Tag: food security

From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

Posted in Evaluation, Methods, Poverty, Research, Rural Economies

This week the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) published thirteen outcome stories. “Islands of success” in the middle of an ambitious “ocean of change”. For instance, in Cambodia, the story of drip irrigation farming linked to market opportunities demonstrates how improved water efficiency, primarily in the form of irrigation drip-kits, resulted in… Continue reading From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

Posted in Evaluation, Methods, Poverty, Research, Rural Economies

This week the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) published thirteen outcome stories. “Islands of success” in the middle of an ambitious “ocean of change”. For instance, in Cambodia, the story of drip irrigation farming linked to market opportunities demonstrates how improved water efficiency, primarily in the form of irrigation drip-kits, resulted in… Continue reading From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects

Posted in Africa, Poverty, Publications, Rural Economies

Brookings Global Working Papers | No. 50 | January 2013 Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2) By: Arntraud Hartmann, Homi Kharas, Richard Kohl, Johannes F. Linn, Barbara Massler and Cheikh Sourang http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/ifad-rural-poor-kharas-linn The challenge of rural poverty and food insecurity in the developing world remains daunting. Recent… Continue reading Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects

Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects

Posted in Africa, Poverty, Publications, Rural Economies1 Comment

Brookings Global Working Papers | No. 50 | January 2013 Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2) By: Arntraud Hartmann, Homi Kharas, Richard Kohl, Johannes F. Linn, Barbara Massler and Cheikh Sourang http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/ifad-rural-poor-kharas-linn The challenge of rural poverty and food insecurity in the developing world remains daunting. Recent… Continue reading Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects

SID-Netherlands Report: Agriculture, Food Security, and Inclusive Growth

Posted in Africa, Rural Economies, SDGs, Value Chains1 Comment

The report Agriculture, Food Security, and Inclusive Growth is a compilation of lectures and discussions organised in 2011 by SID Netherlands Chapter in cooperation with the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and NCDO. It contains contributions by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food Olivier de Schutter, Camilla Toulmin (Director of the International… Continue reading SID-Netherlands Report: Agriculture, Food Security, and Inclusive Growth

Evaluation Insights on Food Security – DAC EvalNet

Posted in Rural Economies

With food security rising to the top of development agendas, the DAC EVALNET decided to take stock of evaluation evidence. A systematic review, commissioned by IOB Netherlands, examines evidence on the impact of interventions aimed at improving food security through agriculture production, value chain development, market reform and land tenure. The findings are summarised in… Continue reading Evaluation Insights on Food Security – DAC EvalNet