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9166IIED

Global Restructuring, Agri-Food Systems and Livelihoods

… system. In a period of rapid change towards increasing globalisation and industrialisation, it asks how to improve knowledge of the dynamics … … Food and agriculture … Global Restructuring, Agri-Food Systems and Livelihoods
Report/paper
  • Michel Pimbert
  • John Thompson
  • Bill Vorley
  • Tom Fox
  • Nazneen Kanji
  • Cecilia Tacoli
6146IIED

Rocky Road Towards Sustainable Livelihoods: Land reform in Free State, South Africa, The

… in 1994. This introduced a process of dramatic policy change and continued policy development. The policy changes have been driven by … self-reliant people and communities able to take charge of their own lives and development (ANC, 1994). Central to the RDP is the process of … assesses the success of the reforms in bringing about sustainable livelihoods. … 6146IIED … 6146IIED … James Carnegie … Mathilda Roos … …
Report/paper
  • James Carnegie
  • Mathilda Roos
  • Mncedisi Madolo
  • Challa Moahloli
  • Joanne Abbot
G00163

Land in Africa: Market Asset or Secure Livelihood Conference London, November 8-9, 2004

… Document begins: Land in Africa: Market Asset or Secure Livelihood Conference London, November 8-9, 2004 Strengthening and Streamlining the Community Land Demarcation Process By Arlindo … mainly in rural communities, where 80% of the Mozambican people live, most of them in absolute poverty. In doing so I look primarily …
Event material
  • Arlindo Gonçalo Chilundo
G03797

Supporting SMFEs for sustainable livelihoods: facilitating sustainable charcoal production in Ghana

… In Ghana, charcoal production and trade is an important small and medium forest enterprise, providing domestic energy for heating and cooking and forming a key livelihoods base for rural households. Despite this recognition, the …
Report/paper
  • Kwame Appiah Owusu
  • Kwabena S. Nketiah
  • Eva Kyei-Sampong
6127IIED

Building Linkages for Livelihood Security in Chivi, Zimbabwe

… process be best supported by external agents such as NGOs and government service providers. The Intermediate Technology … local population, leaving behind a more confident farming community and the beginnings of a sustainable process. Rather than implementing an … … Kudakwashe Murwira … Food and agriculture … Building Linkages for Livelihood Security in Chivi, Zimbabwe …
Report/paper
  • Simon Croxton
  • Kudakwashe Murwira
10558IIED

Urbanization and rural development in Vietnam's Mekong Delta: Livelihood transformations in three fruit-growing settlements

… declined more rapidly than among all rural households in the region and in Vietnam. This is despite huge fluctuations in export markets for … of urban incomes throughout Vietnam, resulting in higher standards of living, better diets and growing demand for fresh fruit; and second, the … Urban … Urbanization and rural development in Vietnam's Mekong Delta: Livelihood transformations in three fruit-growing settlements …
Briefing
  • HOANG Xuan Thanh
  • Dinh Thi Thu Phuong
  • NGUYEN Thu Huong
  • Cecilia Tacoli
16667IIED

Herramientas de Incidencia

… Interventions to improve the sustainability and nutrition of food can be misdirected when based on assumptions about people’s priorities and level of knowledge. When citizens have the capacity to act on their … when they have agency — there is the potential to achieve better and more durable outcomes. This paper highlights lessons and insights …
Project material
  • Bill Vorley
  • Alejandro Guarín
  • Costanza de Toma
  • Frank Mechielsen
16590IIED

The rural informal economy: Understanding drivers and livelihood impacts in agriculture, timber and mining

… generates 90 per cent of employment opportunities in some countries, and contributes up to 38 per cent of GDP in others. In rural areas, the informal economy sustains livelihoods of~impoverished populations through natural resource and … urban and international markets. This paper examines the drivers and livelihood implications of informality in agriculture, logging, and
Working paper
  • Xiaoxue Weng
10728IIED

Climate change, livelihoods and health inequities: the vulnerability of migrant workers in Indian cities

… workers’ in the informal sector in three Indian cities (Kochi, Surat, and Mumbai), specifically in terms of how their livelihoods interface with climate change and health inequities. A key … within the wider political economy of migrant workers’ day-to-day livelihood struggles. Using a mixed methodology, data from 50 migrants …
Working paper
  • Sunil D. Santha
  • Surinder Jaswal
  • Devisha Sasidevan
  • Kaushik Datta
  • Ajmal Khan
  • Annu Kuruvilla
13621IIED

Essential oil production contributing to climate resilience in Nepal

… (No.6) from Nepal is the sixth of ten case studies prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and Farm Facility … ha of community forest land. Climate change has begun to affect the livelihoods of farmers in communities such as Chisapani, bringing more … diversification strategies, the LHWG enterprise provides resilient livelihood options to the most vulnerable groups among CF members, …
Case study
  • Anu Adhikari
  • Racchya Shah
  • Amit Poudyal