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2012 Annual Report

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Middle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, Asia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Gender
natural resources management
poverty
food security
capacity development
climate change
environment
agriculture
agricultural and rural legislation
land ownership
land rights
women
research
land investments
farmland
land degradation
natural disasters
sustainable land management
farmers
development agencies
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26th McDougall Memorial Lecture, 2009. Olivier De Schutter

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Kenya, Germany, Guatemala, Malawi, Ethiopia, Nepal, Japan, South Africa, Nicaragua, Uganda, Somalia, Colombia, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Sudan, Mexico, Brazil
land use
food security
Meeting symbol/code: 26, C 2009/INF/9
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?Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
food security
agriculture
farmers
pastoralists
This report reflects the summary of baseline findings in Malawi, under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, types of climate services farmers and pastoralists need in Malawi, relevant channels to reach farmers with requested services, lead-time and gender-specific requirements for the design and delivery of climate services that matter to farmers.
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Africa and ICARDA

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Western Asia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
capacity development
climate change
food security
land management
water management
ICARDA has long-standing outreach programs in North Africa, the Nile Valley, and the Red Sea region (Fig 2). In its current strategic plan, the Center will extend its work to the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Africa Can Help Feed Africa

Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
October, 2012
Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Niger, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
agriculture
climate change
farmers
food security
rural areas
transaction costs
Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.
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Agribusiness Indicators

Zambia

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
December, 2012
Zambia, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
agriculture
environment
farmers
food security
rural areas
urban areas
Agriculture and agribusiness play an important role in the Zambian economy, contributing around 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in recent years and about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs nearly 70 percent of the labor force and remains the main source of income and employment for most of the people living in rural areas. The objective of the Zambia agribusiness indicators (ABI) country report is to examine factors that have affected agricultural productivity, market access, and the policy environment for agriculture in Zambia.
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Agribusiness Indicators

Tanzania

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
November, 2012
Tanzania, Africa
Land & Food Security
agriculture
capacity development
contract farming
farmers
food security
urban areas
Agriculture in Tanzania accounts for 28 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 80 percent of its labor force. The sector is also an important source of export revenues. The data and findings presented in this report provide a summary of the performance of the agriculture sector in Tanzania using a set of indicators covering six areas.
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Agribusiness Indicators

Ethiopia

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
April, 2012
Ethiopia, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
farmers
food security
forestry
land degradation
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
transaction costs
Because agriculture is the economic backbone of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, any meaningful sustainable development program in the continent must therefore be anchored in the sector. The concept for this study on agribusiness indicators was based on the vital role that agribusiness plays in agricultural development. The study focuses on agribusiness indicators (ABI) to identify and isolate the determining factors that lead private investors and other stakeholders to participate in agribusiness and to engage in discourse regarding its development.
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Agricultural Adaptation and Institutional Responses to Climate Change Vulnerability in Ethiopia

Reports & Research
March, 2015
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
food security
agriculture
rangelands
Climate change is a major development challenge to Ethiopia. Climate change is expected to

adversely affect all economic sectors, eco-regions, and social groups. Agriculture is one of the

most vulnerable sectors as it is highly dependent on rainfall. This report synthesises four case

studies focusing on the impacts, vulnerabilities and local adaptation practices in Ethiopia‘s

agricultural sector, including policy and institutional responses. The case studies were carried
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An Evaluation of the Effect of Land Fragmentation and Agro-ecological Zones on Food Security and Farm Efficiency: the Case of Embu County in Kenya

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya
Land & Food Security
food security
Declining size of the farm holdings in most high agricultural potential areas as a result of continuous land fragmentation is currently a major policy concern in Kenya. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of land fragmentation and agro-ecological zones (AEZs) on food security and farm efficiency in Kenya. The study used data collected from 384 farm-households that were randomly selected from three AEZs in the Embu County, using a multistage stratified sampling technique.