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Managing conflicts over land and natural resources through collective action: A case study from rural communities in Zambia
Clifford Ajayi, Oluyede; Akinnifesi, Festus Kehinde; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Seasonal changes and ambiguity in property rights over land and natural resources create conflicts in rural communities in eastern Zambia. This study describes how rural households have minimized such conflicts and protect the economic interests of the poor members of the community through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762161
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Looking beyond the obvious: Uncovering the features of natural resource conflicts in Uganda
Nkonya, Ephraim; Markelova, Helen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
type of institutions people turn to for conflict resolution. The findings identify four primary types of conflicts (over … markets affect the likelihood of a resource-related conflict. The results also show that even though most people turn to the … local government (a formal institution) for arbitration, customary institutions still play an important role in conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762162
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Woodlot devolution in Northern Ethiopia: opportunities for empowerment, smallholder income diversification and sustainable land management
Jagger, Pamela; Pender, John L.; Gebremedhin, Berhanu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
This paper explores the patterns and determinants of empowerment, income generation, and environmental sustainability … regarding harvesting high value products are limiting the potential for smallholder income diversification and empowerment, two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996656
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Property rights and collective action in watersheds
Swallow, Brent M.; Johnson, Nancy; Knox, Anna; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
According to the authors, "watersheds define a terrain united by the flow of water, nutrients, pollutants, and sediment. Watersheds also link foresters, farmers, fishers, and urban dwellers in intricate social relationships. Both factors—the biophysical attributes and the policy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996912
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Implementing a human rights approach to food security
McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
insecure. Empowerment is integral to any strategy that moves away from the benevolence model of food aid and instead emphasizes … enabling environments that support people in feeding themselves. Empowerment also removes the full burden of providing food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996942
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Implementing a human rights approach to food security
McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
insecure. Empowerment is integral to any strategy that moves away from the benevolence model of food aid and instead emphasizes … enabling environments that support people in feeding themselves. Empowerment also removes the full burden of providing food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997069
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Women: still the key to food and nutrition security
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action set goals for empowering women in developing nations. Over the five years since the Beijing +5 review assessed progress toward these goals, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has generated new studies reaffirming that empowering women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997083
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Empowerment through technology: Gender dimensions of social capital build-up in Maharashtra, India
Padmaja, Ravula; Bantilan, Cynthia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This paper explores how and to what extent women and men have benefited from the build-up of social capital in technology uptake, and the role of women in this process. Using a case study on Groundnut Production Technology (GPT) in Maharashtra, India, a systematic documentation of the process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105980
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Measuring and accounting for community capabilities in Kordofan, Sudan:
Harizi, Khalid El; Klemick, Heather - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"Parallel to the growing attention being devoted to the relationship between empowerment and development, an increasing … number of tools are being developed to measure empowerment and determine the link between these two phenomena. This paper … account the non-identity of poverty reduction and empowerment processes, at least when the targeted agents are communities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038136
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What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana?:
Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132650