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    Governing agrobiodiversity: the emerging tragedy of the anti-commons in the South

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    Plant genetic diversity is crucial to the breeding of food crops, and thus one of the central preconditions for food security. Access to diverse genetic resources is fundamental to modern plant breeding as well as for traditional small-scale farming.
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    National integrated pest management programme in Nepal

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2006
    This report assesses the progress of the National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme in Nepal in relation to it's planned outputs, and analyses constraints and achievements in programme implementation.The team found that the overall goal or development objective of the programme to reduce poverty and increase food security while protecting the environment is in line with the MDGs, the f
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    Farmers' rights in Ethiopia: a case study

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    Recent years have seen the integration of farmers' rights into the wider issue of plant genetic resources conservation.
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    Decentralisation in the agricultural sector in Malawi: policies, processes and community linkages

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2006
    The government of Malawi instigated a decentralisation programme in 2001 which involved devolving power and resources to local assemblies, with the District Assembly level playing a paramount role.
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    Farmers' rights in Peru: a case study

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    This case study provides an overview of the state of Farmers’ Rights in Peru and of the perceptions of central stakeholders in this regard.The study offers an analysis of the various and complex issues and problems which arise with regard to understanding and, especially, implementing farmers’ rights at the national level.
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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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    Impacts of extension services in rural Mozambique

    ECON Pöyry, 2005
    Agricultural productivity in Mozambique is low. Due to the large portion of the work force engaged in the sector, low agricultural productivity contributes to the low incomes of the country. Increasing productivity in agriculture is essential to the development of Mozambique.
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    The Sinkat community development project and Port Sudan Organizational Development Program in Red Sea State in Sudan 1997 - 2003

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005
    The Sinkat Community Development Project was implemented, in 1986, to re-establish the means of subsistence for 250,000 Beja nomads. Its aim is to reduce their vulnerability, and that of their environment, to future climatic extremes. The project additionally aimed to strengthen the capacity of the Sudan Red Crescent Society.
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    Handheld GPS equipment for agricultural statistics surveys: experiments on area measurements done during fieldwork for the Uganda Pilot Census of Agriculture, 2003

    Statistics Norway, 2005
    One of the most important factors for production of crop growing, raising livestock or any other farming activity, is land. The pattern of land-use usually varies by season or by different regions of a country. Thus, accurate data on area used for agricultural purposes is an important aspect of agricultural planning.
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    NAV evaluation report - the integrated rural development program 1994 - 2004

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004
    This paper presents an evaluation of a Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV) programme initiated in 1994 in Thua Thien-Hue province in Central Vietnam.

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