Agriculture
- What happens when funding runs out? Lessons from a Sri Lankan rural development programme
- A.M. Jerve; S. Endresen; D. Gamage; M.M. Karunanayake / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003
- This paper examines what happens when funding for a project reaches its phase-out stage and the project must stand alone. It summarises the main experiences and lessons from twenty years of the Hambantota Integrated Rural Development ...
- Arguing Norway's strong support for the development of national PRSs
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2001
- This document presents an overview of Norwegian views in order to promote national poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) in partner countries, and the relationship with Norwegian development co-operation at the country level. The...
- Should forestry programmes be integrated with PRSPs?
- A.M. Ennals; I. Jørgensen; C. Day / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2003
- The international forest policy dialogue has significantly changed the approaches related to forestry of many international organisations and donors. The World Bank has changed its forest policy, and the FAO has established a Facility...
- Do we expect too much from participatory approaches to conservation?
- P. Vedeld / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- This paper examines theoretical approaches and practical experiences on local participation and the use of local institutions to improve biodiversity management. It summarises the development of various approaches to management over t...
- Intergrating the right to food into Norwegian aid policy
- R. Haug; E. C. Rauan / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2001
- This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia). The main purpose is to assess how rights-based development exemplified by the right to food can be better i...
- State-centric perspectives on human rights and development: the case of land reform in South Africa
- P. Wisborg / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- This essay briefly explores South African post-apartheid land reform as a human rights issue. It suggests that land reform has an ethically, politically and strategically important interface with international human rights. Thi...
- Does agricultural development lead to poverty reduction in Tanzania?
- R. Øygard; A Borchgrevink; E Lazaro; A Temu / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- This paper reports on a study designed to analyse the causes of agricultural development in selected areas of Tanzania, and to document the extent to which this development has led to poverty reduction. The paper asks what are ...
- Norway's Action Plan toward achieving the Millenium Development Goals
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2002
- This Action Plan sets out Norway's tasks and priorities for halving World Poverty in 2015. This strategic approach would be based on assigning priorities and implementing essential measures using partner countries’ own poverty st...
- Drought coping strategies: migration and return
- R. Haug / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2000
- This paper focuses on the Hawaweer, a nomadic pastoralist group inhabiting the Northern part of Sudan. The Hawaweer were forced to migrate in the mid-eighties because of drought and hunger. The Hawaweer were selected for study mainly ...
- Nature, Society and Water , CDS
- Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen, 1999
- Intrdisciplinarary studies programme with emphasis on the role of fresh water in developing countries. Site under construction, to include Norwegian Water Research Network database
- Arguing Norway's strong support for the development of national PRSs
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2001
- This document presents an overview of Norwegian views in order to promote national poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) in partner countries, and the relationship with Norwegian development co-operation at the country level. The...
- Should forestry programmes be integrated with PRSPs?
- A.M. Ennals; I. Jørgensen; C. Day / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2003
- The international forest policy dialogue has significantly changed the approaches related to forestry of many international organisations and donors. The World Bank has changed its forest policy, and the FAO has established a Facility...
- Do we expect too much from participatory approaches to conservation?
- P. Vedeld / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- This paper examines theoretical approaches and practical experiences on local participation and the use of local institutions to improve biodiversity management. It summarises the development of various approaches to management over t...
- Intergrating the right to food into Norwegian aid policy
- R. Haug; E. C. Rauan / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2001
- This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia). The main purpose is to assess how rights-based development exemplified by the right to food can be better i...
- State-centric perspectives on human rights and development: the case of land reform in South Africa
- P. Wisborg / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- This essay briefly explores South African post-apartheid land reform as a human rights issue. It suggests that land reform has an ethically, politically and strategically important interface with international human rights. Thi...
- Does agricultural development lead to poverty reduction in Tanzania?
- R. Øygard; A Borchgrevink; E Lazaro; A Temu / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- This paper reports on a study designed to analyse the causes of agricultural development in selected areas of Tanzania, and to document the extent to which this development has led to poverty reduction. The paper asks what are ...
- Norway's Action Plan toward achieving the Millenium Development Goals
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2002
- This Action Plan sets out Norway's tasks and priorities for halving World Poverty in 2015. This strategic approach would be based on assigning priorities and implementing essential measures using partner countries’ own poverty st...
- Drought coping strategies: migration and return
- R. Haug / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2000
- This paper focuses on the Hawaweer, a nomadic pastoralist group inhabiting the Northern part of Sudan. The Hawaweer were forced to migrate in the mid-eighties because of drought and hunger. The Hawaweer were selected for study mainly ...
- Nature, Society and Water , CDS
- Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen, 1999
- Intrdisciplinarary studies programme with emphasis on the role of fresh water in developing countries. Site under construction, to include Norwegian Water Research Network database
- Policies and strategies for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid: a review
- A. Ofstad; E.N. Tjønneland / Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999
- Paper provides an overview of Norwegian policiesand strategies for poverty reduction. It assesses Norway’s development aid policy in light of the renewed international donor emphasis on poverty and the ambition of assisting in re...
- Farmers' Rights
- The Farmers' Rights website has been developed as a tool for decision makers, practitioners, and others involved in the realisation of Farmers' Rights. It is also intended as an information source for researchers and other interested individuals. The website provides information on the history, legal status and contents of Farmers' Rights, on the state of implementation of these rights...
