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  The role of social relations in farmer seed systems and reconstruction of agricultural production in a post-disaster situation

  LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004

  This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often seed relief programmes are based on the assumption that farmers themselves are not able to rehabilitate their seeds in times of crisis.
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  A study of local knowledge in relation to management of agro-biodiversity for food security: case study on local seed management systems in Southern Highlands and Central Zone, Tanzania [research proposal]

  LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004

  This research proposal is aimed at raising awareness of women’s and men’s knowledge related to use and management of the agricultural biological systems they depend on for food security. The research will be carried out in Southern Highlands and Central Tanzania. The research will emphasise local seed diversity and management practices.
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  Fighting poverty through agriculture: Norwegian plan of action for agriculture in Norwegian development policy

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  Under this Norwegian strategy, development assistance for agricultural development will be scaled up considerably. The plan sets out 50 measures for promoting agricultural development in developing countries.It takes a holistic approach in which agricultural development is part of a broader strategy for private sector development that considers the entire production chain from field to table.
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  Agricultural and human health impacts of climate policy in China: a general equilibrium analysis with special reference to Guangdong

  OECD Development Centre, 2003

  China’s climate policy over the coming decades will be crucial to efforts to slow global warming. While CO2 emissions growth slowed in the 1990s, it is too early to know if this represents the beginning of a long-term downward trend in the carbon intensity of China’s economy.
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  Non-farm income, household welfare, and sustainable land management in a less-favoured area in the Ethiopian highlands

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This study looks at the impact of improved access to non-farm income on household welfare, agricultural production, conservation investments and land degradation in form of soil erosion.The results indicate that access to low-wage off-farm income is restricted by lack of employment opportunities since households otherwise would have engaged in more off-farm wage employment than observed.Main
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  Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: can it work?

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Ethiopia.The paper concludes that FFW projects have the potential of contributing to long term development in economies characterised by imperfect markets.
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  Aligning needs and means: on culture, ICT and knowledge management in development cooperation

  Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network, 2001

  The paper discusses building a global online community of practice for people working on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), namely CBNRM Net.
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  Factor market imperfections and the land rental market in the highlands of Eritrea: theory and evidence

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper looks at the role of market imperfections in explaining leasing behaviour of households using sample data from the Highlands of Eritrea.
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  Improving forage value of degraded pastures in Central America

  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2003

  This brief paper outlines the aim of a collaborative project seeking to achieve a better understanding of the factors that determine forage yield and value of pastures in Central America.The expansion of pastures is Central America has not been accompanied with sustainable management of pastures or the use of more suitable alternatives for the deforested land.The impact of pasture degradatio
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  The bioeconomics of controlling an African rodent pest species

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2003

  The paper treats the economy of controlling an African pest rodent, the multimammate rat, causing major damage in maize production.

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