The “Building back better and greener: Integrated approaches for an inclusive and green COVID-19 recovery in rural spaces” project aims to: (a) build the capacity of key stakeholders...
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Quantitative evidence from a cross-country sample of 4772 rural households.
Smaller farms (2 ha) benefit most from farm diversity.
Dietary diversity increases with...
Livestock contribute to the welfare of rural poor households in many ways. Livestock products can be consumed, utilized, or sold for income. If consumed, livestock facilitate...
Pig production provides more than two million Ugandan households with income. Pigs are mostly produced by smallholder farmers; three-quarters of these are women. Uganda...
This publication contains stories from rural Laos, documenting strategies, techniques, and practices used by rural small-scale farmers. It highlights how they play a crucial role...
This brief presents the results of a modelling analysis of goat farming systems from three study sites in Nepal, shedding light on the potential greenhouse gas mitigation potential of improved...
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Diversified cropping systems in ICLS can improve the productivity of the principal crop as well as enhance food security.
Successful implementation of ICLS requires organizational...
The African livestock sector plays a key role in improving the livelihoods of people through the supply of food, improved nutrition and consequently health. However, its impact on the economy...
The government of Rwanda is promoting agricultural intensification focused on the production of a small number of targeted commodities as a central strategy to pursue the joint policy goals of economic growth, food...
Many factors interact to shape household food security and consumption and these must be analyzed together to build understandings of how they interact in particular contexts...