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  Livelihood strategies and their implications for rural-urban linkages: The case of Wolenkomi town and the surrounding rural kebeles

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2007

  Rural-urban linkages are receiving increased attention in the regional and local economic development discourse because the livelihood strategies of the rural and urban people in Sub-Saharan Africa have become increasingly multidimensional and multi-local. What are the ways in which different households rely on varying combinations of activities? What are the factors affecting each strategy?
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  Review of information available on seed security and seed aid interventions in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mali and Sudan

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007

  This report provides an overview of the dominant approaches to seed relief and a review of available literature on the topic. It gives background information on the most common approaches to seed interventions both in normal times and in times of stress.
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  Women in backyards: root crop production and biodiversity management in backyards: a case study in five selected woredas of Tigray regional state, Northern Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007

  How can women produce and benefit better from their backyards? How to introduce drought resistant and highly nutritional root crops along while maintaining the biodiversity of plants in backyards? This paper aims to contribute to food self-sufficiency and improve the nutritional status of poor women headed households and poor families in Tigray, Ethiopia.
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  Deadly combination: the role of southern governments and the World Bank in the rise of hunger

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2007

  This report is a study of the impact of economic reforms on hunger-prone people in Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia. Its primary purpose is to assess whether food security has improved or worsened and why.  The document consists of a sythesis report, and individual country reports.
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  The role of garsa (dobera glabra) for household food security at times of food shortage in Aba'ala Wereda, North Afar: ecological adaptation and socio-economic value: a study from Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007

  The endangered Dobera glabra plant species is highly valued for its diverse importance, including as a drought food and feed source and as a tool for forecasting the coming of drought. This paper assesses the role of D. glabra for household food security. The study was based on a combination of research methods, including:
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  Livelihood diversification in Borana pastoral communities of Ethiopia - prospects and challenges

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, donors, and development practitioners about the best strategies for protecting and promoting sustainable livelihoods in the region.
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  Female-headed households and livelihood intervention in four selected weredas in Tigray, Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006

  This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO.
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  Farmers' rights in Ethiopia: a case study

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006

  Recent years have seen the integration of farmers' rights into the wider issue of plant genetic resources conservation.
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  Of global concern: rural livelihood dynamics and natural resource governance

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2006

  The global challenges of hunger, poverty and disease have led to an increasing focus within global initiatives - policies and strategies - on conditions and developments in rural areas in the South. The aim of this paper is to analyse and understand the rural livelihood dynamics and natural resource governance that are unfolding across continents.
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  UNCCD and food security for pastoralists within a human rights context

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006

  The concept of a 'rights-based approach' is widely understood as integrating norms, standards and principles of the international human rights system into the plans, policies and processes of development. The norms and standards are those contained in international human rights treaties and declarations.

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