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    CHF (CHF)

    CHF is a non-profit organisation dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods. It aims to deliver effective, sustainable and transformati
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    Regoverning markets programme: innovative practice series

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared for these changes.
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    Integrating 'livelihoods' into integrated water resources management: taking the integration paradigm to its logical next step for developing countries

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
    Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is now the dominant paradigm for water management in both rich and poor countries. This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of IWRM from a livelihoods perspective. Empowering poor people, reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and promoting economic growth ought to be the basic objectives of IWRM.
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    Southern Africa food security outlook: October 2007 to March 2008

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    This report summarises the results of a study of the food security outlook for Southern Africa, highlighting the major threats to food security in the period October 2007 to March 2008. It incorporates the findings from six country outlooks, and aims to provide a basis for regional and global resource allocation and contingency planning, as well as in-country planning.
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    Ethiopia: the path to self-resiliency

    CHF, 2007
    This report is the result of a research effort managed and coordinated by CHF on behalf of the 15-member Canadian NGO Network in Ethiopia (CANGO) to assess the factors that contribute to the vulnerability and resilience of communities and households in rural Ethiopia.
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    SARD and rural enterprises

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    The authors here explore how the rural populace can improve their livelihoods by participating in the market economy – in a way that is equitable, sustainable and secures decent work. The report details the pressing need for rural enterprise:
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    Making agriculture work for the poor

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2007
    This paper looks at the links between poverty, agriculture and land, reporting on panel data analysis in five countries – Vietnam, Uganda, India, Nicaragua and Ethiopia. It suggests that three ‘pillars’ can help to make agriculture work for the rural poor – infrastructure, education and information. Policy conclusions are:
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    Securing household income among small-scale farmers in Kakamega District: possibilities and limitations of diversification

    GIGA Deutsches Orient-Institut / GIGA German Institute for Middle East Studies, 2007
    This paper examines the argument presented in the sustainable rural livelihoods literature that diversification can increase incomes and food security. The case of small-scale farmers in Kakamega District, Kenya is applied. Using this approach, the paper concludes that:
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    Rice production in the Maswa District, Tanzania and its contribution to poverty alleviation

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
    This study surveys three villages important for rice production in the Maswa District, Tanzania: Shishiyu, Mwanhegele and Bukangilija. Special attention is given to the rice based cropping system and its contribution to poverty alleviation relative to other activities in the farming system.
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    World Development Report 2008: agriculture for development

    World Development Report, World Bank, 2007
    Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. This year’s edition of the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) highlights the importance of agriculture for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.

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