Browsing Working papers by Author "Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA)"
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Assessment of stakeholder interventions for sustainable agriculture in Myanmar's dry zone : case study
(United Nations, 2016)The Dry Zone of Myanmar suffers from high levels of poverty and food insecurity. Agriculture is an important source of livelihood but rainfall is concentrated in a few months of the rainy season with erratic duration ...
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Community based responses to food insecurity
(Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), 2010)This paper, after a brief reference to conceptual framework within which to analyze community responses and clarifying special terms used, discusses how communities associate well-being with food security. The paper ...
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Food insecurities faced by women and girl children
(Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), 2010)The simplest way of monitoring food security is to look at outcomes -to count how many people are hungry2. For this, there are three principal measures. The first addresses consumption, typically by estimating the proportion ... -
Pathways out of poverty through secondary crops and private sector processing as well as institutional arrangements in Viet Nam
(United Nations, 2006)In Viet Nam, the diversification of CGPRT crops is the main thrust of poverty alleviation in remote and mountainous areas with new opportunities in the market. However, the sustainable development of these commodity ...
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Policies, institutions and processes to support agricultural mechanization development in Myanmar’s dry zone : case study
(United Nations, 2016)This report is a part of a series of case studies produced by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to undertake mapping of relevant stakeholders and assessment of their interventions ... -
Policies, institutions and processes to support climate resilient and sustainable agriculture in Myanmar’s Dry Zone : case study
(United Nations, 2017)The Dry Zone of Myanmar suffers from high levels of poverty and food insecurity. Agriculture is an important source of livelihood, but rainfall is concentrated in a few months of the rainy season with erratic duration ...
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Policies, institutions and processes to support value chains for seed development for pulses, legumes and oil crops in the dry zone : case study
(United Nations, 2016)The development of appropriate policies is of paramount significance for the sustainable development and improvement of livelihoods in the Dry Zone. Policymaking and implementation, however, is a complex and incremental ...
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Promoting participatory decision-making for better policy design and implementation for sustainable agriculture in Myanmar’s dry zone
(Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), 2017)For this policy paper, participatory decision-making is defined as the involvement of stakeholders in decision-making, which can happen to varying degrees. This paper mainly focuses on the involvement of farmers or the ...
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Promoting private-sector engagement for agricultural development in Myanmar’s dry zone
(Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), 2017)This policy paper examines key private sector players in agricultural value chains, and policies, institutions and processes (PIPs) related to agricultural development in Myanmar to propose a policy environment that ...
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Social access and social protection for food security in Asia Pacific
(Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), 2010)For food security, access and utilization of food are as important as producing food itself. Social protection helps provide access to, and helps utilization of, food1 for groups of sub-population who would otherwise ...
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Stakeholder mapping for custom hiring of agricultural machines in the dry zone of Myanmar : case study
(United Nations, 2017)This report is a part of a series of case studies produced by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to undertake mapping of relevant stakeholders and assessment of their interventions ...
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The status and prospect of feed crops in Indonesia
(UNESCAP-CAPSA, 2005)The case study for Indonesia analyzed the trends and projections of supply and demand for feed crops from 1988-2015 and evaluated the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in developing the feed crop sector ...
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Technological innovation for enhancing agricultural resilience to natural disasters and climate change
(Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), 2017)Records since 1900 show that Asia and the Pacific region experiences over 40 per cent of global natural disaster events, making it the most disaster-afflicted region in the world. In the last two decades, the number of ...
