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  Reclaiming policy space: lessons from Malawi’s fertiliser subsidy programme

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007

  This case study argues that political context matters in agricultural development issues using the fertiliser subsidy scheme in Malawi as an example.
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  The limits of success: the case of the dairy sector in Kenya

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007

  This case study briefly explores the politics of the policy process behind the dairy sector in Kenya by examining the underlying policy narratives and the changing actors and networks associated with different interests.
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  Politics and the future of ministries of agriculture: rethinking roles and transforming agendas

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007

  This paper poses the question: What form should a contemporary African ministry of agriculture take, and show should it function?
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  Public investment and poverty reduction: lessons from China and India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007

  This article argues that public investments in rural areas have contributed significantly to agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in China and India.
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  Will pastoral legislation disempower pastoralists in the Sahel?

  International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2006

  Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso have all passed specific legislation in support of pastoralism.
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  The negative impact that agriculture rules on trade and finance have on women, families and communities

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2006

  This article examines the impact of the Agreement on Agriculture on the ability of developing countries to achieve food security and sustainable livelihoods for their farmers, using the dairy industry in Kenya as a case study.The author concludes that Kenya’s dairy industry faces a gloomy future, a situation that threatens the livelihood of 600,000 or more small holders and their families.
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  Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options

  Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre, 2006

  The global livestock sector is socially and politically very significant, creating livelihoods for one billion of the world’s poor and accounting for 40% of agricultural gross demestic product (GDP). This report finds that the value of the sector is countered by an often extremely high environmental impact.
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  Results from the FAO Biotechnology Forum: background and dialogue on selected issues

  Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2006

  This publication presents background and summary documents from six moderated email conferences, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum from 2002 to 2005. The Forum had the aim of providing quality balanced information on agricultural biotechnology in developing countries and making a neutral platform available for people to exchange views and experiences on this sometimes controversial subject.
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  Livestock, disease, trade and markets: policy choices for the livestock sector in Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  Seen for many years as a poor investment for development, livestock production issues are increasingly back on Africa's development agenda.
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  Farmers’ views on the future of food and small-scale producers

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  The knowledge, priorities and aspirations of small scale producers are rarely included in policy debates on the future of food, farming and development. In response, a recent electronic conference, "The Future of Food and Small-scale Producers" sought the views of indigenous, small, and family farmers from over 30 developed and developing countries.

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