prix élevés et volatiles des denrées alimentaires : Soutien apporté aux agriculteurs et aux consommateurs CAADP Point Info 08par Kate Wellard-Dyer Lors de la crise alimentaire mondiale de 2007/2008, les prix des denrées alimentaires ont atteint des niveaux
February 27, 2013 / Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa
We're delighted to announce the winners of our Africa-wide journalism competition on the politics and processes that influence agricultural investment in Africa. The winners are: Print category: Oluyinka Alawode (Nigeria) Audio category: George Kalungwe (Malawi) We had over 40 submissions
February 27, 2013 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa
We're delighted to announce the winners of our Africa-wide journalism competition on the politics and processes that influence agricultural investment in Africa. The winners are: Print category: Oluyinka Alawode (Nigeria) Audio category: George Kalungwe (Malawi) We had over 40 submissions
February 27, 2013 / Policy Processes
We're delighted to announce the winners of our Africa-wide journalism competition on the politics and processes that influence agricultural investment in Africa. The winners are: Print category: Oluyinka Alawode (Nigeria) Audio category: George Kalungwe (Malawi) We had over 40 submissions
February 26, 2013 / Other Resources (Political Economy 2013)
Winning entry (print media category) to FAC’s 2013 Journalism Competition. A report looking at the political and economic reasons behind the long-term under-investment in the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
February 18, 2013 / Pastoralism
The book Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins had its Kenya launch in Nairobi on 13 February 2013. The keynote speaker was Hon. Mohamed Elmi, Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid
February 18, 2013 / Communications
Speech by Hon. Mohamed Elmi, Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands, on 13 February 2013 at the Nairobi launch of the book Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins.
February 14, 2013 / Young People & Agrifood
The debate on youth and agriculture has often assumed that simply encouraging young people to farm will solve the triple problem of unemployment, undernutrition and an ageing workforce. But the attitudes of young people themselves have largely been ignored, as
February 13, 2013 / Science, Technology and Innovation
Demonstrating 'impact' has become a strong imperative for those involved in agricultural research. But this pressure has led to some large-scale claims for techniques that have only been tested at farm level. In a new blog post, Jim Sumberg examines
February 13, 2013 / FAC blog
We can think of both agronomic research results and impact claims as being distributed along a continuum of levels: in Africa, for example, from the level of the trial plot to that of the sub-continent (see picture). The foundational level
February 11, 2013 / News
Andrew Dorward, a member of FAC and Professor of Development Economics at SOAS, gave evidence on global food security to the UK Commons Select Committee on International Development last week. Prof Dorward discussed hunger and challenges to the global food
February 8, 2013 / Pathways to Commercialisation
High and unstable food prices have been high on international agendas in recent years, amid concerns about population, demand and environmental constraints. A new paper by Andrew Dorward argues that much greater attention needs to be paid to understanding and
February 4, 2013 / Journal articles
by Andrew DorwardFood Policy, Volume 39, April 2013, Pages 40–50 In the last few years high and unstable food and agricultural commodity prices and concerns about population growth, increasing per capita food demands and environmental constraints have pushed agriculture and
January 24, 2013 / FAC blog
Despite the varied view of evidence in the literature, the idea that policy makers should take more account of ‘evidence’ (e.g. of what worked where, for whom and under what conditions) is now generally accepted. Many governments and donor agencies
January 23, 2013 / Pathways to Commercialisation
FAC Commercialisation theme convenor Steve Wiggins is quoted in an IRIN article considering the outlook for global food security in 2013. After the 2012 drought affecting the USA, maize prices fell slightly, but from a relatively high position. Cereal prices
January 23, 2013 / FAC blog
2012 saw the worst drought in 50 years in the United States. Other major food producers also experienced an unusually dry year, severely affecting harvests. As prices began to move upwards last summer, many predicted a price ‘spike’ like those
January 23, 2013 / Working Papers
FAC Working Paper 47 Stephen Spratt January 2013 Price volatility is exacerbated by the tendency of market actors to follow momentum strategies, where price rises encourage more buying, and falls encourage selling. This paper focuses on the impacts of this
