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    Improving women’s control over agriculture halts famine in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Southern Africa suffered severe drought in 2001 and 2002. In some areas food aid took a year to arrive. But, whilst hunger did occur, the predicted severe famine did not. Women played an important role in preventing starvation.
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    Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihoods and food security

    International Development Research Centre, 2009
    This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the book examines the contribution of UA and city farming to livelihoods and food security.
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    Micro-level analysis of farmers’ adaptation to climate change in Southern Africa

    2007
    This discussion paper is based on micro-level analysis of adaptation that focuses on tactical decisions farmers make in response to seasonal variations in climatic, economic, and other factors in Southern Africa.  The document is based on a cross-section database of three countries: South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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    Learning to Live Positively: a key development tool for promoting “treatment preparedness” amongst HIV/AIDS-affected rural communities in Africa

    2009
    Community learning processes are crucial to increasing resilience to HIV/AIDS in Africa’s remote rural areas.
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    Caring From Within: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations on Home-based Care in Zimbabwe

    Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information and Dissemination Service, 2009
    In Zimbabwe, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, home-based care (HBC) plays a vital role in the response to HIV, as overwhelmed public health systems fail to meet care needs. Traditionally, the care-giving role has been performed by women, although male participation has increased moderately in recent years as a result of deliberate efforts by HBC programmes.
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    Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth

    Overseas Development Institute, 2004
    This paper presents key findings from a study of pro-poor agricultural growth (PPAG). Over the past few decades changes such as those surrounding ecology, liberalisation and HIV and AIDS have increased the challenges facing the rural poor. The authors outline a framework for new responses to these challenges in the context of PPAG.
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    Global war on terror represses civil society in Western and developing nations

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    In Uzbekistan, many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have closed. In Kazakhstan, the President has warned NGOs not to interfere in local affairs. In Nigeria, members of ethnic-based organisations are in jail. In Uganda, peace initiatives have been stifled. These events are all part of a wider backlash against civil society organisations, says new research.
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    Providing support to urban landless and homeless people

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Urban Poor Funds are an institutional innovation. They support federations of savings groups formed by homeless people or residents of informal settlements. They are changing low-income households’ relations with government agencies, enabling legal solutions to housing problems, promoting cohesion, and providing access to public infrastructure and services.
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    Which factors are most important for sustainable tourism in southern Africa?  

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Many experts agree that sustainable, nature-based tourism is an opportunity for developing countries to boost their economic development while supporting conservation efforts. Achieving sustainable tourism development depends on many factors, but which of these are the most important?
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    Developing complex interventions for rigorous evaluation - a case study from rural Zimbabwe

    Health Education Research, 2004
    This paper, from Health Education Research journal, describes how a feasibility study shaped an intervention targeting adolescent sexual health in rural Zimbabwe. Although many trials to evaluate public health interventions are conducted, they often fail to investigate the most appropriate design and development of the intervention, which requires the conduction of a feasibility study.

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