September 4, 2015 / Books
Edited by Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones and Dzodzi Tsikata Published by James Currey July 2015 Discount flyer (PDF) Africa has been at the centre of a “land grab” in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices,
September 3, 2015 / Books
by Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones and Dzodzi Tsikata This is the introductory chapter of the book Africa’s Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods & Agrarian Change. It can be downloaded free of charge. The full book is available to buy from the
September 3, 2015 / Books
Ruth Hall, Joseph Gausi, Prosper Matondi, Theodor Muduva, Camilo Nhancale, Dimuna Phiri and Phillan ZamchiyaPublished by the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian StudiesJune 2015Open access – freely downloadable as a PDF file This book presents case studies of large-scale
November 20, 2013 / Books
by Ephraim Chirwa and Andrew DorwardOxford University PressSeptember 2013 This book is available as an Open Access pdf. Agricultural input subsidies have been adopted on a large scale across different African countries in the last few years. However global experience
October 25, 2013 / Books
This collection of essays on Governing Global Land Deals provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of the relationships between global land grabs and processes of government and governance. The book reframes debates on global land grabs by focusing on the relationship between
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
June 28, 2012 / Books
Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate,
March 15, 2012 / Books
The dramatic increases in food prices experienced over the last four years, and their effects of hunger and food insecurity, as well as human-induced climate change and its implications for agriculture, food production and food security, are key topics within
November 30, 2011 / Books
Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or
December 10, 2008 / Books
Farmer First Revisited: Innovation for Agricultural Research and DevelopmentIan Scoones and John ThompsonITDG Publishing (2008), 384 pagesISBN 1 85339 682 3£12.95 Agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s
January 1, 1994 / Books
Beyond Farmer First: Rural People’s Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension PracticeEdited by Ian Scoones and John ThompsonISBN 1 85339 250 2ITDG Publishing (1994), 301 pages. Price: £12.95 This book presented a selection of the papers presented at the workshop “Beyond
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