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The 19 chapters included in this book provide an overview of research conducted within the framework of the collaborative research programme on 'Regional Food Security Policies for Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Economies' (RESPONSE). The programme aimed to identify strategic options...
This chapter discusses: (i) the strategic interactions between natural resource management options; (ii) farm-household livelihood strategies for welfare and risk; and (iii) the surrounding market and institutional conditions for simultaneously enabling poverty reduction and sustainable land use....
We used data from 376 households, 1066 parcels and 2143 plots located in 95 villages in the hillside areas of Honduras to generate information needed by decision makers to assess the needs and opportunities for public investments, and design policies that stimulate natural resource conservation. We ...
This study analyses the level of resource use efficiency achieved by tenant households on their own and on sharecropped-in plots, and the determinants of the levels of efficiency achieved. Using plot-level and location data from Tigray, northern Ethiopia, it assesses whether tenancy status affects...
Less-favoured areas (LFAs) are defined as regions with low agricultural potential because of limited and uncertain rainfall, poor soils, steep slopes and/or other biophysical constraints, as well as regions that may have higher agricultural potential, but with poor infrastructure and limited access ...
The geographical concentration of persistent poverty in so-called less-favoured areas (LFAs) calls for a critical look at the link between poverty and environment. Livelihood studies tend to focus on poverty at the individual level, whereas the concept of LFA implies a problem for the collective....
This chapter identifies different types of exchange by actors operating in developing countries. Moreover, it discusses the factors that determine the optimal coordination mechanism of exchange. It then focuses on different types of market imperfections where markets are one of the possible...
In the Northern Ethiopian Highlands, one of the least-favoured areas in East Africa, farming systems are characterized by the integrated management of crop and livestock components. The overall objective of this chapter was to increase insight into the functioning of these farming systems, with...
This chapter presents the synthesis of findings of a study that explored an integrative assessment of food security in less-favoured areas in the Philippines. The study investigated the linkages between the resource environments (i.e. biophysical, socioeconomic), livelihoods and food security of...
This chapter addresses the changing gender roles in household food and livelihood security in a flood-prone area in Bangladesh. It looks at the contribution of women to household food security and women's use of social capital for sustaining their livelihood. IFPRI panel data collected before and...