Risk Contingent Credit Rcc Assessing Smallholders Agricultural Credit Needs And The Feasibility Of Implementing Rcc In Ethiopia

Author : Timu, Anne G.,Shee, Apurba,Yilma, Marta,Bellisa, Temesgen,Kebede, Temesgen,You, Liangzhi
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC): Assessing smallholders' agricultural credit needs and the feasibility of implementing RCC in Ethiopia by Timu, Anne G.,Shee, Apurba,Yilma, Marta,Bellisa, Temesgen,Kebede, Temesgen,You, Liangzhi Pdf

Agricultural credit is an important instrument for improving the welfare of farm households and their resilience to weather-related shocks. Farm households with access to credit can over come liquidity constraints and undertake investment in new production technologies such as improved seeds and machinery. This investment can boost farm production, food security, incomes, employment opportunities, and overall household welfare. However, in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), credit market imperfections pose a challenge to both the supply of agricultural credit and farmers’ use of credit (Marjit and Mishra 2020). Even when the credit infrastructure is relatively well-developed, smallholder farmers in LMICs remain largely underserved (Karlan and Morduch 2010; McIntosh et al. 2013).

Author : Anne Timu,Apurba Shee,Marta Yilma,Temesgen Bellisa,Temesgen Kebede,Liangzhi You
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0896294552

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Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC) by Anne Timu,Apurba Shee,Marta Yilma,Temesgen Bellisa,Temesgen Kebede,Liangzhi You Pdf

Author : Anne G. Timu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1393318529

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RISK-CONTINGENT CREDIT (RCC): ASSESSING SMALLHOLDERS' AGRICULTURAL CREDIT NEEDS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING RCC IN ETHIOPIA. by Anne G. Timu Pdf

Author : Anne Bogdanski,Olivier Dubois,Craig Jamieson,Rainer Krell
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biomass energy
ISBN : 9251067724

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Making Integrated Food-energy Systems Work for People and Climate by Anne Bogdanski,Olivier Dubois,Craig Jamieson,Rainer Krell Pdf

A safe integration of food and energy production may be one of the best ways to improve national food and energy security and simultaneously reduce poverty in a climate smart way. This study on Integrated Food-Energy Systems (IFES) draws some lessons on constraints to scale up IFES and opportunities to overcome them from examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as from some developed countries.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251096840

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Innovative risk management strategies in rural and agriculture finance by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The regional study collects and analyzes recent innovative risk transfer and sharing strategies used by private or public financial institutions and enterprises leading agricultural investments in Asia. It makes an illustration of the channels through which recent strategies overcome obstacles for the delivery of various financial services to agribusinesses, such as long-term loans, savings, insurance, hedging instruments, and leasing. An explanation of the context in which these strategies seem to work is be provided in addition to those constraints that currently limit further outreach to the agribusiness sector, specially to smaller agro-enterprises with growth potential where poorer rural households participate.

Author : Wim A. Naudé,Amelia Uliafnova Santos Paulino,Mark McGillivray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Natural disasters
ISBN : UOM:39015080789681

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Vulnerability in Developing Countries by Wim A. Naudé,Amelia Uliafnova Santos Paulino,Mark McGillivray Pdf

Vulnerability has become the defining challenge of our times. More than one billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty. Facing risks exacerbated by natural hazards, ill-health and macroeconomic volatility, many are mired in inescapable poverty while millions others are on the brink of poverty. The need to better understand vulnerability is pressing, particularly in the case of developing countries where bulwarks against risks can be in short supply. This volume brings together essays from leading scholars to study the critical dimensions of vulnerability in developing countries, including ...

