STEPS Working Paper 57 African trypanosomiasis is a devastating disease, both for humans and animals. Over the last hundred years huge efforts have been made to control it. This paper…
The Politics of Trypanosomiasis Control in Africa
Ghana’s Poultry Sector: Limited Data, Conflicting Narratives, Competing Visions
This paper analyses the policy context around the Ghana poultry sector with a particular focus on a number of ‘evidence issues’. We identify and probe where there appear to be…
Enabling adaptation? Lessons from the new ‘Green Revolution’ in Malawi and Kenya
Abstract This article explores the extent to which efforts to improve productivity of smallholder agriculture through a new ‘Green Revolution’ in Sub Saharan Africa are likely to enhance the capacity…
Biofortification: lessons from the Golden Rice project
Biofortification is an umbrella term for a diverse range of projects and possibilities. It is best understood on three levels: as a range of technologies for developing micronutrient – dense…
Governing REDD+: global framings versus practical evidence from the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, Kenya
This paper explores the governance and feasibility of globally-linked REDD+ projects in local African settings, focusing on the Kasigau project in Kenya, Africa’s first REDD+ project accredited under internationally accepted…
Biotechnology and its configurations: GM cotton production on large and small farms in Argentina
Drawing on a socio-technical systems perspective we compare the ways in which novel genetically modified (GM) crop artefacts, related devices and techniques, actors, practices, and institutions have been linked together,…
Revolution Reconsidered: Evolving Perspectives on Livestock Production and Consumption
The term Livestock Revolution was coined by Delgado et al. (1999c) to highlight accelerated growth in demand for livestock products in parts of the developing world, tied to human population…
Carbon Offsets and Agricultural Livelihoods: Lessons Learned From a Carbon Credit Project in The Transition Zone Of Ghana
As REDD-type becomes an integral part of the international response to climate change, it is important to learn from existing forest carbon offset projects to ensure that REDD+ does not…
The Politics of Agricultural Carbon Finance: The Case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of climate change, various actors are now keen to demonstrate how agricultural carbon finance can help…
Why agronomy in the developing world has become contentious
In this paper we argue that over the last 40 years the context of agronomic research in the developing world has changed significantly. Three main changes are identified: the neoliberal turn…