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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Food security, Norway

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  Looking a gift horse in the mouth: the case of Zambia’s refusal to accept american food aid

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the example of Zambia's refusal of American GM maize as food aid in 2002 to illustrate this point. It discusses:
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  More and Better

  International campaign for food, agriculture and rural development aid to eradicate hunger and poverty.
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  Missungwi income and food security project: final report of the mid-term evaluation

  CARE International, 2004

  This report presents the findings of the mid-term review of the Missungwi Income and Food Security (MIFOSE) project, in Tanzania.
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  Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia: a bioeconomic model with market imperfections

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This research in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in a resource-constrained agricultural area. It uses a bioeconomic model to address how alternative policy options can affect poverty and land degradation.
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  Human rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa

  Institute of Women's Law, University of Oslo, 2005

  Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report sets out a human rights-based approach (HRBA) for gender-equal and non-discriminatory land reform.
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  Gender, HIV/AIDS and food security: linkage and integration into development interventions

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at the links between gender and HIV/AIDS and food security.
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  Livestock production: the twenty first century's food revolution

  Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2004

  This paper discusses the donor community's role in securing a poverty oriented commercialisation of livestock production in the developing world.The author notes that the global food market is undergoing major changes, especially in the developing world.
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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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  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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