In 1998 CAPRi began offering research grants to support innovative research on issues related to property rights and collective action, especially technology adoption and adaptation, devolution of natural resource management, multiple uses and users of natural resources, feminization of agriculture, changing market relationships, and genetic diversity of crops. New support from the Ford Foundation and Government of Italy, along with continued funding from the Government of Norway, enabled CAPRi to fund three projects in 1999. Projects funded to date cover such diverse issues as rangeland management, marketing, disease control, and maintenance of agricultural genetic diversity. All projects seek innovative and effective ways to address poverty by learning how property rights and collective action institutions can and do shape the livelihood options of the poor. In addition to funding projects, the CAPRi program assists other projects related to collective action and property rights with research and policy workshops, literature searches, and exchange of information.
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