Implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries

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This report assesses the basic effects of food price increases on household income in low-income countries.

Water Award

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Water Awards to SSD by UNESCO Asia Director

How to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the Himalayas through the use of alternative media

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Aimed at development workers and community members alike, this manual is the outcome of a three-year project exploring the traditional media and forms of communication in local communities in the Himalayan region and how this can be used to deliver messages that contribute to the improvement of livelihoods.

Livelihoods research: some conceptual and methodological issues

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This paper offers a review of conceptual and methodological issues in the pursuit of livelihood research, with an emphasis on three key questions: How is empirical research at the micro-level related to analysis of the structural, historical and institutional elements of the macro-context? What combination of methods most effectively allows us to trace trajectories of change in diverse livelihoods over time? How are livelihoods frameworks most usefully deployed to investigate and understand processes of differentiation, accumulation and impoverishment?

Rising food prices and farmer seed access: what are the impacts?

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This report provides case-specific responses to key seed policy issues based on the relationship between seed markets and high food prices and answers key questions in the country context for India, Kenya, and Mali including whether high food prices will mean higher seed prices and seed insecurity for poor farmers