Increasing food and nutrition insecurity and increasing poverty in the face of a rapidly changing climate and a degrading natural capital base are daunting challenges for agriculture, livestock, forests...
Since the early 1990s, the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region has seen remarkable economic growth and a significant reduction in the number of people living on less than 1.25 United States dollar (USD)...
Land is one of the most valuable assets for rural people. Despite strong recent economic growth and overall development, gender disparities in access to and control over land remain pervasive in the East...
Climate change affects rural women's and men's ability to secure their livelihoods. At the same time, it poses new challenges for the agricultural sector in reducing poverty and food insecurity and in...
The aim of this case study is to highlight, within the context of a gender pilot of the Peru Sierra Irrigation Project, how women's different needs were identified to facilitate their access to training...
This case study describes the integration of gender in the Second Participatory Rural Investment (PDCR), as described in the Final Evaluation Report: evaluacion final del PDCR and the project appraisal...
This case study describes the integration of women producers into agricultural investment programs in Zambia as well as how women's right to land influences women as it relates to the Irrigation Development...
In the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Region, agriculture projects cover a variety of activities such as agricultural production, off-farm employment, access and management of water resources (irrigation)...
Aquaculture is among the most sustainable of animal protein production systems. Growth of aquaculture is needed to meet employment and food security targets in developing countries. Investment risk co-varies...
High transport costs, a lack of reliable price information, and an inability to verify the quality of produce leave many farmers who produce cash crops in developing countries subject to exploitation by...
Mixed crop-livestock systems cover over one million square kilometers of farmland and support the livelihoods of millions of poor people in arid and semi-arid areas of Africa. The scant and highly variable...
Empowering poor people to participate in development is one of the principal pillars underpinning our efforts to reduce poverty. Nowhere is this more important than in rural areas, where seventy-five percent...