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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food in Kenya

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  Regoverning markets programme: innovative practice series

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007

  Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared for these changes.
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  Securing household income among small-scale farmers in Kakamega District: possibilities and limitations of diversification

  GIGA Deutsches Orient-Institut / GIGA German Institute for Middle East Studies, 2007

  This paper examines the argument presented in the sustainable rural livelihoods literature that diversification can increase incomes and food security. The case of small-scale farmers in Kakamega District, Kenya is applied. Using this approach, the paper concludes that:
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  Transient and chronic rural household poverty: evidence from Kenya

  Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007

  This article serves as a toolkit for policy makers addressing transient and chronic poverty in Kenya. It urges that poverty targeting criteria must take into account household sizes, gender of household head, dependency ratios, farm sizes, education attainment and geographic characteristics.
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  Imperfect social learning among Kenyan smallholders

  Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2007

  This paper explores passive and active forms of social learning by Kenyan farmers. It aims to challenge economists and other social scientists to consider carefully the processes by which individuals learn and the implications of this for research and policy design.
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  Closed to progress: an assessment of the socio-economic impacts of conflict on pastoral and semi pastoral economies in Kenya and Uganda

  Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2005

  This paper assesses the impact of conflict on social service delivery, agricultural production, trade and investment, as well as the nexus between conflict and HIV AIDS. It particularly focuses on the pastoral and semi pastoral economies in Kenya and the Karamoja region of Uganda.
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  Women and food crises: how US food aid policies can better support their struggles

  ActionAid International, 2007

  Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises, discusses the role of food aid in addressing them and explores opportunities for engaging women more actively in food aid policy.
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  The decline in public spending to agriculture: does it matter?

  Oxford Policy Management, 2007

  Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultural spending is not being prioritised within current budgets and, in many cases, is actually falling.
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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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  A green revolution in Africa: hope for hungry farmers?

  Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Winnepeg, 2006

  This paper explores the underlying definitions and assumptions present in the current search for new approaches to African agriculture, looking specifically at strategies for improving soil fertility.It advocates a farmer-centred approach that involves active participation of all relevant stakeholders, with the view that sustainable agricultural livelihoods need to be built from a foundation th
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  Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This collaborative research project seeks to assist indigenous and local communities I protecting their rights over traditional knowledge (TK) relating to biological resources, in accordance with their customary laws and practices. The project further aims to inform and influence policy makers at all levels.

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