poverty
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Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An Assessment Based on Participatory Methods
Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers
Innovations to improve staple crop germplasm can reduce poverty and otherwise improve farmer livelihoods through complex and multiple pathways. This paper reviews the evidence for one prominent pathway—through increased incomes (in cash and kind) for poor farmers who adopt the technology.
Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the ‘Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation in South Africa’ project.
More Trees, More Poverty? The Socioeconomic Effects of Tree Plantations in Chile, 2001-2011
Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity
This Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied research, and some lessons learned over the two decades of research.
Reducing REDD risks: affirmative policy on an uneven playing field
Rights and wellbeing: an analytical approach to global case comparison of community forestry
A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa
Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Irrigation development has been slow in these countries, and has been mainly through traditional schemes.