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The way we work - Cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and analysis

Our Programme draws on a very wide range of methodological and analytical tools to understand, and respond to, contemporary trends in agricultural development in rural and urban areas.

Quantitative sector analysis >

Trader eyeing losses on the Brazilian stock market, Bovespa Flickr rednuht http://flickr.com/photos/rednuht/We frequently analyse data sets to establish how different variables can affect outcomes for different sets of poor people.

Value chain analysis >

Rusty chains hanging in a farm barn. Flickr Clearly Ambiguous http://flickr.com/photos/clearlyambiguous/48793061/Value chain analysis offers a way to understand how poor producers and intermediaries benefit from trade in local, regional and globally-traded agricultural and fisheries commodities and suggest strategies to increase the benefits.

Action research >

A man standing in a rice paddy talking about recent research to a group of onlookers. Flickr flickr/IRRI http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricephotos/2647687597/We use this iterative research approach to scope future projects for development partners on: the agricultural research agenda; productive strategies for the rural poor; and urban agriculture.

Social analysis >

Nepali farmer with his two bulls in a paddyfield Flickr flickr/32779408@N02 http://www.flickr.com/photos/32779408@N02/Our social analysis methods allow us to assess how an intervention or policy is likely to affect different groups of people.