This paper reviews the central role of institutions for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), focusing on the role of institutions in promoting inclusivity, providing information, enabling local level innovation, encouraging investment, and offering in
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This paper looks at the gendered impacts of a development project that provided improved dairy cattle and training as part of a broader effort to develop a smallholder-friendly, market-oriented dairy value chain in Manica province, Mozambique.
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Linking collective action to non-timber forest product market for improved local livelihoods
The paper draws on findings from research in South Sulawesi and Jambi Provinces, Indonesia, looking at the role of collective action in helping two local community groups enhance their bargaining power vis a vis other market players (such as colle
The global agricultural economy is changing. Commodity prices are declining, and producers increasingly supply complex value chains. There is growing interest in how farmers can benefit from emerging market opportunities.
Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings.
Minor millets are examples of underutilized plant species, being locally important but rarely traded internationally with an unexploited economic potential.
The role of well-functioning markets for development is now widely recognized, however the challenge remains to make these markets benefit the poor and the environment.
The Andean highlands are home to some of the poorest rural households in South America. Native potato varieties and local knowledge for their cultivation and use are unique resources possessed by farmers in these areas.
"Payments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly discussed as appropriate mechanisms for matching the demand for environmental services with the incentives of land users whose actions modify the supply of those environmental servic
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Collective action for the conservation of on-farm genetic diversity in a center of crop diversity
"This project explored the possible role of collective action among small-scale farmers in managing and maintaining genetic resources in a center of crop diversity.
The last decade has seen the emergence of a number of innovative community level initiatives in Asia, Africa and Latin America for agrobiodiversity development and conservation.
The adoption of intensified cattle-feeding techniques by smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa has been slower than anticipated.
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Land tenurial systems and the adoption of Mucuna planted fallow in the derived savannas of West Africa
In 1987, an improved resource management system that incorporates velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens var.