Susanna Davies
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613825 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susanna Davies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Davies |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Food Security and the Environment
There is an obvious connection between poor people's food security and the preservation of the environment in which they live. Yet there is little consensus about the nature of this relationship. Unless their interactions are better understood, there is a danger that policies for environmental protection – in an increasingly environmentally-concerned aid climate – will unknowingly compromise food security. An obvious illustration is the promotion…
Introduction
The idea that ‘knowledge itself is power’ is not new; but at the global level, this dictum is now truer than ever, as a result of rapid advances in information technology in the North. Increasingly, knowledge (including the capacity to create it) is becoming a key economic input which, at the extreme, supersedes land, capital and labour in importance. The revolution in information technology and communications has direct implications for the Sout…
Adaptable Livelihoods
Adaptable Livelihoods
Introduction
The idea that ‘knowledge itself is power’ is not new; but at the global level, this dictum is now truer than ever, as a result of rapid advances in information technology in the North. Increasingly, knowledge (including the capacity to create it) is becoming a key economic input which, at the extreme, supersedes land, capital and labour in importance. The revolution in information technology and communications has direct implications for the Sout…
Public Institutions, People, and Famine Mitigation
Taking the specific example of famine induced by the shock of drought, this article explores institutional barriers to linking relief and development within a four stage framework of preparedness, mitigation, relief and rehabilitation. At national level, institutional constraints are the rock on which the good intentions implicit in linking relief and development founder, in both government structures and donor agencies. At local level, household…
Food Security
very poor poor adequate adequate adequate 13 ConflIct as a barrier to response yes yes no no no
Are Coping Strategies a Cop Out
Few would dispute the legitimacy of putting indigenous coping strategies firmly on the food security and famine mitigation agenda. Yet the idea of coping strategies needs to be regarded with caution, especially when used to identify famine early warning indicators. There is a tendency for ‘coping strategies’ to become shorthand for a complex web of processes at work, making for great confusion in identifying what is being talked about. With respe…
Seasonal rainfall forecasting for Africa
An experimental seasonal rainfall forecast for the African Sahel as a whole has been issued by the UK Met. Office for each year since 1986. The forecast is issued in the May or June preceding the wet season (mainly the months July to September). Currently, this forecast is communicated directly to National Met. Agencies in the African Sahel who make various uses of it. For the experimental forecast to become operational, several questions need to…
Seasonal rainfall forecasting for Africa part II—application and impact assessment
An experimental seasonal rainfall forecast for the African Sahel as a whole has been issued by the UK Meteorological Office for each year since 1986. The scientific aspects of the forecast, including its current and possible future status, have been discussed in Part I of this paper. Here, we examine how the forecast might be applied, and assess the impacts it may have on potential users in Africa. Five groups of users of the rainfall forecasts a…
Globalism Versus Villagism
Links between food security and the environment occur at national and international levels, as well as locally. But perceptions of the relationship at global and village levels diverge widely. Considering a number of issues including the effect of global warming on food production and the possibility of green conditionality being imposed on aid flows, the article considers how the globalist perspective has come about; looks at some trade?offs bet…
Plantations and the Rural Economy
study of plantation/rural economy linkages has focused on either the direct links between smallholders and plantations (e.g. seasonal employment) or those between smallholders and transnational agribusinesses via contract farming (e.g. Kirk, in this Bulletin). This article is concerned with indirect links which, while less obvious than formal relations between plantations and smallholders (or rural wage labourers), nevertheless have direct implic…
Are Coping Strategies a Cop Out
Few would dispute the legitimacy of putting indigenous coping strategies firmly on the food security and famine mitigation agenda. Yet the idea of coping strategies needs to be regarded with caution, especially when used to identify famine early warning indicators. There is a tendency for ‘coping strategies’ to become shorthand for a complex web of processes at work, making for great confusion in identifying what is being talked about. With respe…
Introduction
The idea that ‘knowledge itself is power’ is not new; but at the global level, this dictum is now truer than ever, as a result of rapid advances in information technology in the North. Increasingly, knowledge (including the capacity to create it) is becoming a key economic input which, at the extreme, supersedes land, capital and labour in importance. The revolution in information technology and communications has direct implications for the Sout…
Food Security
very poor poor adequate adequate adequate 13 ConflIct as a barrier to response yes yes no no no
