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  Summary document of the FAO e-mail conference: "The role of biotechnology for the characterisation and conservation of crop, forest, animal and fishery genetic resources in developing countries"

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This publication summarises an FAO email conference on the characterisation and conservation of genetic resources of crops, forest trees, livestock and aquatic species, which took place from 6 June to 4 July 2005.
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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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  Rural non-farm economy in Bangladesh: a view from household surveys

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2004

  In Bangladesh, the Rural Non-Farm Economy (RNFE) accounts for a large proportion of rural employment and incomes and grows faster than agriculture with the development of the overall economy.
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  Organization and management of extension services for women farmers in south-western Nigeria

  Global Development Network, 2003

  In comparison to men, rural women lack access to necessary agricultural information and services.
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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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  Financial vulnerability of maize growers in Uganda: an evaluation of poverty reduction efforts through economic liberalization policies

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  Cultivating maize in Uganda is a silent loss-making farming venture.
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  Institutional change in agricultural research, factors of success

  Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 2004

  This paper undertakes an analysis of the institutional reform process in Latin American and Caribbean countries and focuses on the problems that may face the reorganization efforts and affect the efficiency of the existing institutions and their ability to transmit results to those who will eventually make use of them.The paper starts by identifying five basic types of comprehensive or partial
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  Poverty alleviation through agriculture and rural development in Bangladesh

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2004

  Rural development means improvement in the well being of the people living in rural space. If the livelihood improvement brings into its fold, people who lack capabilities to meet the basic needs, rural development would encompass poverty reduction.
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  The impact of mungbean research in China

  World Vegetable Center, Taiwan, 2003

  Mungbean has been an important legume crop in China for centuries. However, production declined during the 1960s due to the agricultural policies of the Chinese government which placed higher priority on other grains. During the 1980s, mungbean production levels gradually recovered in large part due to the development of improved varieties by Chinese researchers working with AVRDC.

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