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- Evaluating Fair Trade as a development project: methodological considerations
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This article identifies the need for an appropriate methodology for evaluating Fair Trade, given that most evaluations to date have been in-house or commissioned reviews and hence not followed a consistent approach. Focusing on the development aspects of ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:45
- Maize diversity, poverty, and market access: lessons from Mexico
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Crop genetic diversity and poverty are linked: first, resource-poor farmers often maintain genetic diversity; and second, crop diversity, when properly valued by the market, has the potential to alleviate poverty. This article examines this supposition ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:51
- Agrarian reform: a continuing imperative or an anachronism?
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Agrarian reform or land reform has virtually disappeared from the international development agenda since the 1980s. However, many people's organisations (POs) and NGOs in Third World countries are attempting to restore it as a development priority and pol ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Aquaculture in Vietnam: perspectives and development
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Thanks to the range of natural resources and the wealth of human capital, Vietnam is well placed to develop its aquaculture sector. Although it is one of the world’s largest producers of seafoods, Vietnam faces environmental and food security problems, an ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02
- Realising the potential of agroforestry: integrating research and development to achieve greater impact
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Investments in process-oriented and farmer-participatory research have led to the emergence of sustainable agroforestry solutions to the problems of land degradation, poverty, and food insecurity in rural areas. Thousands of farmers in diverse ecoregions ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- Beyond the barriers: new forms of labour internationalism
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Concern about working conditions in a global supply chain has brought unions and NGOs in the North around the same table. Collaborative initiatives include campaigns such as the European-wide Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and ethical trade forums, like the ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- What Works for Working Children
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Author: Boyden, Jo, Birgitta Lang, and William Myers Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:01
- The Politics of Harmony: Land Dispute Strategies in Swaziland
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Author: Rose, L. L. Issue: Volume 2, Number 2 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-09 13:33
- Lessons from the 2008 global food crisis: agro-food dynamics in Mali
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High food prices in 2008 sparked food riots around the world, with urban West Africa suffering many of these disturbances. Urban Mali appears to have been spared the worst of this crisis as consumers shifted from rice to sorghum, a grain whose productio ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-15 16:51
- Rural development and migration in Mexico
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This article analyses one of the causes of migration in rural Mexico through the lens of US foreign assistance policy. US aid to Mexico – the largest migrant-sending country to the USA by far – does not sufficiently take into account the con ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-04-30 12:07
