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  A study to determine the extent and use of environmental impact assessment of agricultural development projects: a case study from Eritrea

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2004

  The overall objective of the study is to assess and document the extent and use of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of agricultural development projects in Eritrea, in order to find appropriate recommendations for conducting future EIA.Findings of the study are: the practice of environmental impact assessment of development projects in Eritrea is very little or non-existent and man
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  Gender, HIV/AIDS and food security: linkage and integration into development interventions

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at the links between gender and HIV/AIDS and food security.
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  Addressing seed security in disaster response: linking relief with development

  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2004

  This volume contains eight case studies on seed aid in Africa. The case studies were undertaken to evaluate various forms of emergency seed aid in the field and to couple these with analyses of the broader seed and crop systems.
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  What is the role of reductionism in agricultural technology transfers?: the green revolution and agricultural gene technology

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper examines the question of how and to what extent agricultural technology introductions, particularly in the south, have been informed by reductionist ways of thinking. It discusses the effects of technology transfers related to agriculture with specific consideration of the green revolution and gene technology.
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  Livestock production: the twenty first century's food revolution

  Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2004

  This paper discusses the donor community's role in securing a poverty oriented commercialisation of livestock production in the developing world.The author notes that the global food market is undergoing major changes, especially in the developing world.
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  Ecologically-based participatory implementation of integrated pest management and agroforestry in Nicaragua and central America

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This report details the implementation of an integrated pest management and agroforestry (IPM-AF) program, developed in response to the weakening of the extension function within national agricultural systems in Nicaragua and Central America.
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  The demand for crop genetic resources from international collections

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  While acknowledging the significance of historical patterns, this study provides a snapshot of recent flows of genetic resources in agriculture, enabled through the centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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  Poverty reduction strategies and relevant learning in higher agricultural education: case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This paper analyses agricultural higher education in relation to poverty reduction strategies in four African countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.The paper addresses three key issues in the four African countries:how the PRSPs are reflected in official policies, implementation plans and fund allocations to agricultural educationhow case study countries agricultural educ
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  Poverty reduction strategies and relevant case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper reports on a study that was carried out to explore how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are reflected in policies and implementation plans through fund allocations in the ministries of education in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa: contemporary debates and implications for Kenyan urban workers in the 21st century

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This CMI working paper provides an overview of rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa outlining the major strands of contemporary academic debates on this issue. There author identifies two interrelated debates for discussion.

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