September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
This paper describes the findings of research that aimed to 1) understand the constraints faced by farmers during production seasons and 2) evaluate the usefulness of a novel participatory method for exploring farming practices and resource use with farmers. Detailed
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Hundreds of millions of people suffer an annual cycle of hunger and hardship that is linked to the agricultural season. There is a growing argument that it should theoretically be possible to design social protection measures that are counter-cyclical such
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
The seasonality of disease, ill-health and hunger were illustrated in multiple contexts in the original IDS conference on seasonality over three decades ago. The subsequent book (Chambers et al. 1981) was published in the same year as the first case
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Seasonality and Access to Education: A Review of Research Improved education is associated with higher socio-economic status, lower fertility rates, improved health, reduced mortality rates and greater gender equality and mobility. Investment in primary education is especially crucial, as it
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Many policies have proved to be successful in fighting seasonal hunger. In this paper, we review what we regard as the most important of these policy ideas and give examples of their application in various countries, focusing particularly on Malawi.Emergency
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
The timing of rains, and intra-seasonal rainfall patterns, are critical to smallholder farmers in developing countries. Seasonality influences farmer’s decisions about when to cultivate and sow and harvest, and ultimately the success or failure of their crops. Worryingly, therefore, farmers
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Secure access to food, adequate in quantity and quality, is becoming increasingly problematic for many. The number of food insecure is rising worldwide, reaching more than 1 billion according to the latest estimate (FAO 2009). Falling incomes, in part due
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
The paper is based on 6 case studies in seasonal poverty, vulnerability and ill-being and coping mechanisms of poor farmers and agriculture labourers from 6 Asian developing countries –BANGLADESH, CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDIA, LAO PDR and NEPAL. The paper draws upon
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
The high prevalence of risks in low-income economies implies that people’s ability to manage uncertainty is critical for both productivity and their mere survival. This paper analyses seasonal changes in per capita consumption and saving behaviour of farm households in
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Despite early recognition of the importance of time poverty in people’s well-being, its empirical investigation and measurement in the literature remains scarce. This paper applies the concepts used in consumption and income poverty to time use to estimate seasonal time
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
A series of experiments was conducted at the proposed RDRS University Campus Farm, Rangpur Bangladesh during aman season in 2005 and 2006. The overall objective was to evaluate the effect of direct seeding and transplanting system of short duration variety
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Over the past two or three decades, it has become increasingly clear that small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa produce the bulk of the food consumed by inhabitants of these countries, in spite of their poor working conditions in terms of
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
This paper illustrates the use of models to analyse income seasonality. Section 1, by Charles Rethman is based on grouped data obtained using the household economy approach. Section 2, by John Seaman provides a more detailed analysis based on income
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Monga, is a well-known in the language of development in Bangladesh. Poor farmers and labourers in the northwest region of Bangladesh suffer from a lack of employment opportunities during the months of September to November. Such a situation increases the
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Seasonal Neglect? Aseasonality in Agricultural Project Design Based on a literature review and observation of selected agricultural projects, this paper reflects on whether and how projects that support agriculture-based livelihoods in Africa account for seasonality in their design, delivery and
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
ince the first seasonality conference in 1978, there have been changes: not least, communications have improved, and food prices in SubSaharan Africa have become more volatile. But much has not changed: seasonal poverty and stress remain widespread and integrated. Urban
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
This Working Paper draws on nearly twenty years of research in several African countries, on the inter-related themes of food insecurity, seasonality, coping strategies, famine, formal and informal safety nets, and social protection. The paper has three objectives: 1. to
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Farmers globally and those in Ethiopia in particular, are facing a number of challenges on top of the obvious physical and economic constraints in managing soil fertility. The majority of the studies conducted on soil fertility issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Most crop plants are seasonal, giving rise to alternating periods of glut and dearth. Three ways of avoiding food deprivation in the periods between harvests are to grow crops that are non-seasonal, to diversify diets, so that for every month
