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  1. Library Resource

    Sustainability

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2017
    Ghana

    In the Global South, there is a push to drive agricultural modernisation processes through private sector investments. In West African drylands, land concessions are required for such agri-businesses are often negotiated through customary authorities, and inject large amounts of money into localised rural systems with low cash bases. The article argues that such transactions serve to increase area under crop cultivation on an inter-seasonal basis, as financial spill-overs allow for farmers to purchase larger quantities of agricultural inputs and prepare larger tracts of land.

  2. Library Resource

    Sustainability

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2017
    Ghana

    In the Global South, there is a push to drive agricultural modernisation processes through private sector investments. In West African drylands, land concessions are required for such agri-businesses are often negotiated through customary authorities, and inject large amounts of money into localised rural systems with low cash bases. The article argues that such transactions serve to increase area under crop cultivation on an inter-seasonal basis, as financial spill-overs allow for farmers to purchase larger quantities of agricultural inputs and prepare larger tracts of land.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2016
    Mozambique, Ghana

    The rise of new powers in development has generated much debate on the extent to which South–South Cooperation (SSC) constitutes a new paradigm of development more relevant to African needs or a disguise for a new form of imperialism. This paper critically examines the rise of Chinese and Brazilian technical and economic cooperation in African agriculture with two cases drawn from Ghana and Mozambique.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2017
    Eastern Africa, Tanzania

    Arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas cover 61 % of Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania, 1999) and, over the past decades, several restoration projects have worked toward reversing degradation in these areas (Kikula, 1999; Kisanga et al., 1999). These projects have addressed from social and ecological perspectives and have spanned for decades, thereby allowing for a genuine opportunity to identify and articulate lessons learned and develop good practice guidelines for restoring productive capacity of drylands.

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    January, 2016
    Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Western Africa, Mali, Niger

    The present document is a brief technical report highlighting activities relating to the options by context approach. The IFAD- funded project, “Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the
    Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale” was launched in March 2015 and runs until March 2018. The project
    action countries include: Niger, Mali, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. This report will focus on activities carried out in the first

  6. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    August, 2016
    Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mali, Niger

    Project goal is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African
    drylands by restoring degraded land
    and returning it to effective and sustainable
    tree, crop and livestock production, thereby
    increasing land profitability as well as landscape
    and livelihood resilience.

  7. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2016
    Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia

    በግብርና ስራ ላይ የሚውል ኢንቨስትመንት በምግብ ራስን አለመቻልንና ድህነትን ለመቀነስ እጅጉን አስፈላጊ ነው፡፡ ከ2000 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ በታዳጊ አገሮች ውስጥ የእርሻ ቦታ ተፈላጊነት በከፍተኛ ደረጃ ጨምሯል፡፡ በዚህ አኳያ መሬት አጉዋጊ መስህብነት ያለው ቋሚ ንብረት ተደርጐ ይወሰዳል፡፡ በማህበራዊ ዘርፍ ረገድ በመሬት ላይ የሚደረጉ ኢንቨስትመንቶች ቅይጥ ውጤቶችን አምጥተዋል፡፡ እንደነዚህ ያሉ ኢንቨስትመንቶች የአንዱን አካባቢ ማህበረሰቦች ተጠቃሚ የማድረግ አቅም አላቸው፡፡ ይህም አነስተኛ አቅም ያላቸው ገበሬዎች የካፒታል፡ የቴክኖሎጂ፣ የእውቀትና የግብይት ቦታዎች አቅራቦት እንዲኖራቸው በማድረግ ነው፡፡ ከዚሁ ጐን ለጐን የላቀ ኢኮኖሚያዊ እምርታ እና የግብርና ምርታማነትን የመሳሰሉ ጠቀሜታዎችን ማግኘት ያስችላሉ፡፡ ቢሆንም እነዚህ ኘሮጅክቶች ብዙ ግዜ የአካባቢውን ነዋሪዎች መብቶቻቸውን እንዲያጡና መሬታቸውንና በመሰል የተፈጥሮ ሃብቶችም መ ጠቀም እ ንዳይችሉ በ ማድረግ ለ ተጐጂነት ይ ዳርጉዋቸዋል፡፡ እ ንደዚሁም በ ምግብ ዋስትናና በገጠር ነ

  8. Library Resource

    Agriculture intelligente face au climat au Sénégal: Profils de pays AIC pour l'Afrique

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2016
    Senegal, Western Africa, Africa

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
    an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
    development and climate responsiveness. It aims to
    achieve food security and broader development goals
    under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
    CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance
    resilience, and reduce/remove GHGs, and require planning
    to address tradeoffs and synergies between these three
    pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation [1]. The

  9. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2016
    Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an
    ambition to further integrate agricultural development and
    climate responsiveness. CSA aims to achieve food security
    and broader development goals under a changing climate
    and increasing food demand. CSA initiatives sustainably
    increase productivity, enhance resilience, and minimize
    greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Increased planning is
    vital in order to address tradeoffs and synergies between
    the three pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation

  10. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2016
    Rwanda, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Africa

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
    an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
    development and climate responsiveness. It aims to
    achieve food security and broader development goals
    under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
    CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance
    resilience, and reduce/remove greenhouse gases (GHGs),
    and require planning to address tradeoffs and synergies
    between these three pillars: productivity, adaptation,

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