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  Responding to HIV/AIDS in agriculture and related activities

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This article explores the challenges posed for agriculture by HIV and AIDS and considers a range of policy options. The impact of HIV and AIDS is first considered at a household level. HIV and AIDS has a high human cost and undermines household economies resulting in poverty and vulnerability.
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  Empowering women through livelihoods orientated agricultural service provision: a consideration of evidence from southern Africa

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008

  From the 1990s onwards, a shift towards participatory and bottom-up approaches to agricultural development has meant improved livelihoods for women. How have agricultural extension services been designed to incorporate an effective understanding of women’s livelihoods? What have been the gains? And what are the policy blind spots?
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  Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper presents key findings from a study of pro-poor agricultural growth (PPAG). Over the past few decades changes such as those surrounding ecology, liberalisation and HIV and AIDS have increased the challenges facing the rural poor. The authors outline a framework for new responses to these challenges in the context of PPAG.
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  Promoting agriculture for social protection or social protection for agriculture: strategic policy and research issues

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2006

  Developing pro-poor policies for agricultural development is important in countries with a large rural poor. In conjunction, there is also need to focus on social protection in order to address the risk and insecurity that the rural poor face. However, current policy fails to sufficiently link agricultural with social protection policies.
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  Rural livelihoods in Armenia

  Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University, Israel, 2003

  This paper explores the structure of the rural economy in Armenia from a households’ perspective. It draws upon the livelihoods approach, paying attention to the different kinds of assets and activities that form the livelihood strategies of rural households.
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  Migration and development linkage in Ecuador

  Federico Caffe Center, Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, 2007

  How can policy makers best support people’s livelihoods in the context of migration? What policies can enhance social protection in the context of transnational networks? How can policy makers link migration and development to both reduce push factors as well as support the use of migrant remittances for social development?
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  Enabling rural innovation in Africa: an approach for empowering smallholder farmers to access market opportunities for improved livelihoods

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007

  The aim of this paper is to link smallholder farmers to markets. The approach used is entitled: Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI). In line with the livelihoods approach, ERI focuses on strengthening the smallholder’s capacity, it focuses particularly on resource poor farmers and how they can achieve access to the market.
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  Rural livelihoods, poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: evidence from Ethiopian survey data

  Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 2008

  This paper analyses the nature of rural poverty in Ethiopia. It situates this analysis within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which provide an umbrella for efforts to increase incomes and improve the quality of life of poor people.
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  Gender in agriculture sourcebook

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008

  This extensive resource provides guidance for the development of rural agricultural strategies that effectively promote gender equality and women's empowerment and reduce poverty.   The Sourcebook is the outcome of a collaboration between the World Bank, The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
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  You can't learn to swim until you get into the water: policy formulation and implementation on a practical level

  Eldis Document Store, 2000

  Can rural livelihoods in Mozambique be improved by agricultural reform? How do donors and NGOs influence policy and practice to better address poverty and gender issues?

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