Development Studies Catalogue

Biofuels and Rural Poverty

By Joy Clancy

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas...

Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited by William Critchley, John Gowing

Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on...

Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge

Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods

Edited by Niels Halberg, Adrian Muller

Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with...

Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge

Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development

Edited by Stephen Devereux, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Richard Longhurst

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture,...

Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture

Managing Systems at Risk

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as...

Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture

Managing Systems at Risk

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as...

Published November 1st 2011 by Routledge