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    Forest concessions and corruption

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    The paper discusses how corruption influences the logging industry and deprives developing country governments of important revenues. According to the paper the forest industry has the potential to contribute to the economy and increase state revenues in many developing countries.
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    Cities farming for the future: urban agriculture for green and productive cities

    RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2006
    The book aims to enhance understanding of the role urban agriculture can play in promoting inclusive, green and productive cities and provide ways to facilitate safe and sustainable urban agriculture. The publication draws on contributions by the International Network on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) and from others who have collaborated with RUAF.
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    Agros International white paper: a review of land reform methods

    Agros International, 2008
    This white paper looks at one example of private land reform, Agros International, within the context of the global and historical scope of land reform methods.
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    Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania

    The Advanced Study of India is the only research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India.
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    Development Communications Evidence Research Network (DCERN)

    This portal considers five key sectors - agriculture, economic growth, education, governance and health - and suggests ways in which incorporating good communication practice can enhance the delivery
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    Knowledge systems and deliberative interface in natural resource governance: an overview

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    The focus of the publication is to analyse and understand how different groups of social agents engage in the diverse knowledge systems operating in the natural resource sector in Nepal. It examines how knowledge is developed, documented and applied at different levels of natural resource governance using six case studies from forest, agriculture and water sectors.
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    GMO governance in Africa

    The Centre for Innovation, Knowledge and Development, The Open University, 2006
    This paper examines issues of legitimation and harmonisation of biosafety systems in GMO governance in Africa. It draws on case studies from emerging regulatory systems in Ethiopia and South Africa, which offer contrasting examples that evolved under different historical and socio-economic conditions.
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    Biosafety scoping study

    Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, 2008
    This scoping study examines the current context for biosafety and how this has been applied in the development of new national biosafety regulatory regimes. The field of biosafety, which arose from the development of modern biotechnology, was initially largely the domain of developed countries.
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    Quest for economic development in agrarian localities: Lessons from West Nile, Uganda

    Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2008
    This paper describes the transformations that have taken place in the honey production and marketing in West Nile since the launch of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme in 2001. In pursuing local economic development, emphasis has been placed on community-based development and the formation of clusters of survival enterprises.
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    Food and energy sovereignty now: Brazilian grassroots position on agroenergy

    The Oakland Institute, 2008
    Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global model for sustainable biomass production, it is increasingly being criticised and opposed by national social movements.

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