Showing 1–10 of 15 results
12 November 2020
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper poses a different lens on informal social protection (ISP). ISP is generally understood as practices of livelihood support among individuals. While studies have explored the social dynamics of such, they rarely do so beyond the conceptual space of informalities and poverty.
Together with partners around the world, our focus is to support and strengthen the sector to tackle the complex challenges it faces in delivering the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2.
16 September 2016
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
In this introductory paper we review historic and contemporary development of sugar cane production across the southern Africa. We argue that the region’s sugar industry provides a useful lens through which to understand current dynamics of corporate capital and agricultural production in Africa.
28 November 2011
Published by: Future Agricultures Consortium
This briefing paper reports on lessons from recent studies in two areas: first on seasonal forecasting and indigenous knowledge in Kenya, and second, agro-ecological knowledge and science in Namibia.
1 May 2011
Published by: Elsevier
The agro-ecological knowledge held by Ovambo farmers in North Central Namibia has, for centuries, given them resilience to high levels of climate variability and associated impacts.
IDS has been commissioned to document experiences and lessons learned from various child sensitive social protection programmes UNICEF is supporting within the Children and AIDS Regional Initiative (CARI)
1 January 2009
Published by: Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
This report looks at adaptation to climate change amongst smallholder farmers in the Omusati region of North-Central Namibia. Supplementing primary research with literature on a number of highly prevalent themes in Namibia, it has three main aims.
This collaborative project, which involves IDS and is led by the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) in South Africa, asks: to what extent is land redistribution in southern Africa achieving poverty reduction and livelihood improvement objectives?
