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Climate change and agriculture: can market governance mechanisms reduce emissions from the food system fairly and effectively?

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Climate and agriculture are inextricably linked: the climate affects agricultural production and is itself affected by agricultural emissions. Agriculture is responsible for 30 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. How agriculture is practised therefore has significant potential for mitigating climate change, for providing food security and for improving the livelihoods of millions of food producers worldwide.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 22, 2012

Young citizens: youth and participatory governance in Africa

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Contributors to this special issue demonstrate how this is changing. Young people in Africa are challenging the norms and structures that exclude them, engaging with the state and demanding accountability. This special issue describes how young people are exercising their right to participate and developing the knowledge, skills and confidence to affect to change. It explores methods of communication, appraisal, monitoring and research which are involving young people in decision-making spaces. more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 22, 2012

Key issues in Uganda's energy sector

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Uganda has abundant energy resources, especially renewable resources, yet there is widespread energy poverty throughout the country. The country’s energy sector faces considerable challenges including high costs for renewable energy technologies, rising international oil prices and an increased demand for power. The report explores key issues in each of the sub-sectors, the potential for renewable energies, and gives an overview of the legal and institutional frameworks for the sector. Despite more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 20, 2012

Green China : Chinese insights on environment and development

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China has been criticised, even vilified, for failing to support international protocols, such as Kyoto despite the environmental consequences of its rapid industrial expansion: the air in many of China's larger cities is the most polluted in the world, the water in many major rivers is unfit even for irrigation, and soil in key agricultural regions is contaminated by heavy metals. Arable land, water resources and biodiversity are being lost and the country's carbon and nitrous oxide emissions more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 20, 2012

Standards for change? ISO 26000 and sustainable development

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This report looks at what has happened so far and what the potential could be. The paper argues that unlike some of the best-known ISO standards on other subjects, ISO 26000 does not address how to manage sustainable development issues in a systematic way. And it does not provide for independent certification of its application. This limits its appeal to many companies and makes it difficult to measure accurately its rate of adoption and impact. However, the worldwide reach of ISO and its more...

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D C on May 01, 2012

Intellectual property tools for products based on biocultural heritage

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Intellectual property law is used mostly by large and powerful corporations, and does not easily accommodate the collective interests of groups and communities. Small producers and indigenous communities face significant difficulties in acquiring IP rights in important markets. But particular forms of IP - such as geographical indications and trademarks, which can recognise and support group rights - may be better suited to use by groups or associations of small producers and may help protect more...

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D C on May 01, 2012

Shared value, shared responsibility

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High prices and concerns about energy security in the oil and gas industry are driving expansion into ever more sensitive environments with greater technological, political and social risks. While brands such as BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are well known, some 70 per cent of oil and gas industry activities are typically contracted out to service providers and their subcontractors. The fallout from the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster has shone a spotlight on alleged systemic failures and ongoing more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Planning and costing agriculture’s adaptation to climate change in the salinity prone cropping system of Bangladesh

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This study aims to investigate adaptation requirements and their cost implications in the context of coastal agriculture in Bangladesh. Work shows that the various stakeholders in Bangladesh are aware of climate change and its adverse impacts on agricultural production, and are therefore currently trying to embed adaptation into policy and long-term planning documents. The study also indicates that extension workers are active in promoting technological advances for adaptive practices. Research more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Joint ventures in agriculture

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This report discusses joint ventures in South Africa’s agricultural sector. The South African experience features major specificities linked to the country’s history and recent land reform programme. Land reform beneficiaries entered into a range of joint ventures with commercial partners. The report provides a cautionary tale for international debates about inclusive business models, while also identifying more promising models that are now starting to emerge.

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Sonia Hossain on May 03, 2012

Community-investor business models

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Concerns about food and energy security, coupled with increasing returns from agriculture, have increased interest in agricultural investments in developing countries. In Eastern Malaysia, community-investor business models have been implemented for several years to expand oil palm cultivation in customarily held lands. This report documents lessons learned through case studies of different business models.

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Sonia Hossain on May 02, 2012

Priorities and governance of agricultural research for development in West Africa

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This photo story highlights key moments in a policy dialogue on agricultural research for development that involved small scale farmers and representatives of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Over one hundred people participated in the policy dialogue. This unprecedented event was chaired by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and took place on 1st to 3rd February 2012 in Accra (Ghana).

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Sonia Hossain on May 02, 2012

ISO 26000 and global governance for sustainable development

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ISO 26000 is a new international standard on social responsibility developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It offers guidance across themes including human rights, labour, environment, consumer protection, fair operating practices and community development.This paper describes the development of the ISO 26000 standard and discusses the dissonances that emerged in relation to policy making, global governance and consequently sustainable development. The paper more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 29, 2012

Supporting small forest enterprises

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The goal of this toolkit is to help supporters of small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) work more effectively. The toolkit has been arranged in a series of self-explanatory modules (or tools) for different elements of SMFE support divided into three components. Component one deals with broad international considerations on setting up capacity building programmes for SMFE support (primarily aimed at donors). Component two provides considerations on national level planning and capacity more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 02, 2012

Urbanization, gender and urban poverty

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Specific aspects differentiate urban poverty from rural poverty. Section 1 of this paper summarizes current understandings of urban poverty and their gender implications. Section 2 then examines the demographic consequences of urbanization on fertility, rural–urban migration and sex ratios and how this affects the form and organization of households. Section 3 describes the context and consequences of women’s’ growing participation in urban labor markets, with special attention to the sectors more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 01, 2012

Sowing innovation for sustainable food

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This paper highlights research into sustaining local food systems, biodiversity and livelihoods. It showcases how farming communities are taking the lead in action research to revive diverse, locally controlled food systems.

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Sonia Hossain on February 06, 2012

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