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  Measuring the impact of prime-age adult death on rural households in Kenya

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2002

  This paper describes two year study of Kenyan households where a 'prime age' member had died.
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  Preparing for the humanitarian consequences of possible military action against Iraq

  International Development Committee, UK, 2003

  This report examines the likely humanitarian consequences of military action against Iraq and the inadequacy of the preparations for dealing with them.
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  The human costs of war in Iraq

  Center for Economic and Social Rights, USA, 2003

  Looks at the humanitarian implications of war in Iraq.Main findings include:The Iraqi population is far more vulnerable to the shocks of war than it was in 1991, having been reduced after 12 years of sanctions to a state of dependency on government and international aidInternational agencies are not adequately prepared to respond to the humanitarian consequences of war, especially i
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  Meeting the HIV/AIDS challenge to food security: the role of labour saving technologies in farm-households

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 2002

  This paper is based on the premise that one of the promising strategies for response from the agriculture sector to the impacts on labour is to identify the roles for labour saving technologies (LSTs) not only in mitigation, but also as part of prevention.
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  The humanitarian crisis in southern Africa: volume 1

  International Development Committee, UK, 2003

  In early 2002 southern Africa was gripped by food shortages. These were just one aspect of a complex humanitarian crisis, with impacts ranging across all sectors, from agriculture, to education and health. The trigger for the crisis was erratic rainfall.
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  Gender and agriculture in the information society

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  Briefing paper on gender and ICT applications in agricultural and rural development in developing countries. Looks briefly at key issues and identifies main international initiatives in this area
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  Integration of indigenous knowledge into land-use planning for the communal rangelands of Namibia

  Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 2001

  The paper argues that the indigenous knowledge of the Herero could provide the basis for better land-use policy and user rights in the communal lands of Namibia.This short article:reviews recent academic literaturelooks at the historical and legal backgound to land management in Namibiareports in 2 village field studies
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  Crisis in Southern Africa

  Oxfam, 2002

  An immediate intervention of international financial institutions and governments is required in order to avoid that nearly 13 million people in Southern Africa die from hunger.The causes of famine are complex and vary from country to country.
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  Impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the private sector in Swaziland: the demographic, social and economicimpact on subsistence agriculture, commercial agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives and business

  TAT Health Services, Swaziland, 2002

  This study attempts to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the private sector, obtain vital information on vulnerability of agriculture and the private sector to HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality; and identify strategies that can be implemented to prevent and control the epidemic. A key finding of the paper is that HIV/AIDS has not affected the profitability and product
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  Unseen millions: the catastrophe of internal displacement in Colombia. Children and adolescents at risk

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2002

  This paper reports the findings of the delegation of the Women's Commission to Columbia to investigate the conditions in which internally displaced children and adolescents are living.About half of the displaced population in Colombia are children and adolescents and suffer and witness violence, sexual exploitation and rape.

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