poverty remains particularly high for food farmers who, as a group, saw only a marginal improvement in welfare in the 1990s …. For the same time period poverty also stagnated or increased in the Northern and Upper regions were most farmers produce … did not benefit from economic growth. This polarization of inequality and poverty makes targeted policies and projects to …

food security and nutrition. These two programs differ in their gender targeting, with PROGRESA aimed at women and PROCAMPO …

of this expansion within the household. Using rural Ghana as a case study this paper explores if the RNF economy allows …

About three quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas. Among those, women constitute a particularly vulnerable …, yet crucially important group for social and economic development. Investing in rural women is thus not only a moral … imperative; it can also be a promising strategy to effectively fight poverty and hunger. …

equivalence scales are likely to produce significant changes in the analysis of poverty and its distribution across households and … assistance resources) it is important to refine our understanding of the extent to which poverty measures and the resulting …

Land use change is a key requirement for improving rural incomes and making a significant reduction in poverty levels … land use changes required for poverty alleviation coincide with that required for carbon sequestration, significant … is significant potential for sequestration payments to contribute to poverty alleviation, considerable effort will be …