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  ETFRN News 43/44: forests and conflicts

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2006

  This newsletter highlights the theme of forests and conflict. While there is much international debate on security and governance issues, sustainable management of natural resources appears to receive inadequate attention.
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  Vulnerability to climate stress:local and regional perspectives: proceedings of two workshops

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research looked at how conflicts shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stresses, such as drought.
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  A comparative study of pastoralist parliamentary groups: Kenya case study

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2005

  Reviews the effectiveness of the Pastoral Parliamentary Group (PPG) in Kenya concludes that there are grounds for confidence that Kenya’s Pastoralist Parliamentary Group can have a real impact due to:the increasing accountability of government in Kenyathe increasing importance of parliamentPPG members appear to be genuinely committed to improving the lives of their people and are l
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  Seed aid for seed security: advice for practitioners

  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2006

  Does seed aid needs to be improved? According to the authors of this publication series, seed-based agricultural recovery is more complex than commonly assumed. This series of practice briefs offers advice on how to sustain and strengthen seed systems during disaster response and recovery periods.
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  Legislator and livestock: a comparative analysis of pastoralist parliamentary groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2005

  This final report synthesises the findings of three case studies carried out under the NRI/PENHA research project on Pastoralist Parliamentary Groups (PPGs) in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.Several methodological and substantive issues of importance in analysing the role of the PPGs are identified:uncertainties involved in reconstructing the often controversial histories of the groupsl
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  Jamaa Wazima Project: a household livelihood security project in Siaya and Busia districts: end term impact assessment report

  CARE International, 2004

  Due to the prevalence of widespread poverty in Western Kenya, the Jamaa Wazima Project (2000-2004) focused on poverty reduction with a view to improving household livelihood security for approximately 54,400 people in 100 villages.
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  Decentralisation and access to agricultural extension services in Kenya

  Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access, 2005

  The theme of decentralisation has dominated development discourse and public sector reform agenda in Kenya for the last two decades. Despite this, with regard to decentralised agricultural extension there is a lack of information on its possible diverse impacts, particularly on resource poor farmers.
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  Rehabilitation of degraded lands in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learned from selected case studies

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2004

  This synthesis document brings together the findings of African forest scientists operating under the umbrella of the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa who compiled case studies of land rehabilitation from all major ecological regions in Western- Eastern and Southern Africa.
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  Understanding rural poverty and investment in agriculture: an assessment of integrated quantitative and qualitative research in Western Kenya

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005

  This article attempts to analyse how and when to combine quantitative and qualitative research methods to improve understanding of how to identify the poor, the nature of poverty, its causes, and its consequences for agricultural practices.
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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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