November 6, 2009 / African Green Revolution - Theme 1
Being a representative of Farmers Organisations (FOs) in Southern Africa, I find the topic “Making the farmers voice heard” both interesting and challenging. My opinion is that the strengthening of the farmers’ voice is absolute necessary and fundamental for the
November 6, 2009 / African Green Revolution
Towards a “Green Revolution” for Africa How can Africa's farmers, scientists, development practitioners, private entrepreneurs and public officials spark a "uniquely" Green Revolution in Africa, one that responds to the region's unique social, political and ecological conditions?
November 3, 2009 / News
Postdoctoral fellow, International Rice Research Institute (2008-2009)Assistant professor, School of Biology, IE University(2009-)
November 2, 2009 / FAC Documents
Early in the new century a consensus on agricultural and rural development emerged that provided renewed impetus to efforts to boost both agricultural development and the rural non-farm economy, in a context of ever closer rural-urban linkages and globalisation. Both
November 2, 2009 / News
NOVEMBER 2007 Consultants: Frank Ellis and Godfrey Bahiigwa The findings are based on written and timeline evidence provided to the reviewers by the consortium, including the complete published output of its current phase, and 17 telephone interviews with FAC members
November 2, 2009 / Farmer First
•Different types of farmers from 20 ya – new economic and livelihood contexts •Global and regional differences •Shocks and stresses – climate change, HIV/AIDS, commodity prices, urbanisation/demand
November 2, 2009 / E-debates
As part of discussions on the future of pastoral production systems in East Africa there have been a number of recent interventions arguing that something urgently needs to be done to deal with a Malthusian style crisis in pastoral areas.
November 2, 2009 / Research Papers
Blessings ChinsingaSeptember 2007 This paper is based on a study undertaken to critically understand the dynamics of policy-making and processes under the auspices of the Future Agricultures Consortium’s (FAC) sub-theme on politics and policy processes hosted by the Institute of
November 1, 2009 / Media
Small farmers produce the majority of all the food we consume wherever we are in this world Butin the rich countries and the poorer countries, in the developed world and the developing world, in the north and the south smallholder
October 1, 2009 / Events
From October to November 2009 The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) in partnership with the Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), conducted two international events on the theme of an “African Green Revolution” last year. In
October 1, 2009 / Occasional Papers
While there has been much discussion of the importanceof innovation in African agriculture, remarkably littlehas focused on mobile pastoral systems. Everyone agreesthat science, technology and innovation must be at thecentre of economic growth, livelihood improvement anddevelopment more broadly. But it
September 9, 2009 / News
{jathumbnail off} This project aims to generate debate about pastoral innovation options, focusing on pastoral areas of Kenya and Ethiopia, linking insights from pastoral areas to the wider debate about science and technology in Africa.
September 9, 2009 / Conferences
Ethiopian Economic Conference: Farmer Organisations and Social Protection On 27 June 2009, FAC researchers Amdissa Teshome and John Thompson provided an overview of FAC activities and two keynote presentations at the Ethiopian Economics Association’s (EEA) Seventh Annual Conference was held
September 1, 2009 / Researchers
{jcomments off}Ephraim Chirwa is an Associate Professor of Economics at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. He holds an MPhil from Cambridge University and PhD in Privatization and Efficiency in Malawi from the University of East Anglia.
August 11, 2009 / Climate Change
Two FAC members (Blessings Chinsinga and Lydia Ndirangu) are involved in collaborative research on "Linking African Researchers with Adaptation Policy Spaces". This project aims to increase the ability of partners in Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme in East
July 16, 2009 / Miscellaneous
Debates on the scale of farming are back on the agenda. In a number of recentarticles, Professor Paul Collier, author of ‘The Bottom Billion: Why the PoorestCountries are Failing and What Can be Done About It’, made the case (see
July 13, 2009 / Cereal Seed Systems
The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC – www.future-agricultures.org) is a network of research organisations in the UK and Africa committed to promoting informed policy dialogue and debate on the future of agriculture in Africa. It is funded by the UK?s Department
July 10, 2009 / Miscelleanous
This is a list of project, conferences, workshops, and programmes relevant to the Political Economy of Seed Systems in Africa. The columns “K”enya, “M”alawi, “E”thiopia , “G”hana, have either y or n to indicate whether the initiative occurred in that
July 8, 2009 / Seasonality Revisited
The Seasonality Revisited International Conference, was held at the Institute of Development Studies from 8-10 July 2009, concluded that the costs of ignoring the seasonal dimensions of poverty are enormous, despite seasonality being rarely reflected in agricultural investment and social
July 8, 2009 / University of the Bush
The Seasonality Revisited International Conference, was held at the Institute of Development Studies from 8-10 July 2009, concluded that the costs of ignoring the seasonal dimensions of poverty are enormous, despite seasonality being rarely reflected in agricultural investment and social
July 1, 2009 / E-debates
Debates on the scale of farming are back on the agenda. In a number of recentarticles, Professor Paul Collier, author of ‘The Bottom Billion: Why the PoorestCountries are Failing and What Can be Done About It’, made the case (seePosition
June 25, 2009 / Events
FAC researchers Amdissa Teshome and John Thompson provided an overview of FAC activities and two keynote presentations at the Ethiopian Economics Association’s (EEA) Seventh Annual Conference that was held in Addis Ababa from 25-27 June 2009.
