Seasonality Conference 2009 :: Future Agricultures Consortium

Seasonality Revisited

The Seasonality Revisited international conference, recently held at the Institute of Development Studies, concluded that the costs of ignoring the seasonal dimensions of poverty are enormous, despite seasonality being rarely reflected in agricultural investment and social protection policies.

The conference was organised by the Future Agricultures Consortium and the Centre for Social Protection to help put the ‘seasonality of poverty’ back in the policy agenda.

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Seasons of Hunger

Seasons of Hunger sheds light on the devastating link between predictable cycles of food insecurity and the prevalence of famine; the publication asks why so little is done when cyclical hunger is so routine, predictable, and preventable. Book order
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Conference Newsletter

The daily views and voices from conference discussions and debates. Highlights from social events and quotes from delegates. First issue posted on Day 1 of the conference: 8 July 2009. Find it here.
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The latest edition of the New Agriculturist is now online (http://www.new-ag.info/) and features the following on Seasonality: A Points of View article on Seasonality at http://www.new-ag.info/pov/views.php?a=924. A review of Seasons of Hunger at http://www.new-ag.info/book/review.php?a=930. Extracts from conference interviews http://www.new-ag.info/listen.php?s=86#86. An audio feature for their Agfax service to African radio stations: http://www.agfax.net/radio/detail.php?i=279.

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Poor face more hunger as climate change leads to crop failure, says Oxfam
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Devastation in Zambia as cliamte change brings early flooding
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Climate change shift in seasons is causing widesprad hunger
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Climate change already hiting the world's poor
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Oxfam to G8: Climate Change will spread hunger
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Milllions hungry as warming shifts seasons - Oxfam
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Climate change report: seasons have changed
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“Hunger season” neglected
Essay:
Seasonal Hunger: A Neglected Problem with Proven Solutions
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Seasonal Cycles promote global hunger
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Food shortage threatens north, eastern Uganda
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Poverty and income seasonality in Bangladesh

The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) aims to encourage critical debate and policy dialogue on the future of agriculture in Africa. The Consortium is a partnership between research-based organisations in Africa and the UK , with work currently focusing on Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi. [read more]

The Centre for Social Protection aims to provide a global focus for research, policy analysis, and capacity building on social protection. The Centre's vision is of a world in which every person is adequately protected against adverse personal circumstances, life cycle hazards, and shocks that threaten their livelihoods, security and development. [read more]