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Mitigating the impact of HIV and AIDS on rural livelihoods: building on Southern African experiences to chart a way forward

A variety of interventions to mitigate the increasing impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic on smallholder agricultural production and food security are currently implemented in sub-Saharan Africa. However, documentation and dissemination of such interven ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34

Finance: friend or foe?

Financial accountability is as important in development agencies as in other organisations, although providing expenses statements, keeping accurate accounts, and setting and monitoring budgets are often seen by development workers as excessively bureaucr ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56

Development versus enjoyment of life: a post-development critique of the developmentalist worldview

This paper discusses the meaning of development from a post-development perspective, based on a case study of a goat-keeping project involving a small community of farmers from a rural town in northeast Brazil. The development project was fraught with con ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03

Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: an example from the Peruvian Amazon

Valuable tree genetic resources are declining around many farming communities in the Peruvian Amazon, limiting farmers' options for economic development. The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry is working with farming communities to increase ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11

Farmers' Experiments: Creating Local Knowledge

Author:  Sumberg, James and Christine Okali Issue:  ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 08:53

Is the Sacred for Sale? Tourism and Indigenous Peoples

Author:  Johnston, Alison M. Publisher:  London: Earthscan, 2006, ISBN: 1 8538 ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:57

The impact of high food prices on food security in Cambodia

Food prices in Cambodia increased by 36.8 per cent between July 2007 and July 2008. High food prices negatively affected people from all walks of life, but the extent of the impact varied. The poorest 40 per cent of the population spend 70 per cent of t ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 10:15

Impact assessment of farmer institutional development and agricultural change: Soroti district, Uganda

This article is based on participatory development research conducted in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim of assessing the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument is that a combination of farmer empowerment and in ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:35

Private funding of microcredit schemes: much ado about nothing?

Microcredit, defined as small loans to people who have no regular access to credit, is an innovative strategy in the fight against poverty. Microcredit institutions can obtain funding from Private Institutional Investors (PIIs) that channel funds from don ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:47