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  Livelihood diversification in Borana pastoral communities of Ethiopia - prospects and challenges

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, donors, and development practitioners about the best strategies for protecting and promoting sustainable livelihoods in the region.
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  Livelihoods and the environment at Important Bird Areas: listening to local voices

  Bird Life International, 2007

  This document provides a synthesis of key findings from 14 “Participatory Poverty Assessments” (PPAs) carried out by BirdLife Partners from Africa, the Americas and Asia, to gauge environment-livelihoods linkages.
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  Land in Africa: market asset or secure livelihood?

  Human Settlements Programme, 2004

  This document summarises the proceedings from a conference organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , Natural Resource insitute (NRI) and the Royal African Society in November 2004.The conference brought together a wide range of interest groups including, African policy makers, academics and civil society representatives, as well as representatives of the private
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  Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change in development assistance

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2007

  Over six development agencies are screening their portfolios with the aim of ascertaining the extent to which exisiting development projects already consider climate risks or address vulnerability to climate variability; and identifying opportunities for incorporating climate change explicitly into future projects.This paper assesses this screening process in order to dentify opportunites for d
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  Policy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods

  Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007

  This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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  Promoting pro-poor growth: agriculture

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2006

  In most poor countries growth in agriculture tends to be pro-poor, because it increases the value of poor people’s key assets of land and labour. Achieving internationally agreed poverty reduction targets therefore depends on boosting growth in agricultural sector productivity for the majority of countries.
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  Climate change and pastoralists: investing in people to respond to adversity

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  The sustainability of pastoral systems largely depends on a balancing act between pastures, livestock and people. The mobility of pastoralists and their livestock is also a key factor. With climate change, the authors of this article speculate that this balance will be undermined.
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  ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2006

  This summary report provides an outline of the main issues and trends in agricultural extension, as they relate to ICTs, with a special emphasis on improving rural livelihoods. The report draws on the presentations, case studies and discussions from the CTA Observatory.
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  Report on the workshop on interventions to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on smallholder agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This report summarises the outcome of the 2005 UNECA workshop the impact of HIV and AIDS on food security.
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  Saving lives through livelihoods: critical gaps in the response to the drought in the Greater Horn of Africa

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006

  This Briefing Note reviews the extent of emergency livelihoods responses during the most recent drought and resulting food crisis in the Horn of Africa.

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