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Deforestation of montane cloud forest in the Central Highlands of Guatemala: contributing factors and implications for sustainability in Q’eqchi’ communities

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Guatemala
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
deforestation
land cover
food security
land degradation
sustainable development
Cloud forest in the Central Highlands of Guatemala provides important ecosystem services for the Q’eqchi’ Maya but has been disappearing at an increasing rate in recent decades. This research documents changes in cloud forest cover, explores some contributing factors to deforestation, and considers forest preservation and food security implications for Q’eqchi’ communities. We used a transdisciplinary framework that synthesized remote sensing/GIS analysis of land cover change, focus group dialogs, and surveys.
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Food or flowers? Contested transformations of community food security and water use priorities under new legal and market regimes in Ecuador's highlands

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Ecuador
Land & Food Security
water rights
food security
During the past three decades, the Pisque watershed in Ecuador's Northern Andes has become the country's principal export-roses producing area. Recently, a new boom of local smallholders have established small rose greenhouses and joined the flower-export business. This has intensified water scarcity and material/discursive conflicts over water use priorities: water to defend local-national food sovereignty or production for export.
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NEW TENSION ON THE HORIZON BETWEEN THE FOOD AND BIOFUEL INDUSTRIES?

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Brazil, United States of America, China, South America, Europe
Land & Food Security
food security
Az élelmiszerárak növekedése 2006–2008 között a világ egyes térségeiben zavargásokhoz és a politikai stabilitás megrendüléséhez vezetett. Különösen fejlődő országokban súlyos a helyzet, ahol a legszegényebb rétegek jövedelmük döntő hányadát élelmiszerekre költik. Az agrárpiacokon a kereslet vált meghatározóvá, mennyiségi (humáncélú és ipari felhasználás rohamos növekedése) és minőségi értelemben (élelmiszer-fogyasztás szerkezetének változása).
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Bioenergy and African transformation

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Brazil, Africa
Land & Food Security
land use
food security
poverty
Among the world’s continents, Africa has the highest incidence of food insecurity and poverty and the highest rates of population growth. Yet Africa also has the most arable land, the lowest crop yields, and by far the most plentiful land resources relative to energy demand. It is thus of interest to examine the potential of expanded modern bioenergy production in Africa. Here we consider bioenergy as an enabler for development, and provide an overview of modern bioenergy technologies with a comment on application in an Africa context.
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Poverty in Guatemala

Reports & Research
December, 2004
Guatemala, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land & Food Security
capacity development
food security
rural areas
Poverty in Guatemala is high and deep. In 2000, over half of all Guatemalans lived in poverty. About 16 percent lived in extreme poverty. Available evidence suggests that poverty in Guatemala is higher than in other Central American countries. Although poverty has fallen over the past decade, its trend recently declined due to a series of economic shocks during 2001 and 2002. The drop of poverty incidence since 1990 is slightly slower than what would have been predicted given Guatemala's growth rates, suggesting that growth has not been particularly pro-poor.
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Seaweed Aquaculture for Food Security, Income Generation and Environmental Health in Tropical Developing Countries

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2016
Tanzania, Japan, Malaysia, Madagascar, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Argentina, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Brazil, New Zealand, Central America, Northern America, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.
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Agriculture in Nicaragua

Performance, Challenges, and Options

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
November, 2015
Nicaragua, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
Forest Tenure
sustainable development
rural population
forestry
research
farmers
farmland
food security
climate change
deforestation
agriculture
farming systems
rural development
This work summarizes background papers prepared for the World Bank Group with significant input from government counterparts and other development partners. It takes stock of major recent developments and argues that a lot has been achieved in the last decade in terms of production of commodities for export and food consumption, with favorable impact on rural poverty reduction. It also argues that the two factors driving the recent agricultural performance, namely favorable international prices and expansion of the agricultural frontier, have reached their limits.
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How to Protect and Promote the Nutrition of Mothers and Children in Latin America and the Caribbean

Purpose of the Toolkit

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
Latin America and the Caribbean
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
food security
land tenure
natural disasters
sustainable development
urbanization
This toolkit is the first of its kind to provide information on promoting and protecting the nutritional status of mothers and children in crises and emergencies. Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to major crises and emergencies. This toolkit aims to improve the resilience of the most vulnerable in times of intensified nutritional needs, most notably pregnant and lactating mothers as well as children less than two years of age.
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Populations at Risk of Disaster

A Resettlement Guide

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2011
Latin America and the Caribbean
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
climate change
food security
Indigenous Peoples
land use
urbanization
This book is designed for governments that make decisions on the application of preventive resettlement programs as disaster risk reduction measures, as well as for institutions and professionals in charge of preparing and implementing these programs, civil society organizations participating in resettlement and risk reduction processes, and at-risk communities.
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Haiti Coffee Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
March, 2010
Haiti, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agriculture
capacity development
deforestation
farmers
food security
land registration
land rights
property rights
urban areas
Coffee is an ecologically and economically significant crop for Haiti. It is not only the main source of income for more than 100,000 farmers, but the coffee ecosystem also sustains a large part of the remaining tree cover (currently at less than 1.5 percent of land) of the country. This report does not aim to detail the structural constraints impacting upon the Haitian coffee sub-sector.