June 25, 2009 / Conference Publications
By Amdissa Teshome and Stephen DevereuxJune 25-27, 2009 Ethiopian Economics Association: Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy.
June 24, 2009 / Conferences
In July 1987, some 50 social and natural scientists of roughly equal numbers met at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, UK, for a workshop on ‘Farmers and Agricultural Research: Complementary Methods', later more generally
June 2, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By John Thompson, Amdissa Teshome, David Hughes, Ephraim Chirwa and John Omiti June 2009 This FAC Policy Brief presents what we have termed ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Farmers’ Organisations’. This seeks to provide some insights into what may
June 1, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By John Thompson, Amdissa Teshome, Ephraim Chirwa and John Omiti June 2009 Farmers’ organisations (FOs) are increasingly being asked to play a central role in driving agricultural transformation processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, despite their mixed record of success. As governments,
April 30, 2009 / Conference Publications
It is wonderful to be here amongst so many friends and colleagues, united in our commitment to end poverty and hunger in Africa. My warm appreciation goes to the Salzburg Global Seminar, and to Edward Mortimer in particular, for organizing
March 5, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Despite impressive progress on poverty reduction at national level in Ghana, chronic poverty and livelihood vulnerability persist, especially among small farmers in northern regions. This Briefing Paper reviews social protection mechanisms for addressing vulnerability among
March 4, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Agriculture and social protection are inextricably interconnected in Ethiopia. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity for most Ethiopians, but is also a major source of poverty and food insecurity. In terms of agricultural policy,
March 2, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By Stephen Devereux March 2009 Agricultural and social protection policies must be understood in the context of political agendas, market development and trends in rural livelihoods. This Briefing Paper reviews interactions between agricultural and social protection policies in Malawi –
March 1, 2009 / Miscellaneous
{jathumbnail off}{jcomments off}Since the last decade, many of the world’s economies have been faced with food crisis,characterised by high food prices and food shortages year after year. African countries are among the worst hit, where most of the poor people
March 1, 2009 / Miscellaneous
{jathumbnail off}By Ian Scoones and John ThompsonMarch 2009 Agriculture is an urgent priority worldwide and farmers in the developing world find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food
March 1, 2009 / Miscellaneous
By Ian Scoones and John ThompsonMarch 2009 Agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food security.Twenty years ago, the Farmer
March 1, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By Stephen Devereux March 2009 The following propositions are generally accepted: 1. Progress in reducing hunger and food insecurity in Africa is unacceptably slow. 2. Hunger and food insecurity are major impediments to poverty reduction in Africa. 3. Poverty, hunger
March 1, 2009 / Farmer First
Agriculture is an urgent priority worldwide and farmers in the developing world find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food security. The problem with the agricultural research and
February 12, 2009 / Miscellaneous
Agriculture and food are urgent global priorities with farmers on the front line of some ofthe world’s most pressing issues. Putting farmers at the vanguard of responses to the food crisis and climate change in Africa and beyond is vital.
February 12, 2009 / Miscellaneous
By Ian Scoones and John Thompson12 February 2009 Our mission: “to encourage dialogue and the sharing of good practice by policy makers and opinion formers in Africa on the role of agriculture in broad based growth”. But aren’t others doing
February 12, 2009 / Meetings
By Ian Scoones and John Thompson12 February 2009 Our mission: “to encourage dialogue and the sharing of good practice by policy makers and opinion formers in Africa on the role of agriculture in broad based growth”. But aren’t others doing
February 3, 2009 / Miscellaneous
John Wyeth, Steve Ashley{jathumbnail off}{jcomments off} This report considers whether the DFID agriculture policy remains relevant in the light of the recent food crisis and where and why consideration might be given for changes to be made. It is not
February 3, 2009 / External Analysis
John Wyeth, Steve Ashley This report considers whether the DFID agriculture policy remains relevant in the light of the recent food crisis and where and why consideration might be given for changes to be made. It is not an evaluation
February 1, 2009 / Policy Briefs
By Colin Poulton February 2009 Since 2005/06 a large-scale agricultural inputs subsidy programme has been in place in Malawi, which, combined with good rains, has resulted in the country moving from chronic food insecurity to maize surplus. This in turn
January 11, 2009 / Working Papers
Stephen Devereux and Bruce Guenthe January 2009 Agriculture and social protection in Ethiopia are inextricably interconnected. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity for the majority of Ethiopians, but it is also the major source of vulnerability to poverty, food
January 11, 2009 / Working Papers
Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to embark on structural adjustment reforms. 25 years on, its continuing commitment to reform for national economic development has yielded impressive gains in growth and poverty reduction. Poverty in the country
January 1, 2009 / Miscellaneous
By Ramatu Al-Hassan and Colin PoultonJanuary 2009 Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to embark on structural adjustment reforms. 25 years on, its continuing commitment to reform for national economic development has yielded impressive gains in growth
January 1, 2009 / Miscellaneous
By Stephen Devereux and Bruce GuentherJanuary 2009 Agriculture and social protection in Ethiopia are inextricably interconnected. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity for the majority of Ethiopians, but it is also the major source of vulnerability to poverty, food
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