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Common-pool resources-a challenge for local governance: Experimental research in eight villages in the Mekong Delta of Cambodia and Vietnam

Werthmann, Christine; Weingart, Anne; Kirk, Michael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

We use field experiments to study underlying strategic actions Cambodian and Vietnamese natural resource users take in regard to voluntary contribution to a public good and appropriation of common-pool resources. Two experimental games were implemented to investigate the importance of...

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Responding to land degradation in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia:

Kumasi, Tyhra Carolyn; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

Improving the long-term sustainability and resilience of smallholder agriculture in Africa is highly dependent on conserving or improving the quality of the natural resource. Conservation agriculture is conceived around more integrated and effective management strategies for provisioning both...

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The renewed case for farmers' cooperatives: Diagnostics and implications from Ghana

Francesconi, Gian Nicola; Wouterse, Fleur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

This study presents a stylized but insightful diagnostic of the problems limiting collective action in Ghanaian farmer-based organizations (FBOs). In our analysis, we use a structure-conduct-performance framework, econometrics, and new primary data for 500 FBOs collected through surveys and...

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Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience: An analytical framework:

Ratner, Blake D.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; May, Candace - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

resilience theory, the framework is applicable across multiple scales of analysis, linking local stakeholder dynamics to the …

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Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management:

Ratner, Blake D.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Hellin, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research … has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on … the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and …

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Forest conflict in Asia and the role of collective action in its management:

Yasmi, Yurdi; Kelley, Lisa; Enters, Thomas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

Forest conflict in Asia is on the rise as various stakeholders have different views about and interests in the management of increasingly scarce resources. Unfortunately, in many instances, local communities and indigenous peoples suffer the most when such conflicts play out. The biggest...

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The six "ins" of climate-smart agriculture: Inclusive institutions for information, innovation, investment, and insurance:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Bernier, Quinn; Haglund, Eric - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This paper reviews the central role of institutions for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), focusing on the role of institutions in promoting inclusivity, providing information, enabling local level innovation, encouraging investment, and offering insurance to enable smallholders, women, and poor...

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Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi

Kadiyala, Suneetha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

"This paper discusses enabling and constraining factors related to the scaling-up of the Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Interventions Through Expanded Partnerships (STEPs) initiative, supported by Save the Children U.S.A. (SC), to combat HIV/AIDS in Malawi. It also discusses potential threats to and...

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The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains:

Narrod, Clare; Roy, Devesh; Okello, Julius; Avendaño, Belem - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets and urban domestic markets requires meeting the food safety requirements due to several demand...

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Rural institutions and producer organizations in imperfect markets: experiences from producer marketing groups in semi-arid eastern Kenya

Shiferaw, Bekele; Obare, Gideon; Muricho, Geoffrey - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have liberalized markets to improve efficiency and enhance market linkages for smallholder farmers. The expected positive response by the private sector in areas with limited market infrastructure has however been disappointing. The functioning of markets is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113240

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