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  Poverty dynamics and the role of livestock in the Peruvian Andes

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2006

  Almost half of the 1.7 million extreme poor in Peru live in highland rural areas, where poverty remains an intractable issue.
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  Missungwi income and food security project: final report of the mid-term evaluation

  CARE International, 2004

  This report presents the findings of the mid-term review of the Missungwi Income and Food Security (MIFOSE) project, in Tanzania.
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  Beyond more crop for drop: water management for food and the environment

  International Water Management Institute, 2006

  Why is so much water used for irrigation?
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  Jamaa Wazima Project: a household livelihood security project in Siaya and Busia districts: end term impact assessment report

  CARE International, 2004

  Due to the prevalence of widespread poverty in Western Kenya, the Jamaa Wazima Project (2000-2004) focused on poverty reduction with a view to improving household livelihood security for approximately 54,400 people in 100 villages.
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  Paraquat unacceptable health risks for users

  2006

  This review considers the impacts of paraquat the chemical herbicide used by a large number of farmers and plantation workers. The paper finds that the pesticide causes daily suffering to an extremely large number of farmers and workers.Problems resulting from paraquat exposure are found around the world and the injuries suffered are debilitating and sometimes fatal.
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  Institutional innovations and water management in Office du Niger (1910-1999) : the long failure and new success of a big irrigation scheme

  Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques, 2002

  Can economic liberalisation boost irrigation production and on which conditions? This report takes the case of the Mali ‘Office du Niger’ irrigation scheme, and analyses how it was transformed from a technical and financial failure to a modern success story.The gravity-fed Office du Niger irrigation scheme was created in 1932.
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  Bazaruto Archipelago National Park Mozambique: mid-term internal review of Bazaruto multiple resource use project, 2001-2005 and Bazaruto community based natural resource management project, 2003-2005

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005

  This report presents the findings of an internal progress review of two projects being implemented within the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (BANP) in Mozambique. The two projects under review are the Multiple Resource Use Project (MRUP) and the Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) project.
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  Critical issues pertaining to the gender dimensions of biotechnology policy

  Gender Advisory Board, UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2003

  This paper surveys existing research on the varying impact of biotechnology on women and men in developing countries, focusing especially on agriculture, health, traditional/indigenous knowledge and biodiversity. In particular it asks how gender considerations can be taken into account in the development of biotechnology policy in the global South.
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  Special evaluation study on small-scale freshwater rural aquaculture development for poverty reduction

  Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2004

  Linking aquaculture development approaches to viable livelihood opportunities for the rural poor remains a challenge. The poor face many constraints to participation in aquaculture, primarily due to a lack of access to capital and resources, vulnerability, and aversion to risks.
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  Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management

  Forestry Department, FAO, 2005

  This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.

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