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  Of saviours and punks: the political economy of the Nile perch marketing chain in Tanzania

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997

  The paper is a fieldwork-based case study of the commodity chain for the Nile Perch fish from Lake Victoria, Tanzania. This fish first began apperaring in significant numbers in the lake in the early 1980s and within a few years a large artisanal fishery developed around it.
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  Traditional African range management techniques: implications for rangeland development

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1991

  A literature survey was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to collect details on traditional African natural resource management, to investigate the survival of traditional techniques and to evaluate their potential for the development process. The study collected information on:pastoral knowledge of the physical environment (e.g.
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  Grappling with land reform in pastoral Namibia

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1992

  This article discusses the history of land reform in Namibia. The article indicates that at the time of writing (September 1991), it is still too early to comment on the implementation of land reform in Namibia, as it has not yet begun in earnest.
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  The impact of commercialization on the role of labour in African pastoral societies

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1991

  As pastoral systems undergo commercialisation, all parts of those systems (livestock productivity, range use, household economies and the socio-cultural system itself) adjust to the new goals of production. This paper considers one of the elements in this adjustment, that of the changing role of labour.
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  Spilling the Beans: What's wrong with the coffee trade?

  Fairtrade Foundation, 1998

  Highlights the problems facing coffee farmers as a result of the way we trade in coffee. After examining how the trade operates, the report illustrates with testimonies its impact on the lives of farmers.
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  Decentralization, Local Governance and The Democratic Transition in Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis

  African Studies Quarterly, 1997

  This paper reports the results of a 1995-1996 comparative analysis of local government in the context of current political reforms in South Africa, Botswana, and Swaziland in an effort to arrive at the preconditions for efficient and effective local institutions of collective choice and of service delivery.
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  The Mossi indigenous soil classification in Burkina Faso

  Stockholm Environment Institute, 1993

  A growing number of field studies has focussed on the importance and usefulness of indigenous soil taxonomies as they relate to agricultural production. Drawing upon a dissertation on indigenous soil taxonomies and conservation, this article describes the Mossi indigenous soil classification system.
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  Mulching in Burkina Faso.

  Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 1996

  In the Central Mossi-dominated area of Burkina Faso, most fields have become semi-permanently or permanently cultivated under conditions of increased demographic pressure. At the end of the dry season most crop residues are used as animal feeds, fuel or thatching material.
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  Traditional African values and their use in implementing Agenda 21

  Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 1995

  This article argues that efforts to achieve the promotion of sustainable development within the framework of Agenda 21 should be based on reexamining and applying indigenous knowledge and techniques, as opposed to the wholesale importation of Westernized methods and ideas. The aim should be to attain the optimum combination of the best practices from traditional and modern knowledge.
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  Participation in practice: Lessons from the FAO People's Participation Programme

  People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1997

  Starting in the early '80s, the FAO People's Participation Programme (PPP) used small-scale projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop strategies for organizing grass roots rural people in small, informal, self-reliant groups. This Special has details of lessons learned from the PPP experience.

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