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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
ODI Agricultural and development policy programme logo
ODI Agricultural and development policy programme logo
The Agricultural Development and Policy Programme works to promote understanding of transitions in food and agriculture, and appropriate policy responses. This is done with the aim of reducing hunger and poverty, and improving the sustainability of rural livelihoods in the face of increasing social, economic and physical shocks and stresses.
Highway, Brazil. Kate Evans/CIFOR
Research report

The number of land deals negotiated in the Global South is rising. What does this mean for existing land rights and development outcomes? This report reviews five voluntary transparency initiatives to establish recommendations for a possible global land transparency initiative.

 

 

Workers in the Rice Fields near Vang Vieng,Laos/Claudia Gold/2009
ODI Briefings

Cheap rice may well be a thing of the past. This ODI Briefing fInds that increasing wages amongst Asian agricultural workers have helped drive higher prices, and may yet have a game-changing effect on global poverty rates.

Prasantha Kumar Mondol is a 25 year old farmer from Sonaikuri village, he walks through his wheat crop which was planted with his two wheel tractor. Conor Ashleigh, ACIAR Australia.
ODI Briefings

Five years on since the 2007/08 food price spike, two new ODI Briefings set out lessons learned and examine how we might reduce the impact of unstable and erratic cereal prices on the poor.

Typhoon Ondoy Aftermath. Source: flickr/Asian Development Bank
The Broker

A new report by the ODI investigates the practical challenges facing the proposed High Level Panel goals on water, energy and transport. This blog summarises the findings.

Agricultural Development and Policy
The Agricultural Development and Policy Programme works to promote understanding of transitions in food and agriculture, and appropriate policy responses. This is done with the aim of reducing hunger and poverty, and improving the sustainability of rural livelihoods in the face of increasing social, economic and physical shocks and stresses.
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