Author : Harry French Blaney,Wayne D. Criddle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Evaporation (Meteorology)
ISBN : UVA:X030348653

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Determining Consumptive Use and Irrigation Water Requirements by Harry French Blaney,Wayne D. Criddle Pdf

Author : Eleftherios Iakovou,Dionysis Bochtis,Dimitrios Vlachos,Dimitrios Aidonis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118930755

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Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks by Eleftherios Iakovou,Dionysis Bochtis,Dimitrios Vlachos,Dimitrios Aidonis Pdf

An interdisciplinary framework for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks provides an up-to-date and interdisciplinary framework for designing and operating sustainable supply chains for agri-food products. Focus is given to decision-making procedures and methodologies enabling policy-makers, managers and practitioners to design and manage effectively sustainable agrifood supply chain networks. Authored by high profile researchers with global expertise in designing and operating sustainable supply chains in the agri-food industry, this book: Features the entire hierarchical decision-making process for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains. Covers knowledge-based farming, management of agricultural wastes, sustainability, green supply chain network design, safety, security and traceability, IT in agrifood supply chains, carbon footprint management, quality management, risk management and policy- making. Explores green supply chain management, sustainable knowledge-based farming, corporate social responsibility, environmental management and emerging trends in agri-food retail supply chain operations. Examines sustainable practices that are unique for agriculture as well as practices that already have been implemented in other industrial sectors such as green logistics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks provides a useful resource for researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, regulators and C-level executives that deal with strategic decision-making. Post-graduate students in the field of agriculture sciences, engineering, operations management, logistics and supply chain management will also benefit from this book.

Author : Anni McLeod
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Diet
ISBN : 925107013X

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World Livestock 2011 by Anni McLeod Pdf

Although much has been said about livestock's role in achieving food security in reality, the subject has been only partially addressed and no current document fully covers the topic. Recognizing that food security is central to international development - and to the mandate of FAO - this report tells story of livestock and food security from three perspectives. It begins by presenting a global overview, examining the role that livestock play in human nutrition, the world food supply access to food particularly for poor families. Next it moves from the global level to a human perspective, examining the way in which livestock contributes to the food security of three different human populations-livestock-dependent societies, small-scale mixed farmers and urban dwellers. The final part of the report looks to the future. It discusses the expected demand for livestock source food and the way that increased demand can be met with ever more limited resources. It reviews the drivers that led to the livestock revolution, how these have changed and what the implications will be for livestock contributing to resilient food systems of the future. Book jacket.

Author : David O'Connor,Monica Kjollerstrom
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1848130279

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Industrial Development for the 21st Century by David O'Connor,Monica Kjollerstrom Pdf

With very few exceptions, industrial development has been central to the process of structural transformation which characterises economic development. Industrial Development for the 21st century examines the new challenges and opportunities arising from globalization, technological change and new international trade rules. The first part focuses on key sectors with potential for developing countries, focussing on two key themes. First, traditional points of entry for late industrializers - like textiles and clothing - have become even more intensely competitive than ever before, requiring more innovative adaptive strategies for success. Second, countries now recognize that manufacturing does not exhaust the opportunities for producing high value-added goods and services for international markets. Knowledge intensity is increasing across all spheres of economic activity, including agriculture and services, which can offer promising development paths for some developing countries. The final section addresses social and environmental aspects of industrial development. Labour-intensive, but not necessarily other patterns of industrial development can be highly effective in poverty reduction though further industrial progress may be less labour-intensive. A range of policies can promote industrial energy and materials efficiency, often with positive impacts on firms' financial performance as well as the environment. Promoting materials recycling and reuse is an effective, if indirect means of conserving resources. Finally, the growth of multinational interest in corporate social responsibility is traced, with consideration given to both the barriers and opportunities this can pose for developing country enterprises linked to global supply chains.

Author : Francois Molle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136569036

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Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region by Francois Molle Pdf

The catchment area of the Mekong River and its tributaries extends from China, through Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and to Vietnam. The water resources of the Mekong region - from the Irrawaddy and Nu-Salween in the west, across the Chao Phraya to the Lancang-Mekong and Red River in the east- are increasingly contested. Governments, companies, and banks are driving new investments in roads, dams, diversions, irrigation schemes, navigation facilities, power plants and other emblems of conventional 'development'. Their plans and interventions should provide some benefits, but also pose multiple burdens and risks to millions of people dependent on wetlands, floodplains and aquatic resources, in particular, the wild capture fisheries of rivers and lakes. This book examines how large-scale projects are being proposed, justified, and built. How are such projects contested and how do specific governance regimes influence decision making? The book also highlights the emergence of new actors, rights and trade-off debates, and the social and environmental consequences of 'water resources development'. This book shows how diverse, and often antagonistic, ideologies and interests are contesting for legitimacy. It argues that the distribution of decision-making, political, and discursive power influences how the waterscapes of the region will ultimately look and how benefits, costs and risks will be distributed. These issues are crucial for the transformation of waterscapes and the prospects for democratizing water governance in the Mekong region. The book is part of the action-research of the M-POWER (Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience) knowledge network. Published with IFAD, CG|AR Challenge Program on Water & Food, M-POWER, Project ECHEL-EAU and HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG

