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  Setting priorities among indigenous fruit tree species in Africa: examples from Southern, Eastern and Western Africa Regions

  CAB International, 2008

  Priority setting in agricultural research has received considerable attention in recent years, the objective being to determine the species for which domestication research (i.e. research regarding the selection, management and propagation of a plant) would be likely to have the highest impact.
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  Land suitability evaluation with a case map of Aceh Barat district

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2007

  This booklet was prepared after the December 2004 tsunami caused serious damage to agricultural land, soils and vegetation along the coastal areas of Aceh, Indonesia. The booklet is a guideline for the district government of Aceh Barat for spatial lay-outing of tree crops suitable for its coastal areas.
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  Inequality and GM crops: a case-study of Bt cotton in India

  AgBioForum, 2007

  Critics of genetically modified (GM) crops often contend that their introduction enhances the gap between rich and poor farmers, as the former group are in the best position to afford the expensive seed as well as provide other inputs such as fertilizer and irrigation. The research reported in this paper explores this
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  Rural income generating activities: whatever happened to the institutional vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007

  An increasing number of empirical papers and reports have provided evidence that point to the importance of the rural non-farm (RNF) economy in developing countries. In parallel, the livelihoods approach, recognises that households use a range of agricultural and non-agricultural activities as paths out of poverty.
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  Agri-food system dynamics: pathways to sustainability in an era of uncertainty

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2007

  This document examines the key issues surrounding agri-food system dynamics and sustainability.
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  Stimulating innovation in urban agriculture

  RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2008

  Urban farming systems are in constant development as urban farmers adapt their existing practices or come up with new ones, yet are rarely given formal support for their innovations. This issue of looks at how urban farmers can be supported in their efforts to improve their livelihoods.
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  Biofuel expansion: challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people: how the poor can benefit from this emerging opportunity

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008

  This paper considers the pros and cons of the debate over the potential social, economic and environmental impact of the increase in biofuel production. It draws attention to the opportunities as well as the risks that biofuels present for developing countries, and stresses that the developing world has its own set of bio-energy issues distinct from those of the developed world.
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  Beyond any drought: root causes of chronic vulnerability in the Sahel

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007

  This paper examines vulnerability to droughts in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso against the background of the 2005 food crisis in the Sahel region. The authors argue that vulnerability to droughts is due to a combination of political, economic and social forces as well as the impacts of highly variable rainfall.
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  Food security: vulnerability despite abundance

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2008

  This paper provides an overview of current thinking on food security, identifies the major food security challenges that lie ahead and makes detailed recommendations for tackling these challenges.
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  Farmer Participatory Research in Northern Tanzania

  Farm Africa, 2007

  This document reviews the demand-led participatory model of farmer research and extension implemented by FARM-Africa Tanzania in their Babati Rural Development Research project (2000–2005).

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