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  Biotechnology for Africa?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper asks if Africa should embrace the biotechnology revolution, especially GM crops; and whether biotechnology can succeed in addressing challenges such as declining crops and yields, chronic hunger and recurrent food crises.The paper looks at the experience of GM crops in Africa, particularly in Kenya, and argues that in order to make biotechnology work for African agriculture, technolo
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  The environment, natural resources and HIV/AIDS

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This short report looks at impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the environment, with a focus on rural areas in Africa.
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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  Gender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003

  With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia.
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  Environmental movements in Sub-Saharan Africa: a political ecology of power and conflict

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2002

  This paper critically examines environmental movements in Sub-Saharan Africa by drawing on two prominent cases: the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People of Nigeria's Niger Delta and the Green Belt Movement of Kenya.Its thesis is that environmental movements in Africa operate within a transformative logic in which struggles for power over environmental resources connect broader popular soci
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  Policy (in) coherence in European Union support to developing countries: a three country case study

  ActionAid International, 2003

  What is the impact of a range of EU policies on poor people in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya? This paper examines key policy areas (including trade, aid, agricultural policies and support to Foreign Direct Investment) to assess the coherence of EU policy in supporting development.
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  Community-based animal health workers in Kenya: a case study of Mwingi District

  Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2003

  At policy level in Kenya, veterinarians have expressed concern about the ability of community-based animal health workers (CAHWs) to diagnose diseases and use veterinary drugs correctly.
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  Community-based animal health workers in pastoralist areas of Kenya: a study on selection processes, impact and sustainability

  Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2003

  This report describes a study in three pastoralist districts of Kenya to compare perceptions of livestock keepers at community level with policy makers at central level.
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  Impacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:
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  Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.

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