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  Beyond the mainstream: education for nomadic and pastoralist girls and boys

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper illustrates the challenges involved in providing good-quality gender-equitable education for children of nomadic and pastoralist households who are beyond the reach of mainstream, formal education.Some of the key issues highlighted in the paper include the limited, and failed, provision of static schooling, or projects which have focused on getting nomadic boys and girls to adapt to
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  Agriculture versus protected areas

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Agriculturalists strive to increase crop production to provide poor communities with incomes and a secure food supply whilst environmentalists want to expand protected areas and reduce the intensity of farming.
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  Reform in the agricultural sector: the Tanzanian experience

  Global Development Network, 2003

  During the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s, there were a series of reforms in the agricultural sector, including market liberalization, removal of state monopolies, withdrawal of government from production projects, and reliance on the private sector for agriculture production.
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  The education of nomadic peoples in East Africa: review of relevant literature

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2005

  In the context of a renewed committment to Education For All (EFA) at Dakar, this study examines the apparent failure of most attempts to provide educational services to nomadic groups. The study focuses on Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Using empirical information in the era of HIV/AIDS to inform mitigation and rural development strategies: selected results from African country studies

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005

  This study looks at the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the socioeconomic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa on the agricultural sector.
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  Human rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa

  Institute of Women's Law, University of Oslo, 2005

  Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report sets out a human rights-based approach (HRBA) for gender-equal and non-discriminatory land reform.
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  Squeezing out poor farmers: understanding the constraints and benefits of urban proximity

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  What are the factors underlying current transformation in rural-urban linkages in sub- Saharan Africa? How are livelihood strategies and farming systems changing under the impact of urban expansion? What are the consequences for access to such assets as land and water, education and skills, health, credit, transport and markets?
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  Reforms of agricultural research and technology dissemination systems in eastern Africa: Tanzanian experience

  Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, 2004

  This paper charts the reform of agricultural research and technology dissemination in Tanzania with particular reference to the National Agricultural Research System (NARS), including its strengths and weaknesses plus reforming principles and strategies to improve effectiveness.Strengths of the NARS detailed in the paper include:human capacity - the entire NARS has a critical mass of sk
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  Pastoralism on the margin

  Minority Rights Group International, 2004

  This report focuses on the sustainability of pastoralism in the lowlands of the Great Rift of East Africa and the Horn, arguing that pastoralism as a mode of production and a way of life has entered a phase of decline, often accompanied by conflict, drought, famine and flooding.The report details the historic evolution and chief characteristics of pastoralism, discussing the eras of colonialism
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  Poverty reduction strategies and relevant learning in higher agricultural education: case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This paper analyses agricultural higher education in relation to poverty reduction strategies in four African countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.The paper addresses three key issues in the four African countries:how the PRSPs are reflected in official policies, implementation plans and fund allocations to agricultural educationhow case study countries agricultural educ

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