Publications catalog: Agriculture and environment
Strategies for Sustainable Coffee
Coffee production is important to both the economies and ecologies of the
regions in which it is produced. This poster looks at how CRS is providing support for coffee-based livelihoods to promote sustainable coffee production.
Increasing Smallholder Access to Finance
This poster looks at how increasing smallholder access to finance through saving and lending can lead to increased investment in agriculture.
Increasing Market Access for Smallholders through Friendly Traders and Farmer Clusters
CRS is helping farmers in the Phillipines organize into product clusters to supply quality produce at the right price and time. Download this poster to learn more about this approach.
A Holistic Livelihoods-based Approach to Program Design
CRS uses the Integral Human Development conceptual framework to help design programs in the field. The framework and how it works is presented in this poster.
Baby-Friendly Farms
This poster explains how CRS is helping women practice exclusive breastfeeding and improve their nutrition through baby-friendly farms to reduce infant morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone.
Linking Poor Farmers to Supermarkets in Vietnam
This poster looks at how CRS is helping farmers in Vietnam to access a more stable and high value market by linking them with supermarkets.
Multiple Skills for Farmer Groups
This poster looks at how combining skills sets can help farmers engage with markets and pull themselves out of poverty.
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- Using Vouchers in Burkina Faso
This poster looks at how CRS is using a voucher-based response to respond to rising food prices, flood, and drought in Burkina Faso.
Strategies for Sustainable Coffee
Coffee production is important to both the economies and ecologies of the regions in which it is produced. This poster looks at how CRS is providing support for coffee-based livelihoods to
A Rapid Seed Assessment in the Souther…
Haiti: A report on the findings of the rapid seed assessment conducted by CRS between Febuary 12 and March 1, 2010.
News
- Taliban Claim Deadly Attack on Shiites in Pakistan
3 Sep 2010, 6:15 pmThe explosion, two days after another attack, killed at least 40 people, as militants intensify their campaign to destabilize the Pakistani government.
- Video of Quetta Attack From Pakistani Television
3 Sep 2010, 6:08 pmPakistani coverage of a deadly attack on a Shiite protest in the city of Quetta and clashes in the aftermath between angry mourners and local police.
- The Saturday Profile: At First She Didn’t Succeed, but She Tried and Tried Again (960 Times)
3 Sep 2010, 5:48 pmCha Sa-soon, 69, has become a national symbol for perseverance in South Korea — and she can legally hit the road.