Small-scale agricultural and horticultural interventions play a critical role in improving nutrition and food security of vulnerable households in peaceful settings. However, scant rigorous evidence exists on the impacts and sustainability of such interventions in conflict settings. In this...

Climate change threatens African countries' economic development and affects agriculture and food security. Ethiopia is especially vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change because its economy is dependent on climate-sensitive livelihoods that have limited potential for adaptation....

The objective of this research was to understand the specificities of the production structures of family farming in the North region, in its multi-scale forms, regarding aspects of specialization and location in 2017. To this end, it is questioned whether or not family farming in the North...

Purpose - This study aims to analyze the impact of global climate change on food security in the East African Community (EAC) region, using panel data analysis for five countries, over 2000-2014. Design/methodology/approach - The determinants of food security are expressed as a function of...

The objective of this research was to understand the specificities of the production structures of family farming in the North region, in its multi-scale forms, regarding aspects of specialization and location in 2017. To this end, it is questioned whether or not family farming in the North...

The fundamental role of agriculture for development in the 21st century deserves greater attention from governments and international development agencies.

Evidence-based knowledge and innovation are critical for national development in Africa if the continent is to sustain the momentum of its transformation agenda. South- South Cooperation (SSC) is a mechanism that can contribute to this objective. Knowledge- and experience-sharing are taking...

In their article: Participatory Development Revisited, Ghazala Mansuri and Vijayendra Rao outline the high hopes for participation over the last two decades, yet conclude that participatory development has become a “tarnished silver bullet”—perhaps another in a long series of development...

The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), which combines three food-access dimensions into a single indicator, is rapidly being incorporated into national statistical systems. However, there is no prediction about how one of the incorporated dimensions—subjective experiences associated with...

Despite the large and growing number of humanitarian emergencies, there is little economic research on the impact of refugees and internally displaced people on the communities that receive them. This analysis of the impact of the refugee inflows from Burundi and Rwanda in 1993 and 1994 on host...