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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.
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Estrategias para la seguridad alimentaria en zonas rurales secas: el caso de San Antonio de Coronados, Catorce, San Luis Potosí, México

Reports & Research
August, 2016
Mexico
Land & Food Security
food security
rural areas
Actualmente las áreas rurales campesinas presentan una alta inequidad de ingresos, vulnerabilidad ante las fuerzas del mercado, abandono creciente de alimentos tradicionales y desvalorización social del trabajo campesino. Ante este escenario surge el cuestionamiento sobre cómo las familias campesinas están enfrentando esta problemática y cómo satisfacen sus necesidades básicas, en particular las referentes a la alimentación, aspecto básico en el desarrollo de las capacidades de las personas y sus relaciones sociales.
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Resource management in sustentable tourism: a facilitator for community empowering development in a Vainilla, Oaxaca

Reports & Research
August, 2012
Mexico
Land & Food Security
food security
poverty
El manejo de recursos en turismo tiene la capacidad de contribuir al desarrollo sustentable y empoderamiento de comunidades rurales mientras emplee conocimiento y recursos locales para fines del desarrollo económico. Este trabajo describe el caso de la comunidad La Vainilla, ubicada en Oaxaca, Sur de México, la cual está caracterizada por pobreza e inseguridad alimentaria y que tiene oportunidades de desarrollo por medio de la cooperativa de ecoturismo.
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Evaluation of the Brazilian Fome Zero and the Mexican Oportunidades Anti-hunger Programs as Strategies to Improve Food Security

Reports & Research
July, 2013
Brazil, United States of America, Mexico
Land & Food Security
food security
El presente trabajo científico evalúa los dos enfoques Fome Zero de Brasil y Oportunidades de México como estrategia para mejorar la seguridad alimentaria. El análisis muestra varias diferencias, pero también similtudes significativas en las estructuras económicas, sociales y ambientales que existen entre ambos países. El análisis se lleva a cabo tomando en cuenta las bases de la producción agrícola actual y de las estructuras de importación/exportación de ambos países.
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Pobreza, consumo alimentario y acceso a la tierra : caracterización de la población agrícola de la zona rural del Ecuador.

Reports & Research
March, 2012
Ecuador
Land & Food Security
food security
rural population
land tenure
poverty
rural development
La pobreza y el hambre en el Ecuador tienen su escenario en la zona rural, pero sobretodo en los hogares agrarios. La falta de acceso a recursos productivos, en especial la tierra, es uno de los factores más influyentes de la pobreza y el hambre, de acuerdo al enfoque de soberanía alimentaria.
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La cooperativa de trabajadores rurales de San Vicente : una experiencia organizativa

Reports & Research
September, 2012
Argentina
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
deforestation
food security
La Tesis estudia la posibilidad de que los pequeños productores rurales puedan estar en mejores condiciones para resolver sus condiciones de vida y trabajo a través de la organización. El objetivo es comprender el valor de la existencia de la Cooperativa de Trabajadores Rurales de San Vicente, analizando la perspectiva de su aporte al conocimiento social. Quedará el interrogante acerca de la mejor utilización de las tierras, discutiendo el marco de las relaciones sociales que generan la existencia de tierras improductivas.
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Regional developments [In 2016 Global Food Policy Report]

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, Asia, South America, Americas
Land Conflicts
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
research
rural development
agricultural and rural legislation
poverty
land conflicts
food security
climate change
environment
land degradation
land management
water management
farmers
natural disasters
sustainable land management
In addition to global events and food policy changes, 2015 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments across the major regions: Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.