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  Smallholder access to biotechnology: case of Rhizobium inocula in Kenya

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002

  This paper explores the knowledge gap between science and production that the advent of biotechnology has made apparent in the smallholder agriculture.
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  Daddy knows best? Parental influence on teenagers’ sexual health in the slums of Nairobi

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  In Kenya, reproductive health problems among adolescents derive from practicing early and unsafe sex. The absence or presence of parents can affect the ability of adolescents to protect their sexual health. Research suggests that, in particular, the presence of a father in the home can strongly influence an adolescent's sexual well-being.
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  Matching policy with practice: effectively treating childhood fever in Kenya

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Many believe that the key to reducing childhood mortality associated with malaria lies in effective, early treatment of fevers.  The kind of treatment sought, at what stage and from what service provider remains key to the effectiveness of fever treatment in young children. In Kenya, the gap between policy and practice remains.
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  Building on successes in African agriculture

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  Series of briefings from an IFPRI conference held in Pretoria, South Africa, December 1-3, 2003.
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  Biotechnology for Africa?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper asks if Africa should embrace the biotechnology revolution, especially GM crops; and whether biotechnology can succeed in addressing challenges such as declining crops and yields, chronic hunger and recurrent food crises.The paper looks at the experience of GM crops in Africa, particularly in Kenya, and argues that in order to make biotechnology work for African agriculture, technolo
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  Rights and Reality, Are Women's Equal Rights to Land, Housing and Property Implemented in East Africa?

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2002

  Are women's equal rights to land, housing and property implemented in East Africa? How are land rights translated into national legislation in the Region? This books explores land, housing and property rights in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya, and looks at how relevant international treaties are transformed into national legislation and policies in these three countries.
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  The environment, natural resources and HIV/AIDS

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This short report looks at impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the environment, with a focus on rural areas in Africa.
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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  Lessons learnt on civil society engagement in PRSP processes in Bolivia, Kenya and Uganda

  Eldis Document Store, 2002

  This report documents the main lessons emerging from a country exchange programme on Sharing and Learning from PRSP experiences in Bolivia, Kenya and Uganda.
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  Gender and Ethical Trade: a Mapping of the Issues in African Horticulture

  Natural Resource and Ethical Trade, 2001

  Codes of conduct covering employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. As a result producers of horticulture products are faced with a considerable variety of codes, particularly in terms of what gender issues should be addressed.

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