April 30, 2010 / Media
30 April 2008International Conference: Towards a Green Revolution for Africa Kofi Annan has called for a “uniquely African Green Revolution” founded on “bold pro-poor policies” to address the food crisis facing Africa and the world. As food prices escalate at
April 30, 2010 / Communique
30 September 2009 Smallholder agriculture was at the centre of a recent online discussion by the IDS-hostedFuture Agricultures Consortium where researchers debated farm scale and the food crisis in light of recent editorials and news stories about land grabs, food
April 30, 2010 / News
Topics include: DFID renews funding for FAC FAC launches new research themes West Africa transect study Ethiopia extension consultations The political economy of seed systems – Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture – district studies in Kenya Climate Change Adaptation Land Deal
April 30, 2010 / News
Topics include: Africa’s Green Revolution:consultations with farmers GCARD consultations CAADP Africa Forum “How to Feed the World in 2050” Future Farmers
April 30, 2010 / Communique
African smallholders say that enhancing farmer voice in strategic R&D processes and investing in innovations to improve market access, soil fertility management, small-scale irrigation and water management, and access to ICTs and credit should have more emphasis in agricultural research
April 30, 2010 / News
FAC’s first Newsletter with articles on: Seasonality Revisted conference Ethiopian Economic Conference GCARD consultations Farmer First Revisited and more
April 29, 2010 / Policy Dialogue
The Kenya country team convened a farmers’ meeting to talk about the challenges facing agriculture with a view to include local farmer voices in two specific areas: Post-Salzburg ‘African Green Revolution’ strategic recommendations Input into GCARD for the future of
April 29, 2010 / Policy Dialogue
The Ethiopian extension system has a long history relative to many African countries and has been delivered through a variety of approaches and models. Despite this history, the system is still in its infancy in terms of coverage, communication and
April 29, 2010 / Conference Publications
In June 2009, John Thompson andDavid Hughes travelled to Ethiopia to attend the Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy organised by the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA). FAC’sSamuel Gabreselassie and colleagues at the Ethiopian Economics Policy Research Institute helped to organise the
April 29, 2010 / Policy Dialogue
In June 2009, John Thompson and David Hughes travelled to Ethiopia to attend the Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy organised by the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA). FAC’s Samuel Gabreselassie and colleagues at the Ethiopian Economics Policy Research Institute
April 27, 2010 / Kenya
The country co-ordinator, John Omiti, liaised with researchers and communications officer to harmonize and schedule meetings to facilitate (i) closer linkages amongdifferent themes, (ii) share research findings and plan media briefings, (iii) hold joint round-table meetings or workshops. During the
April 27, 2010 / West Africa
The country co-ordinator, John Omiti, liaised with researchers and communications officer to harmonize and schedule meetings to facilitate (i) closer linkages amongdifferent themes, (ii) share research findings and plan media briefings, (iii) hold joint round-table meetings or workshops. During the
April 23, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
FAC and its partner SOAS (Faculty of Law and Social Sciences) are convening an international workshop to critically assess the prospects for dramatically expanding internationally competitive agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the Guinea Savannah agro-ecological zone.
April 20, 2010 / Land
The Small Grants programme offers grants of up to US$2000 per study to successful applicants who wish to undertake original field research, carry out follow up fieldwork on an ongoing related initiative, or write up a paper based on research that
April 20, 2010 / Land
The FAC research theme will be linked to the international Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI), launched in January 2010. The objective of this initiative is to provide a platform and network to generate solid evidence through detailed, field-based research that
April 20, 2010 / Land
The convergence of global crises in food, energy, finance and theenvironment has driven a dramatic revaluation of land ownership as powerful transnational and national economic actors tap into lands outside their own borders to provide food and energy security at
April 19, 2010 / Policy Processes
Two FAC members (Blessings Chinsinga and Lydia Ndirangu) are involved in collaborative research on "Linking African Researchers with Adaptation Policy Spaces". This project aims to increase the ability of partners in Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme in East
April 19, 2010 / Policy Processes
During 2007 - 2009, the Policy Processes team conducted research in seven districts of Kenya (Eldoret West, Mwingi, Nyeri South and Rachuonyo) and Malawi (Dedza, Rumphi and Thyolo), to examine the role and performance of the Ministry of Agriculture at
April 14, 2010 / Growth and Social Protection
This project in the Growth and Social Protection theme focuses on the issue of ‘graduation’ from agricultural support and social protection programmes. Graduation describes a process whereby recipients of cash transfers, food aid or free or subsidised inputs and assets
April 14, 2010 / Working Papers
Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Stephen Devereux and Bruce Guenther January 2009 The paper explores how social protection and agricultural policies interact, creating either synergies or conflicts between them. To the extent that social protection measures help poor rural people expand their assets,
April 12, 2010 / Science, Technology and Innovation
In 2008, Future Agricultures Consortium with the Salzburg Global Seminar and theInstitute of Development Studies (IDS) helped to co-convene the initiative "Toward a 'Green Revolution' in Africa?" This initiative brought together many key stakeholders to discuss and debate what a
April 12, 2010 / Pastoralism
The research focus of this project has been to explore and critically assess pastoralist innovation systems. There has been very little literature on innovation in the livestock sector and a particular lack of knowledge on innovation involving pastoralists. Existing formal
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