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  Climate variability and change in the Himalayas: Community perceptions and responses

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011

  This study, published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, investigates how climate and socio-economic change is affecting the livelihoods of the mountain peoples of the Himalayas.
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  Land Rights and the Rush for Land: Findings of the Global Commercial Pressures on Land Research Project

  International Land Coalition, 2011

  This report is the culmination of a three-year research project that brought together forty members and partners of ILC to examine the characteristics, drivers and impacts and trends of rapidly increasing commercial pressures on land.The report strongly urges models of investment that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions, but rather work together with local land users, respecting their lan
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  Participatory plant breeding and gender analysis

  Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program, CGIAR, 2003

  This paper aims to analyse methods and approaches currently used within participatory plant breeding (PPB) with respect to gender issues and to draw out the implications of researchers’ experience with Gender Analysis (GA) and user involvement. It oultlines what more might be done in order to achieve  broader impacts and to capitalise on what has been achieved to date.
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  Women, food security and agriculture in a global marketplace: A significant shift

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2008

  New directions in development assistance and agricultural investments must recognize and support women's involvement in the full agricultural value chain from production to processing to marketing.
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  Preliminary study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on discrimination in the context of the right to food

  UN Human Rights Council, 2010

  This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council held in February 2010.
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  Effectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: systematic review

  British Medical Journal, 2012

  This systematic review's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of agricultural interventions in improving the nutritional status of children indeveloping countries.The review included 23 studies,mostly evaluating home garden interventions. Key findings include:
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  Gender approaches in agricultural programmes – Zambia country report

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2012

  In response to the persistent inequalities of women in farming despite decades of development assistance, Sida has initiated a thematic evaluation of how gender issues are tackled in Sida-supported agricultural programmes.
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  The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–2011: Women in Agriculture. Closing the Gender Gap for Development

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011

  Women account for a high proportion of farmers in many developing countries yet often have very little access to the resources they need to support their livelihoods, including land, livestock, technology, farm labour, extension services, financial services and education. This can significantly affect women’s ability to adapt to new agricultural conditions in the face of climate change.
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  Innovative approaches to gender and food security: insights, issue 82

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012

  This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women’s  empowerment. They can focus on women’s critical role as food producers, consumers  and family carers, while transforming gender norms and inequalities within households and communities.
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  Rising demand for livestock products in India: nature, patterns and implications

  AgEcon Search, 2010

  With a large population and recent growth in consumer income, India’s demand for food has increased. This study examines the demand for livestock products by Indian consumers, and discusses its implications. The study shows that:

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