Vulnerability appears to be rising for many Malawians, whose exposure to livelihood shocks is increasing while […]
In the current study, the potential for food processing to improve the livelihood of the poor […]
Climate change will have severe impacts in many parts of the tropics and subtropics. Despite the […]
In most developing countries, veterinary services have never targeted poor livestock owners. Historically, the prevailing wisdom […]
Outputs from CPP cassava projects based in southern Tanzania (R6614, R7563) have been adopted by agricultural […]
A range of factors – from the global to the local – have combined to put […]
The rapid growth in demand for pork in Viet Nam presents an opportunity for rural households […]
This paper presents a brief overview of social and economic conditions in South Africa’s Eastern Cape […]
The power of a seed is unlimited. As a powerful agent of change, seeds can be […]
Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods, and a driver of poverty and hunger, […]
The CARE-Bangladesh/DFID Rural Livelihood Programme (RLP) was a consolidation of 3 projects: GO-INTERFISH (Greater Opportunities for […]
PETRRA was an agricultural research-management project which used a values-based approach in project design, planning, and […]
This brief is a synopsis of five country background papers that provided an inventory of information […]
This study presents a detailed review of the poultry sector in Ghana with an aim to […]
This document is part of a series of documents that aim to provide comprehensive overviews of […]
The action research was further structured around a jointly developed MUS conceptual framework of ‘principles’ that […]
Forty-one percent of the world’s sorghum area is located in Africa, yet sorghum yields in this […]
Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
As part of a 3-year project focusing on improving the livelihoods of poor livestock keepers by […]
The goal of this DfID-funded project was to improve rural livelihoods through accelerated adoption of resource-conserving […]
This report attempts to provide answers to the following questions: 1. What is the evidence that […]
Access to markets for smallholder poultry farmers is crucial for exploiting the potential of poultry production […]
We present a market-literate framework in the form of a Market Map. The Market Map serves […]
The headings for this presentation, which has a number of colour photographs, are as follows: Background […]
Session III of the Inception Workshop includes 8 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – HPAI Risk […]
This presentation is an introduction to a project approved for funding by the RALF Project Review […]
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype re-emerged in Southeast Asia in late […]
In this paper we focus on the rural poultry producing households in Ghana. Our aims are […]
Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to embark on structural adjustment reforms. 25 […]
Government strategies to promote social protection and agricultural development in Ethiopia are closely intertwined. Interventions such […]
Addressing issues of animal feed scarcity has the potential of raising incomes and improving the lives […]
A baseline study was one of the first activities of a research project on ‘Decentralised Market […]
This brief note describes the role of epidemiology in sustaining rural livelihoods, using as an example […]
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Afghanistan Program began using the Territorial Approach to Agroenterprise Development for its […]
In Latin America, as in Africa and Asia, 15-25% of the population lives in semi-arid areas, […]
Community-based adaptation (CBA) is a fairly new approach where communities are empowered to find their own […]
The project purpose was to contribute to the sustainability of rural livelihoods in coastal areas of […]
Community animal health services (CAHS) have been promoted since the 1970s by aid organizations in low-income […]
This DFID-organised workshop included presentations of avian influenza research in Cambodia from a range of interested […]
A great deal of effort on behalf of governments and the international community goes into helping […]
NB. The pdf associated with this document appears to be an updated version of an earlier […]
The poor in rural areas face economic risks that differ substantially from groups with other economic, […]
A survey of the importance of fish disease to 257 farmers from six districts in Bangladesh […]
This document contains a few highlights from completed research projects commissioned by DFID’s LPP over the […]
Livestock directly aid the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized citizens. Livestock […]
This paper discusses the significance of traditional food systems (TFSs) and the impact of past and […]
This study uses the same data set and econometric models (i) to predict and profile which […]
This brief summarizes a study that (i) investigated factors that affect participation in small-scale poultry production […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established […]