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    Developing a strategic plan for Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI), Zanzibar, Tanzania – a contribution

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
    The Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI) fulfils an important role as a vocational training centre for Zanzibar farmers. The demand for extension workers greatly exceeds KATI’s annual throughput of certificate and diploma holders.
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    Climate-smart agriculture sourcebook

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013
    This comprehensive sourcebook on climate-smart agriculture (CSA), produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, consists of eighteen modules covering every aspect of planning and implementing CSA policies and projects.
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    Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today?
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    Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition

    Overseas Development Institute, 2013
    Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?"
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    Creating good employment opportunities for the rural sector

    Asian Development Bank, 2011
    Despite increasing urbanisation in Asia countries, a large fraction of Asia’s poor remain in rural areas. This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructure to contribute to the development of stable, well-paid employment in rural areas of low-income countries.
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    Sustainable wetland management in the face of climate risks in Niger: the case of La Mare de Tabalak

    United Nations Development Programme, 2013
    The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries.
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    Chronic poverty in the Southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh

    Solidarités International, 2013
    Where the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh was once a prosperous agricultural hub, today it is an
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    Analysis of climate change impacts on coffee, cocoa and basic grains value chains in northern Honduras

    Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (Institute of Hunger Studies), 2013
    This study examines, applying future climate local scenarios, climate change impacts in northern Honduras and makes recommendations to strengthen the resilience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) ‘Northern Horizons’ project beneficiaries in the coffee, cocoa, maize and bean value chains.
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    Rural households in a changing climate

    World Bank, 2013
    This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the authors claim has received little attention due to its broad and complex nature.
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    Social Protection for Agricultural Growth

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
    Various explanations have been advanced for the persistent under‑performance of agriculturein many African countries, where smallholder farming is still the dominant livelihood activityand the main source of employment, food and income. Some of the oldest argumentsremain the most compelling.

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