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Developing markets for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods: a diagnostic for South Africa. Discussion paper

… Developing markets for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods: a diagnostic for South Africa Conclusions The following general comments can be made relating to the water sector and land-use practices in South Africa: No fully working markets for …
Report/paper
  • Nicola King
  • Anthony Letsaolo
  • Blondie Rapholo
16665IIED

Migratory patterns of Hilsa shad in the Myanmar Ayeyarwady delta. Lessons for fisheries management

… shad is one of the most important fisheries in Myanmar, providing livelihoods and nutrition to thousands of vulnerable communities. However, overfishing and habitat destruction are putting at risk the sustainability of the …
Working paper
  • Eugenia Merayo
  • Kyi Thar Myint
  • Thida Ei
  • Myint Khine
  • Pwint Thu Aye
  • Thida Lay Thwe
  • Kimio Leemans
  • Khin Maung Soe
  • Michael Akester
  • Annabelle J Bladon
  • Essam Yassin Mohammed
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“Inclusive business” in agriculture: Evidence from the evolution of agricultural value chains

… has also raised concerns over implications for customary land rights and the terms of integration of local land and labor into global supply chains. In global development policy and … benefits for national economies, private investors, and local livelihoods. ~Scholarly treatment of the topic has tended to be …
Journal article
  • Laura A German
  • Anya M Bonanno
  • Laura Catherine Foster
  • Lorenzo Cotula
17744IIED

Against the odds: growing producer power in agricultural value chains

… Commercial agriculture can take different forms and there is great variety in how small-scale farmers engage with it. … farmers often have little control over trading arrangements and commodity prices. They may be trapped in lopsided agreements that … risks, such as unpredictable weather. These arrangements destabilise livelihoods but are often difficult to change, because value chain terms …
IIED Briefing
  • Lorenzo Cotula
  • Emily Polack
G00213

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

… Document begins: Land in Africa: Market Asset, or Secure Livelihood? November 8 ­ 9 2004, London Monday November 8th 9.00 am: COFFEE and REGISTRATION 9.30 am: Opening / Introduction · Lord Holme: Chair … University of Greenwich · Hon. D K Fobih, Minister of Lands and Forestry, Republic of Ghana · Hon. Patricia Hajabakiga, Minister of …
Report/paper
G04445

Communities as the first line of defence in combating illegal wildlife trade: Sharing lessons to influence policy and practice

… took place in Nairobi, Kenya, to enable key stakeholders from Eastern and Southern Africa to share lessons and insights and develop policy … and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) and IIED. This workshop report …
Event/workshop report
14592IIED

Development AND Gorillas? Assessing fifteen years of integrated conservation and development in south-western Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park are two afromontane forests … long term but notes inconclusive evidence that providing alternative livelihoods is an effective conservation strategy. … 14592IIED … …
Issue paper
  • Tom Blomley
  • Agrippinah Namara
  • Alastair McNeilage
  • Phil Franks
  • Helga Rainer
  • Andrew Donaldson
  • Rob Malpas
  • William Olupot
  • Julia Baker
  • Chris Sandbrook
  • Robert Bitariho
  • Mark Infield
G04175

Analyse et Développement de Marché Phases 1 et 2 - rapport de formation

… The Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) approach is being used in the CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests project as a field-oriented training …
Event/workshop report
  • Jacques Lecup
14509IIED

Liberalisation, Gender, and Livelihoods: the cashew nut case, Working Paper 2: Mozambique Phase 2- The South

… Globalisation processes and economic liberalisation are leading to fundamental changes in the livelihood sources and strategies of different groups all over the … India, has developed a research programme on gender, markets and livelihoods in the context of globalisation. The programme responds to a …
Working paper
  • Carin Vijfhuizen
  • Luis Artur
  • Nazneen Kanji
  • Carla Braga
14508IIED

Liberalisation, Gender, and Livelihoods: the cashew nut case, Working Paper 1: Mozambique Phase 1- The North

… Globalisation processes and economic liberalisation are leading to fundamental changes in the livelihood sources and strategies of different groups all over the … India, has developed a research programme on gender, markets and livelihoods in the context of globalisation. The programme responds to a …
Working paper
  • Carin Vijfhuizen
  • Carla Braga
  • Luis Artur
  • Nazneen Kanji