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  Outsourcing agricultural advisory services: enhancing rural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2008

  A pluralistic advisory service system is already a fact of life for many farmers in Africa. Over the last few years, outsourcing has become increasingly important in several sub-Saharan African countries and this bulletin takes the opportunity to learn lessons that can further guide this process.
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  From grassroots to government: FARM-Africa’s experiences influencing policy in sub-Saharan Africa

  Farm Africa, 2007

  Increasingly, NGOs are becoming active in policy debates, yet a key question emerging from this new focus is whether NGOs can effectively influence the policy agenda. This publication presents four FARM-Africa projects from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, describing how they approached influencing national policy in the context of the natural resources sector.
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  Getting started! running a junior farmer field and life school: empowering orphans and vulnerable children living in a world with HIV and AIDS

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007

  This training manual from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) details how to set up and run a Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) programme. The programmes are designed to empower orphans and other vulnerable children aged 12 to 18 years who live in communities where HIV/AIDS has had a strong impact on food security.
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  Sustainability standards and coffee exports from Tanzania

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2008

  One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countries. This paper aims to identify critical areas to facilitate compliance with sustainability standards in coffee, which is the major traditional export crop for Tanzania.
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  Farmers’ organizations and agricultural innovation: case studies from Benin, Rwanda and Tanzania

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2006

  Over the last decade, Sub-Saharan African countries have embarked on agricultural sector reforms, resulting in changing roles for the public and private sectors.
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  Access of the poor to agricultural services: the role of farmers’ organizations in social inclusion

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2008

  Farmers’ organisations (FOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa play an increasing importance role in allowing farmers to access agricultural services.
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  Farmer Participatory Research in Northern Tanzania

  Farm Africa, 2007

  This document reviews the demand-led participatory model of farmer research and extension implemented by FARM-Africa Tanzania in their Babati Rural Development Research project (2000–2005).
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  Rice production in the Maswa District, Tanzania and its contribution to poverty alleviation

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  This study surveys three villages important for rice production in the Maswa District, Tanzania: Shishiyu, Mwanhegele and Bukangilija. Special attention is given to the rice based cropping system and its contribution to poverty alleviation relative to other activities in the farming system.
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  Climate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006

  This report highlights some of the major impacts of climate change on conservation for East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It also illustrates that climate change in Africa is not only a conservation issue but also a socio-economic one that must be dealt with on a global scale.
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  Improved access to information on livestock early warning

  Arid Lands Information Network, 2006

  Particularly in vulnerable pastoral regions, early warning systems can empower individuals and communities to act to prevent loss of life and reduce the economic and material impact of disasters. In this two-page article from Baobab, the essential aims, products and approaches of people-centred early warning systems are summarised, drawing on examples from the Horn of Africa.

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