In Sub-Saharan Africa, research aimed at improving household livelihoods through cattle often targets commercial benefits while neglecting household-oriented benefits. The latter are rarely articulated, and their comprehensive role in livelihoods is little understood by policymakers. The main aim...
Wijk, Mark T. van
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Hammond, James
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Frelat, Romain
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Fraval, Simon
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Teufel, Nils
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Tavenner, Katie
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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[Smallholder farmers, food security, and livelihoods: Exploring trade offs and synergies using farm household characterization data]
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Smallholder farmers, food security, and livelihoods: Exploring trade offs and synergies using farm household characterization data
Teufel, Nils
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Hammond, Jim
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Fraval, Simon
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Dynamics of food security and livelihood strategies in Eastern Africa]
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Dynamics of food security and livelihood strategies in Eastern Africa
Smallholder farms are crucial to feed the planet but are also food insecure. This chapter uses quantitative data on smallholder systems across sub Saharan Africa to analyse the consequences of unequal land access. Variation in farm size is large and looks different in different regions. Commonly ...
Wijk, Mark T. van
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Hammond, James
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Frelat, Romain
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Fraval, Simon
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[Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa]
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Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa
Over the past four decades, agricultural systems in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have largely evolved from a subsistence orientation toward commercial production, but the multi-faceted changes behind this evolution vary in substance and degree. Despite connoting economic progress, effects o...
Ritzema, Randall S.
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Fraval, Simon
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Bolliger, Adrian M.
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Hok, L.
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Phengsavanh, P.
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Long, C.T.M.
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Hammond, James
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Household-level drivers of dietary diversity in transitioning agricultural systems: Evidence from the Greater Mekong Subregion]
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Household-level drivers of dietary diversity in transitioning agricultural systems: Evidence from the Greater Mekong Subregion
Fraval, Simon
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Hammond, James
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Lannerstad, Mats
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Oosting, Simon J.
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Sayula, G.
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Teufel, Nils
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Silvestri, Silvia
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Poole, Elizabeth J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Livelihoods and food security in an urban linked, high potential region of Tanzania: Changes over a three year period]
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Livelihoods and food security in an urban linked, high potential region of Tanzania: Changes over a three year period