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The stuttering energy transition in Germany: Wind energy policy and feed-in tariff lock-in. (2015)
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Nordensvard, J., & Urban, F. (2015). The stuttering energy transition in Germany: Wind energy policy and feed-in tariff lock-in. Energy Policy, 82, 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.009

This article aims to examine whether the formulation of specific low carbon policy such as the feed-in tariff for wind energy in Germany can partly be a barrier to a comprehensive energy transition (Energiewende). Despite their short and medium-term... Read More about The stuttering energy transition in Germany: Wind energy policy and feed-in tariff lock-in..

Narrowing gaps between research and policy development in climate change adaptation work in the water resources and agriculture sectors of Cambodia (2015)
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Va, D., Bajracharya, B., Lebel, L., Regan, M., & Taplin, R. (2016). Narrowing gaps between research and policy development in climate change adaptation work in the water resources and agriculture sectors of Cambodia. Climate Policy, 16(2), 237-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2014.1003523

Narrowing research and policy, while challenging, is especially important in climate change adaptation work (CCA) due to the high uncertainties involved in planning for climate change. This article aims to seek stakeholders’ opinions regarding how re... Read More about Narrowing gaps between research and policy development in climate change adaptation work in the water resources and agriculture sectors of Cambodia.

Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: Drivers, scope and potential impacts (2015)
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Antonelli, M., Siciliano, G., Turrvani, M. E., & Rulli, M. C. (2015). Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: Drivers, scope and potential impacts. Land Use Policy, 47, 98-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.04.007

This paper investigates the recent wave of investments in agricultural land, often referred to as land grabbing; a term that not only emphasises the appropriation of resources by investors but also implies a criticism of their potential impacts on li... Read More about Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: Drivers, scope and potential impacts.

Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change (2014)
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Tanner, T., Lewis, D., Wrathall, D., Bronen, R., Cradock-Henry, N., Huq, S., Lawess, C., Nawrotski, R., Prasad, V., Rahman, M. A., Alaniz, R., King, K., McNamara, K., Nadiruzzaman, M., Henly-Shepard, S., & Thomalla, F. (2015). Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1(4), 23-26. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2431

The resilience concept requires greater attention to human livelihoods if it is to address the limits to adaptation strategies and the development needs of the planet's poorest and most vulnerable people. Although the concept of resilience is increas... Read More about Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change.

4th Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health, London, 3–4 June 2014 (2014)
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Kanter, R., Figuereido Augusto, G., Walls, H., Cuevas, S., Flores-Martinez, A., Tak, M., & Picchioni, F. (2014). 4th Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health, London, 3–4 June 2014. Food Security, 6(5), 747-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0379-8

China goes global (2014)
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Urban, F. (2014). China goes global. International innovation, 159, 83-85

What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. (2014)
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Cornelsen, L., Green, R., Turner, R., Dangour, A. D., Shankar, B., Mazzocchi, M., & Smith, R. D. (2015). What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. Health Economics, 24(12), 1548-1559. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3107

Recent years have seen considerable interest in examining the impact of food prices on food consumption and subsequent health consequences. Fiscal policies targeting the relative price of unhealthy foods are frequently put forward as ways to address... Read More about What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally..

Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation (2014)
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Taplin, R. (2014). Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation. Leonardo, 47(5), 509-510. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00827

The fusion of visual art and climate science to produce something new to mediate the urgency of the climate change issue is explored in relation to Simon O’Sullivan’s conception of contemporary art invoking Deleuze and Guattari’s ethico-aesthetics an... Read More about Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation.

Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) (2014)
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Chinsinga, B., & Poulton, C. (2014). Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). Development Policy Review, 32(s2), 123-150. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12079

The Malawi FISP resurrected debates about the role of subsidies in African agricultural policy. Recent literature has highlighted the social and political interests that influence the distribution of input‐subsidy vouchers, often tending to reduce th... Read More about Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP).

Rural change and multidimensional analysis of farm’s vulnerability: a case study in a protected area of semi-arid northern Nicaragua (2014)
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Ravera, F., David, T., & Siciliano, G. (2014). Rural change and multidimensional analysis of farm’s vulnerability: a case study in a protected area of semi-arid northern Nicaragua. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 16, 873-901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-014-9531-z

This paper presents an empirical research in a protected area of northern Nicaragua, aimed at: (a) classifying predominant narratives surrounding present and future pathways of the local rural system, drivers of change, features of livelihoods’ vulne... Read More about Rural change and multidimensional analysis of farm’s vulnerability: a case study in a protected area of semi-arid northern Nicaragua.

Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana (2014)
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Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S., & Shankar, B. (2014). Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana. The Journal of Development Studies, 50(9), 1226-1239. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.903244

Using a transactions costs framework, we examine the impact of information and communication technologies (mobile phones and radios) use on market participation in developing country agricultural markets using a novel transaction-level data set of Gh... Read More about Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana.

Resilience, poverty and development (2014)
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Béné, C., Newsham, A., Davies, M., Ulrichs, M., & Godfrey-Wood, R. (2014). Resilience, poverty and development. Journal of International Development, 26, 598-623. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.2992

Resilience has become prominent in academia where it is used as a central framework in disciplines such as ecology, climate change adaptation or urban planning. Policy makers and international development agencies also increasingly refer to it. The o... Read More about Resilience, poverty and development.

Transformational resilience thinking: Putting people, power and politics at the heart of urban climate resilience (2014)
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Bahadur, A., & Tanner, T. (2014). Transformational resilience thinking: Putting people, power and politics at the heart of urban climate resilience. Environment & Urbanization, 26(1), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247814522154

Resilience is receiving substantial traction as a concept to inform climate change and development policies and programmes. At the same time, a number of critiques have emerged that question its use as a framing concept for tackling urban climate cha... Read More about Transformational resilience thinking: Putting people, power and politics at the heart of urban climate resilience.

Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: Evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua (2014)
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Donovan, J., & Poole, N. (2014). Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: Evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua. Food Policy, 44, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.09.010

This paper examines the capacities of smallholders in Nicaragua to exploit new linkages to certified coffee markets following the coffee crisis. Data on livelihood assets were collected from 292 households, which were clustered to test how difference... Read More about Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: Evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua.