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Genetically modified food and international trade: The case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines
Gruere, Guillaume; Bouet, Antoine; Mevel, Simon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
labeling policies in major importers and the possibility of segregation for non-GM products going toward sensitive importing …. Second, we find that segregation of non-GM crops can help reduce any potential trade loss for GM adopters, such as India …, that want to keep export opportunities in sensitive countries, even with a 5 percent segregation cost. Lastly, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038086
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850594
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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
most of the people were members, were major factors for the success of the community mobilization for collective action in … sharing of community products. An impact assessment of the ecological conservation in Tigray on agricultural productivity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395600
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366812
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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
In developing countries where access to and use of renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods are highly contested, improving cooperation in their management is increasingly seen as an important element in strategies for peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and longer-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762165
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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
The food security crisis, international “land grabs,†and new markets for environmental services have drawn renewed 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762166
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762167
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762168
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Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi
Kadiyala, Suneetha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
. STEPs started in 1995 as Community-Based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE). COPE was a service-delivery program … program changed course to mobilize collective action to combat the epidemic. Working in the Namwera community in Mangochi … subcommittees at the district, community, and village levels. Based on the positive experience in Namwera, the program changed its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113237
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113238