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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and strategies for coping with less labour

  Development Fund, Norway, 2005

  This briefing note, based on studies done by UNAIDS and the UN Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO), looks at how HIV and AIDS impacts on agriculture, and contains recommendations for how to cope with the epidemic.The note states that increasingly, HIV and AIDS is having a major impact on nutrition, food security, agricultural production and rural societies throughout the affected countries.
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  The history of farmers' rights: a guide to central documents and literature

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005

  This background study presents the findings of a comprehensive survey of documentation and literature on farmers rights. It is designed as a guide for negotiators, practitioners and researchers wishing to understand the concept and the potentials of farmers’ rights.The author does not provide analysis of literature but presents and summarises the material within four chapters.
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  Results from an international stakeholder survey on farmers’ rights

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005

  This background study presents the findings of an international stakeholder survey on farmers’ rights. The survey aims to facilitate a common understanding and develop an empirical basis for proposals to the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) on concrete measures to be taken to implement its provisions on this topic.
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  Do the poor benefit from devolution policies: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2005

  This paper asks: do local people and in particular vulnerable groups benefit from the devolution of forest management? Although there are many studies that indicate village-level organisations have an impact in resource conservations, few have analysed the net benefits.
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  The future of Norway’s GSP system

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2005

  This report provides a comprehensive review of the Norwegian Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system, including options for change.The main recommendations from the report include:for manufacturing, tariffs should be reduced to zero on an MFN basis; i.e.
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  Protected areas, wildlife conservation and local welfare

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2005

  This paper adds to the debate on the successfulness (or failure) of the establishment and expansion of protected wildlife areas in Africa. The author contributes to this debate by presenting a bio-economic analysis of protected area expansion.The model considers a hunter-agrarian community located on the border of a protected area.
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  The Norwegian import regime for agriculture

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2005

  Norway maintains one of the highest levels of protection for agriculture in the OECD, but the tariff structure is not very transparent due to the extensive use of specific tariffs, or tariffs expressed in Norwegian kroner per kilogram.
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  Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia: a bioeconomic model with market imperfections

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This research in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in a resource-constrained agricultural area. It uses a bioeconomic model to address how alternative policy options can affect poverty and land degradation.
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  Exploring nature, wealth and power issues in agriculture and resource management: a case study on the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, northern Pakistan

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2005

  This paper discusses the Aga Khan Rural Support Program’s (AKRSP) participatory and democratic approach to development in the northern areas of Pakistan.
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  Awareness promotion and experience sharing on the implementation of the UNCCD-NAP to enhance pastoralist areas development in Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005

  This paper reports on a workshop held in Ethiopia in 2004, targeting stakeholders involved in implementing Ethiopia’s National Action Plan (NAP) for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

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