Conference and Workshop Proceedings/Summaries

An international conference was held in Amman, Jordan in September 1997 to examine mounting problems of poverty and environmental degradation in the low rainfall areas (LRAs) of the eight Mashreq and Maghreb countries of West Asia and North ...

“The objectives of this workshop are to review and discuss the main findings and policy implications of recent research conducted on these topics by IFPRI, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), the International Livestock ...

Contents: Welcome And Introduction Opening of the Workshop Policies for Improved Land Management in Uganda: Project Objectives, Activities, and Opportunities Summary of Main Themes and Key Findings Development Pathways and Land Management in ...

Participants in this workshop reviewed and discussed findings from the research project, Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the Highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, begun in January 1998, and from other related research being ...

Despite rapid income growth, South Asia has lagged behind the rest of Asia in reducing poverty and hunger. South Asia accounts for more than two-fifths of the world’s poor, and although the region seems on track to meet the first Millennium ...

IFPRI initiated an international consultation in 2006 on needed actions for the world’s poorest and hungry people. An international conference, “Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People,” held in Beijing in October of 2007, drew about ...

This volume represents the outcome of a joint effort by IFPRI and Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, with support from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), to bring together some of the brightest and most influential minds in ...