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Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., & Poole, N. (2014). Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua. Food chain (2011. Online), 4(1), 34-48. https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2014.004

This paper examines efforts by buyers and NGOs to build the supply of Fairtrade coffee from the Nicaragua-based cooperative Soppexcca following the coffee crisis. Support was aimed at transforming Soppexcca into a viable business, able to respond to... Read More about Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua.

Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Poole, N., & Donovan, J. Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 4(2), 133-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-01-2013-0002

Purpose – Within the context of widespread donor support for producer organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of interventions aimed at rescuing a failed cooperative and improving performance and business linkages between gr... Read More about Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua.

Democratisation and the Political Incentives for Agricultural Policy in Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Poulton, C. (2014). Democratisation and the Political Incentives for Agricultural Policy in Africa. Development Policy Review, 32(s2), s101-s122. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12078

In theory, democratisation, which has proceeded unevenly across Africa during the past two decades, should encourage pro-poor agricultural policy, as the majority of voters in many countries remain rural and poor. This article draws on case studies o... Read More about Democratisation and the Political Incentives for Agricultural Policy in Africa.

The Politics of Revitalising Agriculture in Kenya (2014)
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Poulton, C., & Kanyinga, K. (2014). The Politics of Revitalising Agriculture in Kenya. Development Policy Review, 32(s2), s151-s172. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12080

In March 2004 the Kenyan government set out its Strategy for Revitalising Agriculture (SRA). Eight years later, almost no progress had been made. The SRA experience highlights both the potential and the limitations of competitive politics in promotin... Read More about The Politics of Revitalising Agriculture in Kenya.

The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension Policy in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control (2014)
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Berhanu, K., & Poulton, C. (2014). The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension Policy in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control. Development Policy Review, 32(s2), s197-s213. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12082

This article argues that, in Ethiopia, the aim to transform the performance of smallholder agricultural production is driven by the twin imperatives of economic growth and political control. The agricultural extension programme – the largest and fast... Read More about The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension Policy in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control.

Livelisystems: a conceptual framework integrating social, ecosystem, development and evolutionary theory (2014)
Journal Article
Dorward, A. (2014). Livelisystems: a conceptual framework integrating social, ecosystem, development and evolutionary theory. Ecology & Society, 19(2), https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06494-190244

Human activity poses multiple environmental challenges for ecosystems that have intrinsic value and also support that activity. Our ability to address these challenges is constrained, inter alia, by weaknesses in cross disciplinary understandings of... Read More about Livelisystems: a conceptual framework integrating social, ecosystem, development and evolutionary theory.

Agriculture for improved nutrition: the current research landscape (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, R., Hawkes, C., Waage, J., Ferguson, E., Haseen, F., Holmans, H., Hussein, J., Johnston, D., Marais, D., McNeill, G., & Shankar, B. (2013). Agriculture for improved nutrition: the current research landscape. Food and nutrition bulletin (Tokyo. Print), 34(4), 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1177/156482651303400401

On the basis of these findings, we make suggestions for research investment and for broader engagement of researchers and disciplines in developing approaches to design and evaluate agricultural programs for improved nutrition.

Policy climates and climate policies: Analysing the politics of building urban climate change resilience (2013)
Journal Article
Bahadur, A., & Tanner, T. (2014). Policy climates and climate policies: Analysing the politics of building urban climate change resilience. Urban Climate, 7, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.08.004

This paper examines the process of building resilience to climate change in urban areas by scrutinising the manner in which initiatives to build resilience interact with the urban policy environments in which they unfold. The urban policy environment... Read More about Policy climates and climate policies: Analysing the politics of building urban climate change resilience.

Accounting for Legal Pluralism: The Impact of Pre-colonial Institutions on Crime (2013)
Journal Article
Larcom, S. (2013). Accounting for Legal Pluralism: The Impact of Pre-colonial Institutions on Crime. Law and Development Review, 6(1), 25-59. https://doi.org/10.1515/ldr-2013-0031

This article investigates the impact of non-state legal institutions on crime
by exploiting differences in pre-colonial legal institutions. In relation to criminal
law, it is suggested that colonisation can be best characterised as the imposition o... Read More about Accounting for Legal Pluralism: The Impact of Pre-colonial Institutions on Crime.

Is environmental management really more collaborative? A comparative analysis of putative ‘paradigm shifts’ (2013)
Journal Article
Benson, D., Jordan, A., & Smith, L. (2013). Is environmental management really more collaborative? A comparative analysis of putative ‘paradigm shifts’. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 45(7), 1695-1712. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45378

It is a truism that environmental management has experienced a significant change in the locus of governing, in which centralised forms of steering have been gradually replaced by more collaborative management approaches organised at the ecosystem sc... Read More about Is environmental management really more collaborative? A comparative analysis of putative ‘paradigm shifts’.

Do environmental policy instruments influence fiduciaries’ decisions? (2013)
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Haigh, M., & Shapiro, M. (2013). Do environmental policy instruments influence fiduciaries’ decisions?. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 45(4), 853-871. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45181

This article examines the import of companies’ environmental performance levels in light of existing and nascent energy-usage and environmental management policies. The study is based on an experiment using a sample of financial institutions located... Read More about Do environmental policy instruments influence fiduciaries’ decisions?.