June 2013
·
2,552 Reads
·
10 Citations
Full text includind summary available at: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-6_Investing_in_smallholder_agriculture.pdf
This page lists works of an author who doesn't have a ResearchGate profile or hasn't added the works to their profile yet. It is automatically generated from public (personal) data to further our legitimate goal of comprehensive and accurate scientific recordkeeping. If you are this author and want this page removed, please let us know.
June 2013
·
2,552 Reads
·
10 Citations
Full text includind summary available at: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-6_Investing_in_smallholder_agriculture.pdf
January 2013
·
426 Reads
·
1 Citation
January 2012
·
1,523 Reads
·
38 Citations
January 2012
·
2,822 Reads
·
7 Citations
January 2011
·
991 Reads
·
7 Citations
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) at its meeting of October 2010 requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to conduct a study on land tenure and international investments in agriculture and to present the findings at its next session in October 2011. The study of the HLPE is to undertake analysis and formulate policy recommendations in the following three areas: (i) the respective roles of large-scale plantations and of small-scale farming, including economic, social, gender and environmental impacts; (ii) review of the existing tools allowing the mapping of available land; and (iii) comparative analysis of tools to align large scale investments with country food security strategies. Given the breadth of this topic, the study team chose to focus on large scale investment in land. We recognize that pressures on land stem from both domestic and international investment, and the two are often linked. However, the international dimension is particularly important because of the very unequal access to resources which exists at global level. Land is becoming a global asset to be traded just like any other commodity. Yet land is different, since it provides a livelihood to more than 2 billion smallholders, many of whom are poor and food insecure. Land is also different due to the valuable environmental services it provides, and its strong social, and cultural attributes. The last five years have witnessed growing investor interest in land and agriculture. While definitive statistics are hard to obtain, widely quoted figures assert that between 50 and 80 million hectares of land have been subject to negotiations by international investors, much of it in low income countries. It is generally agreed that more investment is needed in agriculture to address the needs of current and future generations. The report recognizes the diversity of experience between regions and countries, in terms of land availability, property rights, and public policy. But if such widely quoted figures are correct, there is good reason for concern about the impact of such land acquisitions on the food security of people in many of the countries hosting such investments. Can this large scale investment bring positive outcomes, or is it bound to damage the livelihoods of local people, and generate social and environment costs? Given the central role of government in managing and negotiating such inward investment, their role is key to setting the terms and conditions for ensuring a proper balance of interests between local land users and investors, and enforcing such contractual agreements. This report sets out recommendations for governments, international institutions and investors to address the serious concerns raised by this heightened interest in land acquisition.
January 2011
·
3,062 Reads
·
2 Citations
·
·
·
[...]
·
Food price volatility over the last four years has hurt millions of people, undermining nutritional status and food security. The level of price volatility in commodity markets has also undermined the prospects of developing countries for economic growth and poverty reduction. After staying at historic lows for decades, food prices have become significantly higher and more volatile since 2007. A first price spike occurred across almost all commodities in 2007/2008. After a drop in 2009/10, prices are now climbing again and volatility remains high. Periods of high or low prices are not new. In fact, price variability is at the core of the very existence of markets. Since 2007, however, the degree of price volatility and the number of countries affected have been very high. This is why food price volatility in the context of higher food prices has generated considerable anxiety and caused real problems in many countries. Global and national responses to this unprecedented food price trend have been remarkable. There have been numerous governmental and intergovernmental initiatives to protect vulnerable populations from the negative consequences of higher food prices. In October 2010, the recently reformed Committee on Food Security (CFS) asked the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on price volatility that covers ―all of its causes and consequences, including market distorting practices and links to financial markets, and appropriate and coherent policies, actions, tools and institutions to manage the risks linked to excessive price volatility in agriculture. This should include prevention and mitigation for vulnerable producers and consumers, particularly the poor, women, and children, that are appropriate to different levels (local, national, regional and international) and are based on a review of existing studies. The study should consider how vulnerable nations and populations can ensure access to food when volatility causes market disruptions”.
... Beneficiary families are identified and selected by a community LEAP Implementation Committee (CLIC) and validated by MoGCSP at the community level. These processes of targeting recipient households via the DLIC and CLIC reveal the elite capture selection process (Devereux et al. 2012;Devereux 2016;Alatinga et al. 2020). For this reason, a more transparent and objective targeting mechanism in the form of an administration of Proxy Means Testing (PMT) process for the final selection of beneficiary households was adopted by the government. ...
January 2012
... Agricultural sector including rice production is not just susceptible to loss caused by flood, drought, pest and disease attack and other meteorological events but also from the climate change. Asian agriculture is always facing with such situation (Mannava et al., 2011). Asian agriculture frequently suffers from heavy losses caused by typhoons, floods, low and high temperature and other meteorological events. ...
January 2012
... Corn is an important staple crop that is cultivated globally; it has a huge impact on food security (HLPE, 2013). In this paper, we report on the performance of DL applied to county-level corn yield estimation across the United States by using MODIS-based EVI and daily metrological data as compared to that of SVM and ANN. ...
January 2013
... Some informal food retailers, low-cost logistics, storage and food manufacturing could provide the world's reliable source of a healthy diet for a huge population (Crush & Young, 2019;Fan, Cho, & Rue, 2017). This food system connects poor rural and urban consumers and employees with smallholder farmers, thereby providing reasonable food and substantial jobs for food-insecure people (Rahmanian et al., 2013). Researchers have created the capacity to well expect droughts and they can begin early alerts to potential pandemics. ...
June 2013