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Understanding rural poverty and investment in agriculture: an assessment of integrated quantitative and qualitative research in Western Kenya

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Peer-reviewed publication
Diciembre, 2007
África oriental
África subsahariana
África
Kenya

This article addresses the methodological complexities inherent in researching poverty, examining how to differentiate the poor from other social groups, and how to assess the relationships between poverty and technology adoption and impact.

Forest Lives: Lessons on Sustaining Communities and Forests from the Small Grants Programme for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests

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Reports & Research
Septiembre, 2007
South-Eastern Asia

This regional synthesis paper is part of an overall effort to share the knowledge gained in five years, from 2002 - 2007, of implementing the Small Grant Program for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests (SCPPTF). The findings, lessons, and recommendations presented here emerged from the grantees’ reflections, site visits, project documentation, and discussions and inputs from the eight in-cou

RECOFTC Annual Report 2005-2006

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Institutional & promotional materials
Julio, 2007
South-Eastern Asia

"Twenty years ago when RECOFTC was born, community forestry was just emerging onto the global scene as a viable policy option to restore degraded forests and to provide livelihood support for local communities living adjacent to forests.

Sharing the Wealth: Policy and Legal Frameworks to Support Equitable Sharing of Costs and Benefits from Community Forestry

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Conference Papers & Reports
Mayo, 2007
South-Eastern Asia

Community forestry has great potential to improve the welfare of the estimated 450 million impoverished people living in and around forests in Asia. But the extent to which this potential is realized depends strongly upon whether communities are able to secure the benefits that community managed forests generate, and whether these actually reach the poorest at the community level.

A Fair Share? Experiences in Benefit Sharing from Community-Managed Resources in Asia

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Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2006
South-Eastern Asia

This book captures the main lessons and issues emerging from national and regional discussions on 'benefit sharing.' It also presents one case study from each country, selected to highlight issues in different sectors. As we struggle to find ways to strengthen the poverty reduction potential of CBNRM, we hope that this book offers some practical areas to target for future action. 

Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agrobiodiversity, nutrition, and health

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2006

"Biodiversity provides essential components of healthy environments and sustainable livelihoods. One key component of biodiversity is agrobiodiversity—that is, the cultivated plants and animals that form the raw material of agriculture, the wild foods and other products gathered by rural populations within traditional subsistence systems, and organisms such as pollinators and soil biota...

Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agricultural technology and health

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2006

"Research, invention, and adoption of agrotechnology have played an important role in improving human nutrition and health. Agrotechnology has introduced more effective plant breeds (such as high-yielding varieties), enhanced land management techniques (such as terracing), and improved water management tools (such as irrigation).

Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Opportunities for improving the synergies between agriculture and health

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2006

"...At the moment, a lack of integration and coordination characterizes the relationship between the agriculture and health sectors. Traditionally, agricultural and health policies address specific goals within those sectors.

Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agriculture and health in the policymaking process

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2006

"Earlier briefs in this series make the case that there is added value for the agricultural and health sectors in working more closely together to address problems of human well-being that fall at the intersection of the two sectors. Yet the divisions between the two sectors are wide and difficult to bridge.