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  Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research

  Bioforsk conducts applied and specifically targeted research linked to multifunctional agriculture and rural development, plant sciences, environmental protection and natural resource management.
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  Power to the People? Hydropower, indigenous rights, and popular resistance in Guatemala

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2010

  The debate about hydropower has recently been revitalised in the context of climate change and the large unmet demand for energy in many countries. This study is a contribution to the debate about hydropower development, indigenous rights, and the rights of affected communities in the face of development projects, presenting Guatemala as a case study. Main findings include: 
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  Studies of the waterscape of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: water management in hill furrow irrigation

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2010

  The practices and technology related to irrigation in Tanzania are relevant to debates about indigenous intensive agricultural systems, concerning their sustainability and prospects for development. This study analyses water system of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania, focusing on its material, institutional, and ideational aspects.
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  Mid-term review of the Strategic Development Programme 2006-2011 (SDP2) of the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010

  This report is a mid-term review of the Strategic Development Programme, developed by the National Smallholder Farmers' Association (NASFAM) of Malawi. The authors state that the second phase of the programme is largely satisfactory, and it has progressed well, albeit unevenly. The paper presents the following findings:
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  Too poor to be efficient?: impacts of the targeted fertilizer subsidy programme in Malawi on farm plot level input use, crop choice and land productivity

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010

  This report assesses the agricultural cropping systems in central and southern Malawi, and seeks to identify the effects of the Malawian farm input subsidy programme (FISP) on those systems. The paper demonstrates the following findings:
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  Impacts of the fertilizer subsidy programme in Malawi: targeting, household perceptions and preferences

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010

  This report presents findings from a household survey conducted in Malawi in 2009. The survey was intended to examine the administrative targeting efficiency of a fertiliser subsidy programme (MoAFS). The main new evidence in this study is related to the extent of secondary markets for coupons and cheap fertilisers.
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  Land investments or land grab?: a critical view from Tanzania and Mozambique

  Development Fund, Norway, 2010

  This report discusses the potential benefits of, and the current challenges for, agricultural land investment in Tanzania and Mozambique. The paper finds that there is little, if any, development potential in these investments.
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  Impacts of improved seeds and agrochemicals on food security and environment in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia: implications for the application of an African green revolution

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2010

  This study seeks to examine the impacts of improved seeds and agrochemicals on environment and food security in two districts in Ethiopia. The study takes into consideration chemical fertiliser, improved seeds, pesticides and irrigation technologies.
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  Agricultural intensification: linking with livelihood improvement and environmental degradation in mid-hills of Nepal

  Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 2010

  This article examines agricultural intensification from livelihood and environment perspectives in the mid-hills of Nepal. The document highlights that developmental plans in Nepal have focused on increasing agricultural production, and farmers in the mid-hills are widely practicing agricultural intensification.
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  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.

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