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1 June 2005
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin draws together contributions from a diverse range of researchers and development practitioners working in Africa, with the common goal of exploring why agriculture is contributing to poverty reduction and livelihood improvement in some places
1 January 2005
Published by: IDS
A powerful strand of thinking about the causes of long-term agricultural stagnation in Ethiopia defines the problem in terms of...
1 August 2004
Building on a pilot market research activity in Kenya in March 2004, this trip was one of a series of field visits to meet development practitioners, policy-makers and researchers in their working environment, to find out how research materials are used and accessed in those countries.
1 January 2004
Published by: IDS
The people of Wollo in northern Ethiopia are not only famine-prone and chronically food insecure, they are also desperately poor. These factors are interrelated, but national policy-makers and the international community have adopted a 'crisis management' strategy that has resulted in dependence on food aid, rather than addressing the underlying problems of poverty and livelihood insecurity.
1 January 2004
Published by: Department for International Development (DFID)
Agriculture and social protection in Ethiopia are inextricably interconnected. Smallholder farming is the dominant livelihood activity...
1 January 2004
Published by: Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative
1 January 2004
Published by: IDS
The functioning of democratic institutions has the potential to bring about substantial policy change in favour of poor and marginalised people. However, there is a limited understanding of how to strengthen the political representation of poor people within democratic structures.
2 December 2003
Published by: IDS
Through detailed discussion of a methodology developed to quantify destitution in rural Ethiopia, the paper raises a number of issues and ideas concerning the integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches during survey analysis.
The DFID funded Future Agricultures Consortium is an Africa-based alliance of research organisations seeking to provide timely, high-quality and independent information and advice to improve agricultural policy and practice in Africa.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
This paper considers the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