January 23, 2013 / Pathways to Commercialisation
A new FAC Working Paper, Food price volatility and financial speculation (pdf), looks at the link between different forms of speculation on financial markets, and unstable or inaccurate food prices. In a post on the FAC blog, the paper's author,
January 16, 2013 / CAADP
In 2003, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) was set up to address fundamental obstacles to African agricultural development. Poor productivity, and a lack of investment, were identified as major problems. Now, 10 years on, a new paper, CAADP
January 7, 2013 / Pastoralism
Change is sweeping the Greater Horn of Africa and many of the other drylands of the world. New threats are appearing, as well as opportunities. In a new post on the ILRI blog, Susan MacMillan looks at the section on
December 20, 2012 / News
On 20 December 2012 the Knowledge network on Food Security and Nutrition launched a new consultation on behalf of the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), aimed at gathering inputs on the Version
December 17, 2012 / Land
Oxfam is running an online discussion from 10-21 December 2012, exploring key issues for the future of agriculture. They include: farmers’ knowledge as the driver of innovation and investment; women’s land ownership; farming’s dependence on fossil fuels; and effective risk
December 12, 2012 / Journal special issues
IDS Virtual Bulletin 2 Editor: Haddad, L.Free download This ‘virtual bulletin’ by the Institute of Development Studies, the second in a series, brings together articles published between 1982 and 2012 on this critical issue. It includes articles produced as part
December 12, 2012 / FAC blog
In the past few years, the concept of ‘climate-smart agriculture’ has formed a unifying – though also severely contested – concept which has climbed the international development agenda. Defined broadly around the notion of ‘triple wins’, actions that simultaneously increase
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
LDPI Working Paper 12by Sèdagban Hygin F. Kakai This paper tries to explain the land problem in terms of the corruption of the urban elites, the policy brokers and, more generally, the players in the political arena. Indeed, in the
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: The mining-conservation nexus: Rio Tinto, development ‘gifts’ and contested compensation in Madagascar LDPI Working Paper 11by Caroline Seagle his paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimisation strategies culminating in the recent convergence of multinational mining and
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
LDPI Working Paper 10by Martin Keulertz This study analyses the political, economic and social impacts of the land and ‘virtual water’ grab in Southern Sudan. The ‘virtual water’ concept, which explains the absence of water wars through water embedded in
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Conservation and ecotourism on privatised land in the Mara, Kenya: The case of conservancy land leases LDPI Working Paper 9by Claire Bedelian This paper investigates private sector investment in conservation and ecotourism through conservancy land leases in the
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
Gendered Dimensions of Land and Rural Livelihoods: The Case of New Settler Farmer Displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe LDPI Working Paper 8by Patience Mutopo Nuanetsi Ranch had been invaded by villagers from different parts of Mwenezi, Chiredzi and
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Agricultural land acquisition by foreign investors in Pakistan: Government policy and community responses LDPI Working Paper 7by Antonia Settle This paper explores the Pakistani government’s 2009 agricultural investment policy package — a response to increasing foreign investor interest
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
LDPI Working Paper 6by Christopher PI Mahonge This study aimed to gain insight into how land deals have affected traditional Tanzanian land-based interactions and networks, and what coping mechanisms those affected have deployed. Case studies of land deal transactions —
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Who Gets the Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production?: Biomass Distribution & the ‘Sugar Economy’ in the Tana Delta, Kenya LDPI Working Paper 5by Leah Temper In this article we focus on the connection between purchases of land
December 7, 2012 / LDPI Working Papers
LDPI Working Paper 4by David K Deng Sudan is among the global ‘hotspots’ for large-scale land acquisitions. Although most of this investment activity was thought to be focused in the Northern part of the country, recent research indicates that a
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