Robert Chambers returns with a new book that reviews, together for the first time, some of
the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that …

Patterns in pesticide practice were studied among smallholder farmers in Benin, Ethiopia,
Ghana and Senegal, growing cotton, vegetables, pineapple, cowpea, and mixed cereals …

Recent debates about integrated impact assessment have tended to treat participatory
approaches and methods as a fashionable frill added on to more 'expert'quantitative and …

Tourism development is a key feature of the neoliberal economic development model.
Through a mix of state and private investment, Indigenous communities in Mexico are …

Recent efforts for an 'Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa'(AGRA) promote fertilizer,
hybrid seeds, pesticides and biotechnology to increase agricultural production. This article …

In this paper I use seeds in Malawi as both an analytical lens and an empirical focus of study
to examine how food sovereignty is threatened or enhanced in a particular location and …

This paper outlines the role of improved soil fertility in the process of structural
transformation, and examines specific financial, economic, social, and political arguments in …

This article examines household food security in the Ekwendeni region of northern Malawi
using the concept of entitlements, set within a broader world historical framework. The …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic (carbon-based) compounds that include
synthesized substances (pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]) and other by …

The climate-smart agriculture papers: investigating the business of a productive, Resilient
and Low Emission Future The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers Todd S. Rosenstock …