Author : Paul Dorosh,Shahidur Rashid
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812208610

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Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia by Paul Dorosh,Shahidur Rashid Pdf

The perception of Ethiopia projected in the media is often one of chronic poverty and hunger, but this bleak assessment does not accurately reflect most of the country today. Ethiopia encompasses a wide variety of agroecologies and peoples. Its agriculture sector, economy, and food security status are equally complex. In fact, since 2001 the per capita income in certain rural areas has risen by more than 50 percent, and crop yields and availability have also increased. Higher investments in roads and mobile phone technology have led to improved infrastructure and thereby greater access to markets, commodities, services, and information. In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other experts, tell the story of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation. The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major policies and interventions of the past decade, and provide insights into building resilience to natural disasters and food crises. It examines the key issues, constraints, and opportunities that are likely to shape a food-secure future in Ethiopia, focusing on land quality, crop production, adoption of high-quality seed and fertilizer, and household income. Students, researchers, policy analysts, and decisionmakers will find this book a useful overview of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation as well as a resource for major food policy issues in Ethiopia. Contributors: Dawit Alemu, Guush Berhane, Jordan Chamberlin, Sarah Coll-Black, Paul Dorosh, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Sinafikeh Asrat Gemessa, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Graham, Kibrom Tafere Hirfrfot, John Hoddinott, Adam Kennedy, Neha Kumar, Mehrab Malek, Linden McBride, Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen, Asfaw Negassa, Shahidur Rashid, Emily Schmidt, David Spielman, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Seneshaw Tamiru, James Thurlow, William Wiseman.

Author : International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Publisher : International Strategy Disaster Reductn
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : OSU:32435072911654

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Living with Risk by International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Pdf

This publication (published in 2 volumes, not sold separately by TSO) is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development. It provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It consists of (vol. 1) the report, including case studies; and (vol. 2) annexes, for example, a glossary of specialized terminology , and a directory of international, regional, national and specialized organizations (vol. 2). It replaces the preliminary version which was released in July 2002 (not available from TSO).

Author : Marcel Marchand
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781607500698

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Modelling Coastal Vulnerability by Marcel Marchand Pdf

Models that explore vulnerability under various planned and unplanned conditions hardly exist. This title focuses on the vulnerability of societies in low lying coastal and deltaic environments to tropical cyclonic storms and floods.

Author : Peter Zuurbier,Jos van de Vooren
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789086866526

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Sugarcane ethanol by Peter Zuurbier,Jos van de Vooren Pdf

"Climate change is a challenge facing human life. It will change mobility and asks for new energy solutions. Bioenergy has gained increased attention as an alternative to fossil fuels. Energy based on renewable sources may offer part of the solution. Bio ethanol based on sugar cane offers advantages to people, the environment and the economy. Not surprisingly, governments currently enact powerful incentives for the development and exploitation of bio ethanol. However, every inch we come closer to this achievement, evokes more scepticism. Many questions are raised relating to whether sugar cane is really a sustainable solution. Still much is unknown about the net release of carbon dioxide and what the impacts of sugar cane expansion are on green house gas emissions. This book looks at the scientific base of the debate on sugar cane bio ethanol. Authors from Europe, Brazil and the USA capture many aspects of what is known and address assumptions while not denying that still much is unknown. It covers impacts on climate change, land use, sustainability and market demands. This publication discusses public policy impacts, technology developments, the fuel-food dilemma and the millennium development goals. This makes this publication unique and extremely relevant for policymakers, scientists and the private energy sector worldwide."