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    The maize seed system in Ethiopia: challenges and opportunities in drought prone areas

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    This study examines how the performance of the maize seed system in Ethiopia affects small-scale farmers’ access to, and use of, improved maize varieties. Particular emphasis is given to the drought-prone agro-ecologies of the Rift Valley region and the specific maize varieties developed for and disseminated in this area.
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    Approaches to rural poverty alleviation in developing Asia: role of water resources

    Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2008
    Focusing on water resources and irrigation, this paper documents a talk by Michael Lipton exploring approaches to poverty alleviation in developing Asia. The talk discusses the findings of a recent paper ‘Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture - realities, issues, and options with guidelines’.
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    Farmers' voices: practical perspectives on land reform and agricultural development

    Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2008
    This report details the findings of a round table discussion on land reform and agricultural development in South Africa convened by The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) in October 2007.
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    Water and the rural poor: interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

    Land and Water Development Division, FAO, 2008
    Insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This publication addresses the linkage between water and rural poverty in the region, in order to help decision-makers make informed choices on where and how to invest.
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    Improving land access for India's rural poor

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
    Since Independence, India’s states have employed several land reform ‘tools,’ including reforming tenancy, imposing land ceilings, distributing government wasteland, and allocating house sites and homestead plots. This article briefly summarises some of these past efforts and attempts to draw broad lessons for informing possible policy paths ahead.
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    Crisis in Kenya: land, displacement and the search for 'durable solutions'

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This policy brief explores the importance of land issues in forced displacement in Kenya, drawing out their implications for current humanitarian and early recovery interventions in the wake of the violence and displacement that followed the 2007 elections. Key messages nclude:
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    Assessing the security implications of climate change for West Africa: country case studies of Ghana and Burkina Faso

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security.
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    Secure land rights for all

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2008
    Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas.
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    Outsourcing agricultural advisory services: enhancing rural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2008
    A pluralistic advisory service system is already a fact of life for many farmers in Africa. Over the last few years, outsourcing has become increasingly important in several sub-Saharan African countries and this bulletin takes the opportunity to learn lessons that can further guide this process.
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    From grassroots to government: FARM-Africa’s experiences influencing policy in sub-Saharan Africa

    Farm Africa, 2007
    Increasingly, NGOs are becoming active in policy debates, yet a key question emerging from this new focus is whether NGOs can effectively influence the policy agenda. This publication presents four FARM-Africa projects from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, describing how they approached influencing national policy in the context of the natural resources sector.

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