The study relates village seed systems to biological diversity of millet crops grown by farmers in the semi-arid lands of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, India. In these subsistence-oriented, semi-arid production systems the environment is marginal for crop growth and often there is no substitute for millet crops. Across communities, farmers grow 13 different combinations of pearl millet, sorghum, finger millet, little millet, and foxtail millet varieties, but individual farmers grow an average of only 2–3 millet varieties per season.

The paper deals with the relationships between the intra-familial dimensions of land rights and the productive use of resources. Analysis is carried out along two axes. We first show how the distribution of rights within families influences the productive use of land. We then explain how the evolution in production opportunities is influencing the organisation of intra-family land rights.

The paper deals with the relationships between the intra-familial dimensions of land rights and the productive use of resources. Analysis is carried out along two axes. We first show how the distribution of rights within families influences the productive use of land. We then explain how the evolution in production opportunities is influencing the organisation of intra-family land rights.

The report seeks to analyze what has been learned about how agricultural interventions influence nutrition outcomes in low-and middle-income countries, focusing on the target populations of the millennium development goals-people living on less than a dollar a day. It also sets out to synthesize lessons from past efforts to improve the synergies between agriculture and nutrition outcomes. The report identifies a number of developments in agriculture and nutrition that have transformed the context in which nutrition is affected by agriculture.