Measuring the Impact of Public and Private Assets on Household Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005

This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop diversification into tobacco or cotton, access to market price information, and access to extension agents (for tobacco/cotton growers). Decreases in crop income are associated with drought. Results demonstrate that there are both public and private investments that can enhance farmers’ ability to increase crop income and avoid losses. Priority investments include: development and dissemination of drought-resistant varieties for maize and cassava, conservation farming, animal traction, market information, access to high-value crops and small-scale irrigation.agriculture, africa, mozambique, food security, assets, household, rural, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Consumer/Household Economics, Food Security and Poverty, International Development, q12,

Food Security in Developing Countries

This paper provides a systematic definition of food security, focusing on its different dimensions; examines the nature and magnitude of the different dimensions of food insecurity in developing countries; discusses the difficult tradeoffs that policy makers face in trying to address food security’s multiple dimensions simultaneously; and explores promising new approaches to address food insecurity. The geographic focus is on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where the majority of the world’s food insecure people live.food security, hunger, poverty, food policy, economic development, Agricultural and Food Policy, Food Security and Poverty, International Development, O13, O19, Q18,

Understanding chronically poor places: Encouraging more voices and commitment to change

Bureau of Health Professions, US Health Resources and Services Administration presentatio

Challenges in resource rich communities: Finding the path to redevelopment

Northern Forest Higher Education Resource Network Annual Meetin