CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor Archives

CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / CRP4.1-Value Chains for Enhanced Nutrition / Gender / Livelihoods / Peru / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment

by Ana Maria Paez-Valencia and Trent Blare · 4 Apr, 2018

Gender relations and gaps in the cocoa value-chain in Peru

Researchers have found that greater inclusion of women is needed to optimally intensify cocoa value-chains in a region of Peru.

Conferences / CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / Gender

by Susan Onyango · 28 Sep, 2017

5Capitals-G: gender-responsive methodology for value chain development

Over the past decade value chain development has been widely promoted as a catalyst for rural economic growth. As smallholder farmers become increasingly integrated into value chains, how can scholars and development practitioners ensure that the benefits of...

Commodities / Commodities and Markets / CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / Food Security / Market Information Services / Peru

by Trent Blare · 28 Aug, 2017

How much for the local apples?

Study showed that nearly 75% of consumers in Cusco, Peru were willing to pay at least 10% more for the locally grown fruits Eating local (i.e. eating food that is locally produced, not moved long distances to market)...

Certification / Commodities / CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Ghana / Market Information Services / Value Theory

by admin · 21 Jul, 2017

Toward a sustainable cocoa sector in Ghana

A new report carried out for Fairtrade Africa by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Bioversity International concludes that monetary benefits derived from Fairtrade cocoa remain low, contributing on average an additional 2% of cocoa income for certified farmers.

CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / Trade / Value Theory

by Jason Donovan · 27 Jun, 2017

Value chain development: improved support for smallholders and SMEs

The recently released double edition of Enterprise Development & Microfinance (EDM) explores how VCD initiatives involving smallholders and small and medium enterprises are designed, implemented and assessed. Since the early 2000’s, practitioners and researchers have been working on ways...

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Biodiversity / Catchment Areas / Climate Change / Conferences / CRP2.1-Effective Policies and Strategic Investments / CRP5-Water, Land and ecosystems / CRP5.1-Decision Analysis / CRP5.2-Agro-ecosystem health / CRP6.3-Landscape management for environmental services, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods / Ethiopia / Food Security / Governance / Hydrology / Land Degradation / Land Rehabilitation / Landscape / Natural Resource Management / People and Society / Planning / Policies / Productivity / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG07-Energy / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / Silviculture / Small Farmers / Soil Fertility / Trees

by Eike Luedeling · 29 Apr, 2016

An agroforestry view on crop modelling

Global food and development policies are increasingly being supported by crop models, but current modelling approaches are unfit for this purpose. The models in use, many of which were developed in the 1970s and 1980s for high-input monoculture...