Global poverty and hunger are most prevalent where food is actually being produced?in rural areas. Roughly 70 per cent of the 1.4 billion extremely poor people in the world live in rural areas (IFAD, 2010). The increasing volatility in food prices, erratic effects of global climate change, and...

Brazil aims to eradicate extreme poverty in the country by scaling-up policy initiatives for ?productive inclusion? and incorporating all extreme poor households into the country?s non-contributory social protection scheme. Brasil sem Miséria (Brazil without Misery), targets the Brazilian...

Global poverty largely remains a rural phenomenon. Close to 70 per cent of the developing world?s 1.4 billion people living in extremely poverty inhabit rural areas (IFAD, 2011). Further, agriculture is found to be a source of livelihood for over 80 per cent of rural people, highlighting the...

The current discussions about how to tackle hunger in developing countries highlight the adoption of a two-track approach as an effective framework (FAO, 2011). This strategy uses a combination of providing immediate emergency access to food for the poor people while and supporting a sustainable...

O Brasil pretende erradicar a pobreza extrema no país ampliando as iniciativas de políticas para a ?inclusão produtiva? e incorporando todas as famílias extremamente pobres ao regime brasileiro de proteção social não contributiva. O Brasil Sem Miséria focaliza a população brasileira...

Like many new Latin American governments, Ecuador is revamping social spending and developing a specific strategy to enhance social protection and alleviate poverty. The country has already made and continues to make important strides in the implementation of inclusive social policies to combat...

The most recent constitution of Ecuador was signed into law in September 2008 and ushered in a new vision for Ecuadorian society under a series of policy promises aimed at transforming the rural development process in the country. Under this banner, Chapter 3 of the constitution states that:...

Agroecological methods of agricultural production have been shown to be an ecologically sustainable and socially and economically viable way to support national food systems (Altieri and Toledo, 2011; IAASTD, 2008). When the prices of key staple crops more than doubled during the 2008 food crisis,...

Brasil pretende erradicar la pobreza extrema en el país mediante la ampliación de las iniciativas de políticas para la ?inclusión productiva? e incorporación de todas las familias extremadamente pobres al régimen brasilero de protección social no contributiva. El plan Brasil Sin Miseria...

A pobreza global continua sendo, em grande parte, um fenômeno rural. Nos países em desenvolvimento, aproximadamente 70 por cento do 1,4 bilhão de habitantes que vivem em extrema pobreza são habitantes de áreas rurais (FIDA, 2011). Além disso, a agricultura é fonte de sustento para mais de...