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  Agricultural growth and rural poverty: a review of evidence

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  This report examines the apparent paradox that emerged over the 1990s of relatively good reported agricultural growth accompanied by increasing levels of poverty.
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  A promising practice: integrated plant nutrient management in Mali

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005

  This paper reports on the participatory integrated plant nutrient management (IPNM) project undertaken in Mali. The objective of the project was to increase food security through improving soil fertility management.
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  The welfare effects of farm household activity choices in post-war Mozambique

  Households in Conflict Network, 2004

  This paper analyses the effects of activity choices on farm household income and consumption in a war-affected developing country, and identifies pro-poor reconstruction policies. The study uses household survey data from Mozambique and controls for the endogeneity of activity choices with instrumental variables.
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  Understanding the issues: what's the matter with trade?

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2005

  This is a set of papers that address the questions: do equal rules really allow poor producers to receive a fair share of the trade wealth and does the current free trade system represent equal rules at all?
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  WTO: Impact on Pakistan’s agriculture

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004

  The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAOA), 1986-94, was the first step towards inclusion of the agriculture sector within the global trade rules of the GATT.
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  Understanding the implications of migration for pro-poor agricultural growth

  Programme of Advisory and Support Services to DFID, 2004

  This paper examines the nature of changes and trends in rural-urban migration and the relevance of local labour markets and remittances to the livelihoods strategies of the rural poor.Main findings include: temporary migration and commuting are now a routine part of the livelihood strategies of the rural poor across a wide range of developing country contextsin many parts of South A
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  The problems of rural youth unemployment

  Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation, 2004

  [The full text of this paper is in Russian language only.]This paper analyses the problem of Russian rural unemployment and provides recommendations on how to accommodate that problem. The paper is based on a detailed study conducted in the Belgorod region.According to the author, rural unemployment is a serious problem.
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  Mitigation of HIV/AIDS- impacts through agricultural and rural development - success stories and future actions

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This report, produced by the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), summarises the findings of a May 2003 workshop on mitigating the impacts of HIV and AIDS through agriculture and rural development.
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  Eradicating hunger: moving from pilot projects to national programmes

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper discusses issues which developing countries may wish to consider when deciding to expand food security programmes to a national scale, in response to their commitments at the 1996 World Food Summit.The author notes that if fast progress is to be made in hunger reduction, this will normally require simultaneous large-scale action along two main tracks.
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  The Indian seed act and patent act

  ZNet, 2005

  This paper discusses two laws, proposed in 2004 by the Government of India: the Seed Act and a Patent Ordinance.The author argues that the new intellectual property rights (IPR) laws are creating monopolies over seeds and plant genetic resources.

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