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Rural development, institutional change and livelihoods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a case study of Mdudwa Village
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003This paper looks at the case of Mdudwa village in the Eastern Cape to explore the processes and impacts of democratic decentralisation.DocumentNew politics, new livelihoods: changes in the Zimbabwean lowveld since the farm occupations of 2000
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003This paper focuses on the political dynamics and livelihood implications of farm occupations and 'fast-track' land reform in Chiredzi district, southeast Zimbabwe.DocumentSweet like chocolate?: making the coffee and cocoa trade work for biodiversity and livelihoods
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 2003This paper studies the cases of cocoa and coffee to assess whether their systems of production and trade meet the needs and aspirations of poor rural populations in the developing world, and minimize environmental damage. Findings include:DocumentGender, resource management and livelihood security
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1998This report looks at the roles which women and men play in resource management and food or livelihood security, in order to understand changing social relations, both within and between households.These preliminary discussions will be used to inform the broader objective of the study which will explore what effect changes in the gendered patterns of access to and control of resources has on food sDocumentImpacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:DocumentICTs: transforming agricultural extension?
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003This document reports on a workshop held by CTA on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for ACP agricultural and rural development.DocumentThe role of natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor
Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2000This paper examines the role played by agriculture and natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor.DocumentFood security and emergencies
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2003This paper addresses the continuing issue of food insecurity in Ethiopia.DocumentRights talk and rights practice: challenges for Southern Africa
Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003This research in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe looks at the practice of rights claiming on the ground, in the context of 'legal pluralism' and complex, politicised institutional settings. In the southern African context rights are formulated and claimed in a very unlevel playing field and are highly contested.DocumentHIV/AIDS: what are the implications for humanitarian action? A literature review
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2003This report reviews the growing literature on HIV/AIDS and food security, examines where emergency relief should be situated within the wider response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and considers how humanitarian aid agencies need to take HIV/AIDS into account in the programming of emergency aid.The report considers the complex relationships between HIV/AIDS and food security and that in order to capPages