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
The Peruvian Altiplano presents different agro-ecological zones and variable climatic conditions. Rural households of the Altiplano from the ethnic Aymara define their livelihoods and strategies according to those natural conditions. Agricultural households of the lakeside zone, with less variable climatic
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Background Report and Papers
Sabates-Wheeler Why Risk Management has trouble locating Seasonality Attempting to draw general lessons from the theoretical, empirical and policy responses to seasonality leaves one slightly disappointed for a number of reasons. At one level there exists an instrumentalist response in
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Planning to address seasonal poverty: some experiences of the last 30 years Richard Longhurst Phemo Kgomotso IDS
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Making the Links : Responding to Seasonality through Adaptive Social Protection Mark Davies, Centre for Social Protection, IDS
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Seasonality, precautionary savings and health uncertainty in Central Kenya Lydia Ndirangu (KIPPRA, Kenya)
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Avoiding seasonal food deprivation in poor countries Richard Strange Editor-in-Chief Food Security School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Seasonality and Profitability of rice value chains for smallholder farmers at Nkhate Irrigation Scheme in Southern Malawi Tennyson Magombo, Ruth Magreta, Shamie Zingore University of Malawi, Bunda College of Agriculture and CIAT
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
The stabilising effect of irrigation on seasonal consumption: evidence from Andhra Pradesh Edoardo Masset July 2009
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Adjustment of Short Duration Rice Variety in Rice-Based Cropping Pattern and Agro-Techniques to Mitigate Seasonal Food Insecurity (Monga) in Northern Districts of Bangladesh. M.G. Neogi1, Abul Khair2 and S. Samsuzzaman1 1RDRS Bangladesh, Jail Road, Rangpur, Bangladesh. 2Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Water-bound Geographies of Seasonality Investigating Seasonality, Water, and Wealth in Ethiopia Through the Household Water Economy Approach Lorraine Coulter, Zemede Abebe, Seifu Kebede, Eva Ludi, Belay Zeleke
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Soil Fertility Crop Theft: changing rural dimensions and cropping patterns Linley Chiwona-Karltun Linley.chiwona.karltun@sol.slu.seThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
School Feeding, seasonality and schooling outcomes:A case study from Malawi Carmen Burbano Aulo Gelli
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
An Integrated Intervention Framework for Fighting Seasonal Hunger Samuel Hauenstein Swan Bapu Vaitla Stephen Devereux
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Seasonal Poverty, Vulnerability Dimensions And Coping Mechanisms In Developing Asia: Policy Implications For Social Protection And Social Justice &Ndash; Case Studies From Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Lao Pdr And Nepal By Neela Mukherjee E Mail: Neelamukherjee@Gmail.ComThis e-mail address is being
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Addressing Monga through a collective regional forum response in the northwest of Bangladesh Ahmad Salahuddin, MG Neogi Noel P Magor International Conference on Seasonality 8-10 July, IDS, UK
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 2
Seasonality: Timing and Duration of food aid programmes A case Study from Malawi, 2002-2003 Zoltan Tiba University of Cambridge
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Off farm work in the Peruvian Altiplano: Seasonal and geographic considerations for agricultural and development policies Cecilia Turin Rural Sociology Department, University of Missouri, US Institute for Small Sustainable Production, Agrarian University of La Molina, Peru SANREM Project “Adaptation to
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Isolated wetlands in the Sahel: key seasonal resources under pressure Joost Brouwer Brouwer Envir. Agric. Consultancy The Netherlands images Joost Brouwer, Hans Hut, Leo Zwarts
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Seasonal Chaos: from risky to uncertain livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe Josphat Mushongah and Ian Scoones IDS, Sussex
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Food affordability Brighton, 8th of July 2009 Dealing with seasonal variation of purchasing power and monitoring hunger Save the Children UK
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Understanding Seasonality Implications on Quality of Life through the Innovative JCTR Rural Basket: The Case of Select Rural Areas of Matushi, Saka and Malama of Zambia By Miniva Chibuye (JCTR) In today’s difficult situation, a more exact awareness and a
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Using participatory budgets to investigate farmers’ practices and the factors influencing them during production seasons in Ghana and Zimbabwe Peter Dorward, Derek Shepherd, Mark Galpin University of Reading
September 15, 2010 / Seasonality Revisited - Day 1
Investigating Seasonality Poverty Analysis: The 2004/5 Malawi Integrated Household Survey DRAFT Ephraim Chirwa Andrew Dorward Marcella Vigneri Wadonda Consult University of Malawi School of Oriental African Studies, University of London Overseas Development Institute
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