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Food-insecure households in many countries depend on international aid to alleviate acute shocks and chronic shortages. Some food security programmes (including Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program–PSNP – which provides a case study for this article) have integrated aid in exchange for labour...


Woolf, DominicSolomon, DawitLehmann, Johannes[Land restoration in food security programmes: synergies with climate change mitigation]Land restoration in food security programmes: synergies with climate change mitigation

In north-western India, maize-based systems are being advocated as an alternative to rice-based systems to address the issues of resource degradation, particularly declining water tables and climate-change-induced variability in rainfall and temperature. Conservation agriculture (CA) based best-b...


Parihar, C.M.Jat, Shankar L.Singh, A.K.Kumar, B.Singh, YadvinderPradhan, S.Pooniya, V.Dhauja, A.Chaudhary, V.Jat, Mangi LalJat, Raj K.Yadav, O.P.[Conservation agriculture in irrigated intensive maize-based systems of north-western India: Effects on crop yields, water productivity and economic profitability]Conservation agriculture in irrigated intensive maize-based systems of north-western India: Effects on crop yields, water productivity and economic profitability

In 2013, CCAFS surpassed the 3-year targets for two of its twelve Objectives, achieved the targets for seven Objectives and is behind target for three Objectives. Most progress has been made in East Africa (EA), West Africa (WA) and South Asia (SA) – the regions established at the start of CCAFS;...


CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security[2013 Annual Report to CGIAR Consortium: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)]2013 Annual Report to CGIAR Consortium: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

This paper summarizes currently available data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African natural ecosystems and agricultural lands. The available data are used to synthesize current understanding of the drivers of change in GHG emissions, outline the knowledge gaps, and suggest future direct...


Kim, Dong-GillThomas, Andrew DPelster, David E.Rosenstock, Todd S.Sanz-Cobena, Alberto[Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research]Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research

Annual technical report for the CGIAR Consortium describing progress to date, significant achievements and successes In 2015, flagship products and tools, and publications.


CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security[2015 Annual Report to CGIAR Consortium: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)]2015 Annual Report to CGIAR Consortium: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out with 603 children ages 5 and under and 500 of their mothers from 510 households to examine the prevalence of undernutrition and chronic diseases among the Khasis of North-East India. Anthropometric measurements including Mid-Upper Arm Circum...


Chyne, D.A.L.Meshram, I.I.Rajendran, A.Kodali, V.Getti, N.Roy, P.Kuhnlein, H.V.Longvah, T.[Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi in Meghalaya, North-East India]Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi in Meghalaya, North-East India
Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.Bax, VincentQuintero, MarcelaCruz García, Gisella S.Groeneveld, Rolf A.Pérez Marulanda, Lisset[The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review]The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review

Despite the importance of the nutritional status and food systems of Indigenous Peoples, the subject has received very little attention, especially in North-East India. Therefore, a community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among Chakhesang mothers with children under 5 ye...


Longvah, T.Khutsoh, B.Meshram, I.I.Krishna, S.Kodali, V.Roy, P.Kuhnlein, H.V.[Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North-East India]Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North-East India

The importance of poverty reduction to the world development agenda has motivated greater interest in the geographic dimensions of poverty and food security. This special issue of Food Policy includes examples of poverty and food security mapping used to support policy development in agricultural...


Hyman, GlennLarrea, CFarrow, Andrew[Methods, results and policy implications of poverty and food security mapping assessments]Methods, results and policy implications of poverty and food security mapping assessments

Gender analysts have long recognised that challenging existing patriarchal structures involves risks for women, who may lose both long-term support and protection from kin. However, understanding the specific ways in which they ‘bargain with patriarchy’ in particular contexts is relatively poorly...


Kawarazuka, N.Locke, C.Seeley, J.[Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.]Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.

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