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Provocation 5: Pro-poor business, development and smallholder empowerment
The fifth in a series of seminars on markets and small-scale farmers took place in Brussels, Belgium on 22 June 2011.Ver esta página y video en españolWatch video of the eventPart 1 - 1:27:23Part 2 -...
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Provocation 6: Rural youth today, farmers tomorrow?
This seminar is the sixth in a series being initiated by the IIED /HIVOS Knowledge Programme: Small Producer Agency in Globalised Markets.24 May 2012, 09.00–12.00 (Central European Time). Idazaal,...
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Development strategies aimed at supporting young people in small-scale farming cannot afford to limit themselves to issues of land and production.This was one of the conclusions of participants at a...
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In development work for agriculture, the obsession with production and food security is missing the story about enterprise and jobs.The latest ‘provocation’ from IIED and Hivos, held in The Hague last...
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How small-scale farmers make markets work for them
Our new book shines light on how small-scale farmers are making their choices — about how to modernise appropriately, and about balancing costs, risks, benefits and uncertainties. These days our email...
View ArticleBook urges new development agenda for small-scale farming
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Rural urban linkages
Rather than looking separately at urban and rural areas and what matters to each of them, it is vital to look at the linkages between them: it is from here that lasting change will come.The...
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In India, peri-urban areas are too often neglected. Many people live in poverty and face increasing marginalisation and food insecurity. Yet peri-urban agriculture could be a major contributor to...
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Across the developing world, food systems and supply chains are changing — exports are rising, particularly in fresh foods, supermarkets are playing an increasingly important role and there is a...
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