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  Child labour in the tea sector in Malawi: a pilot study

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2003

  This report provides an overview of exisiting knowledge of child labour practices in the Malawi tea sector and explores the needs and priorities for further research.The findings of the paper include:there is clear evidence that child labour does exist in the tea sector in Malawi, contrary to the opinion of the Tea Association of Malawi and the most dominant tea sector owner in Malawi
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  Growth, development and land-use in a simple agrarian economy with endogenous population

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2003

  This paper analyses the relation between demographic transformation, agricultural transformation and land-use pressure within a simple agrarian economy, where population is treated both as a cause and consequence of economic changes.Conclusions of the paper include:population growth and food production are interrelated through two production activitiesagricultural land and labour ar
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  The role of social relations in farmer seed systems and reconstruction of agricultural production in a post-disaster situation

  LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004

  This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often seed relief programmes are based on the assumption that farmers themselves are not able to rehabilitate their seeds in times of crisis.
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  Fighting poverty through agriculture: Norwegian plan of action for agriculture in Norwegian development policy

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  Under this Norwegian strategy, development assistance for agricultural development will be scaled up considerably. The plan sets out 50 measures for promoting agricultural development in developing countries.It takes a holistic approach in which agricultural development is part of a broader strategy for private sector development that considers the entire production chain from field to table.
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  Non-farm income, household welfare, and sustainable land management in a less-favoured area in the Ethiopian highlands

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This study looks at the impact of improved access to non-farm income on household welfare, agricultural production, conservation investments and land degradation in form of soil erosion.The results indicate that access to low-wage off-farm income is restricted by lack of employment opportunities since households otherwise would have engaged in more off-farm wage employment than observed.Main
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  Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: can it work?

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Ethiopia.The paper concludes that FFW projects have the potential of contributing to long term development in economies characterised by imperfect markets.
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  Improving forage value of degraded pastures in Central America

  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2003

  This brief paper outlines the aim of a collaborative project seeking to achieve a better understanding of the factors that determine forage yield and value of pastures in Central America.The expansion of pastures is Central America has not been accompanied with sustainable management of pastures or the use of more suitable alternatives for the deforested land.The impact of pasture degradatio
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  The Mepanda Unkua Project: a planned regulation of the Zambezi River in Mozambique

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2003

  This report examines the potential social and environmental consequences of the proposed Mepanda Unkua Project, a large scale dam planned on the Zambezi River in the Province of Tete in Mozambique.
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  Poverty, institutions, peasant band conservation investment in Northern Ethiopia

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This PhD thesis provides an econometric analysis of various aspects of the rural economy in Northern Ethiopia.The thesis consists of five papers:an in-depth analysis of poverty, its distribution, dynamics and its correlates within the framework of the role of economic reforms on poverty reduction in a remote, unstable and environmentally troubled regionlooks at the issue of the effi
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  Agriculture: a way out of poverty

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2003

  This paper reviews the cooperation efforts of Norway and the international community in the agricultural sector, looking at future poverty reduction strategies in the sector and specific recommendations to the Norwegian Ministry.The paper recommends a significant reorientation of Norway’s bilateral and multilateral development assistance in the next few years with the policy objective to increa

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