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    Are there lessons for Africa from China’s success against poverty?

    World Bank Research, 2008
    China has emerged as a major investor and aid donor in Africa. However this paper contends that, from an African perspective, it is above all a role model for successful poverty reduction. Throughout its reform period, China reduced poverty at a much higher rate than the rest of the developing world.
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    Access of the poor to agricultural services: the role of farmers’ organizations in social inclusion

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2008
    Farmers’ organisations (FOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa play an increasing importance role in allowing farmers to access agricultural services.
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    The future control of food: a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    In today's world, access to food is highly, and unacceptably, uneven. There is massive overproduction and over-consumption, yet millions experience scarcity and hunger. This book looks at some of the forces and rules shaping the food system and who has control over it.
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    Stimulating innovation in urban agriculture

    RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2008
    Urban farming systems are in constant development as urban farmers adapt their existing practices or come up with new ones, yet are rarely given formal support for their innovations. This issue of looks at how urban farmers can be supported in their efforts to improve their livelihoods.
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    Patterns of political response to biofortified varieties of crops produced with different breeding techniques and agronomic traits

    AgBioForum, 2008
    This paper examines the political response to two crops that were nutritionally enhanced through conventional breeding - Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. It also looks at the political response to other food crops - maize, potato, and papaya ,as well as biofortified Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) rice, potatoes, cassava, and sorghum.
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    Political incumbency and drought relief in Africa

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
    This paper examines the reasoning behind some African governments' selection of policies of universal food relief, when others adopt food or cash-for-work programmes in times of drought. It examines the key factors that shape policy selection by political leaderships.
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    FAO: the challenge of renewal - report of the Independent External Evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
    This report presents the conclusions and recommendations of the first-ever independent external evaluation (IEE) of FAO in its sixty-year history. Although the evaluation looks at the evolution of FAO over six decades, it focuses mainly on the period 1990 to the present. The evaluation argues that while the services of the FAO are essential there is an urgent need for vast reform.
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    Has land reform changed land ownership concentration?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Possession of vast lands is a major representation of wealth in the Philippines - a privilege enjoyed largely by the ruling class since the colonial era. This ownership of huge tracts of land has resulted in numerous political, social, and economic inequalities. This edition of Development Research News addresses these disparities.
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    ‘It is our land’: human rights and land tenure reform in Namaqualand, South Africa

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007
    Secure access to resources is now recognised in human rights discourse as a universal condition of human well-being. This paper aims to contribute to the theoretical and empirical understanding of land tenure as a human rights issue, by analysing recent land tenure policy in South Africa.
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    Rural producer organisations and policy formulation in Uganda

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2004
    It is increasingly recognised that ordinary people have a right to participate in the design, planning and implementation of policies that affect their lives. This paper examines the strategies used by Rural Producer Organisations (RPOs) to influence policy formulation in Uganda, and documents best practices and strategies.

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