The impacts of climate change on agriculture may add significantly to the development challenges of ensuring food security and reducing poverty. We show the possible impacts on maize production in Africa and Latin America to 2055, using high-resolution methods to generate characteristic daily wea...
Jones, Peter G.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055]
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The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055
An 'Outcome Mapping' approach was applied retrospectively to five diverse, highly collaborative research projects aimed at poverty reduction. Designed to help plan for, clarify, and document intended and actual changes in behaviour, actions, and relationships of groups and organisations that dire...
Nyangaga, J.
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Smutylo, T.
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Romney, D.L.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Research that matters: Outcome mapping for linking knowledge to poverty-reduction actions]
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Research that matters: Outcome mapping for linking knowledge to poverty-reduction actions
The study examined livelihoods and wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to select 252 households from eight districts. Focus group discussions were used to collect complementary community-level data. Results indicate that average househol...
Chianu, J.N.
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Ajani, OIY
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Chianu, J.N.
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[Livelihoods and rural wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya : Implications for rural development, poverty alleviation interventions and peace]
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Livelihoods and rural wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya : Implications for rural development, poverty alleviation interventions and peace
Shackleton, S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[The traditional broom trade in Bushbuckridge, South Africa: helping poor women cope with adversity]
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The traditional broom trade in Bushbuckridge, South Africa: helping poor women cope with adversity
This paper examines the influence of an adaptive collaborative management approach (ACM) on poor people’s control over, and benefits from, a community-based non-timber forest product (NTFP) network enterprise in the Eastern Hills of Nepal. The approach involved shifts in governance and management...
Pandit, B.H.
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McDougall, C.
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Belcher, B.
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Kumar, C.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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[Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach]
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Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach
Analysis of the fuelwood situation has been hampered by lack of reliable information, and has been the subject of considerable debate. The present paper assesses the implications of recent information on the subject. New data and recent more accurate projections show that increasing urbanisation ...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Persson, R.
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[Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries]
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Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries
Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where th...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Dewi, S.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Muller, D.
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Angelsen, A.
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Epprecht, M.
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[Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation]
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Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation
Market mechanisms for forest environmental services are a new approach for conservation, but there is also an increasing interest in the derived developmental benefits of these mechanisms. We first propose a conceptual framework for future research on the livelihood impacts of environmental servi...
Grieg-Gran, M.
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Porras, I.
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Wunder, Sven
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[How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor?: preliminary Lessons from Latin America]
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How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor?: preliminary Lessons from Latin America
Data from rural Malawi are used to assess the role of forests in rural household adaptation to climate variability, and to examine implications for adaptation to future climate change. Although forests do not currently play a role in anticipatory adaptation by rural households, they do appear imp...
Fisher, M.
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Chaudhury, M.
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McCusker, B.
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[Do forests help rural households adapt to climate variability: evidence from southern Malawi]
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Do forests help rural households adapt to climate variability: evidence from southern Malawi
African forest–based beekeeping has a long tradition, has been practiced in Cameroon for centuries, and contributes on average to 52% of household incomes of beekeepers in the Adamaoua savannah and Northwest montane forests. Livelihoods, regulatory and policy framework, business environment, and ...