Adaptable Livelihoods
Public Institutions, People, and Famine Mitigation
Taking the specific example of famine induced by the shock of drought, this article explores institutional barriers to linking relief and development within a four stage framework of preparedness, mitigation, relief and rehabilitation. At national level, institutional constraints are the rock on which the good intentions implicit in linking relief and development founder, in both government structures and donor agencies. At local level, household…
Plantations and the Rural Economy
study of plantation/rural economy linkages has focused on either the direct links between smallholders and plantations (e.g. seasonal employment) or those between smallholders and transnational agribusinesses via contract farming (e.g. Kirk, in this Bulletin). This article is concerned with indirect links which, while less obvious than formal relations between plantations and smallholders (or rural wage labourers), nevertheless have direct implic…
Plantations and the Rural Economy
study of plantation/rural economy linkages has focused on either the direct links between smallholders and plantations (e.g. seasonal employment) or those between smallholders and transnational agribusinesses via contract farming (e.g. Kirk, in this Bulletin). This article is concerned with indirect links which, while less obvious than formal relations between plantations and smallholders (or rural wage labourers), nevertheless have direct implic…
Globalism Versus Villagism
Links between food security and the environment occur at national and international levels, as well as locally. But perceptions of the relationship at global and village levels diverge widely. Considering a number of issues including the effect of global warming on food production and the possibility of green conditionality being imposed on aid flows, the article considers how the globalist perspective has come about; looks at some trade?offs bet…
Seasonal rainfall forecasting for Africa
An experimental seasonal rainfall forecast for the African Sahel as a whole has been issued by the UK Met. Office for each year since 1986. The forecast is issued in the May or June preceding the wet season (mainly the months July to September). Currently, this forecast is communicated directly to National Met. Agencies in the African Sahel who make various uses of it. For the experimental forecast to become operational, several questions need to…
Seasonal rainfall forecasting for Africa part II—application and impact assessment
An experimental seasonal rainfall forecast for the African Sahel as a whole has been issued by the UK Meteorological Office for each year since 1986. The scientific aspects of the forecast, including its current and possible future status, have been discussed in Part I of this paper. Here, we examine how the forecast might be applied, and assess the impacts it may have on potential users in Africa. Five groups of users of the rainfall forecasts a…
Are Coping Strategies a Cop Out
Few would dispute the legitimacy of putting indigenous coping strategies firmly on the food security and famine mitigation agenda. Yet the idea of coping strategies needs to be regarded with caution, especially when used to identify famine early warning indicators. There is a tendency for ‘coping strategies’ to become shorthand for a complex web of processes at work, making for great confusion in identifying what is being talked about. With respe…
Introduction
The idea that ‘knowledge itself is power’ is not new; but at the global level, this dictum is now truer than ever, as a result of rapid advances in information technology in the North. Increasingly, knowledge (including the capacity to create it) is becoming a key economic input which, at the extreme, supersedes land, capital and labour in importance. The revolution in information technology and communications has direct implications for the Sout…
Public Institutions, People, and Famine Mitigation
Taking the specific example of famine induced by the shock of drought, this article explores institutional barriers to linking relief and development within a four stage framework of preparedness, mitigation, relief and rehabilitation. At national level, institutional constraints are the rock on which the good intentions implicit in linking relief and development founder, in both government structures and donor agencies. At local level, household…
Food Security
very poor poor adequate adequate adequate 13 ConflIct as a barrier to response yes yes no no no
Adaptable Livelihoods
Adaptable Livelihoods
Introduction
The idea that ‘knowledge itself is power’ is not new; but at the global level, this dictum is now truer than ever, as a result of rapid advances in information technology in the North. Increasingly, knowledge (including the capacity to create it) is becoming a key economic input which, at the extreme, supersedes land, capital and labour in importance. The revolution in information technology and communications has direct implications for the Sout…
Food Security and the Environment
There is an obvious connection between poor people's food security and the preservation of the environment in which they live. Yet there is little consensus about the nature of this relationship. Unless their interactions are better understood, there is a danger that policies for environmental protection – in an increasingly environmentally-concerned aid climate – will unknowingly compromise food security. An obvious illustration is the promotion…
Political science (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Livelihood (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Famine (3 works) · Food security (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Humanities (3 works)