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  The case for bushmeat as a component of development policy: issues and challenges

  Policy and Environment Programme, ODI, 2003

  This paper makes a case for bushmeat as a topic of interest to development policy.
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  HIV/AIDS, food security and rural livelihoods: understanding and responding

  Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, 2003

  This working paper is published by the Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL). It describes key concepts which it argues need to be understood by agricultural, food, and nutrition-relevant organisations attempting to respond to HIV and AIDS effectively.
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  Changing rural-urban interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa and their impact on livelihoods: a summary

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002

  This paper argues that trends in flows of people, goods, money and information, and patterns of occupational diversification reflect a dynamic process of economic, social and cultural transformation in Sub Saharan Africa which needs to be better understood.
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  Livelihood transformation in semi-arid Africa 1960-2000: proceedings of a workshop

  Drylands Research, 2003

  This paper reports on a workshop held to present results of research on livelihood transformations in four African countries (Kenya, Senegal, Niger and Nigeria) looking at long-term change and farmer investments in natural resource-based livelihoods, which focussed on district-level studies (Makueni District in Kenya, Diourbel Region in Senegal, Maradi Department in Niger and the Kano region (mai
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  Nothing to fall back on: why Ethiopians are still short of food and cash

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This report assesses the reasons behind Ethiopia’s poverty and ways in which governments and donors can overcome it. Reasons for Ethiopia’s vulnerability to drought, acute malnutrition and starvation include:
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  Sustainable rural livelihoods: practical concepts for the 21st century

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1991

  Working on the premise that in the 21st century there may be two or three times the human population than at the time of writing, this paper explores the concept of sustainable livelihoods.
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  Fuel substitution: poverty impacts on biomass fuel suppliers

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This paper reports on a project to determine the full livelihood and poverty impacts of fuel substitution. The paper makes recommendations to policy makers on how negative impacts can be mitigated.The project focused on traditional fuel suppliers in Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Kampala in order to identify and characterise the traditional fuel supply sector from a livelihood point of view.
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  Draught animals in the livelihoods of mixed smallholder farmers in North Wollo, Ethiopia

  Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh, 2002

  This paper assesses the extent to which draught oxen contribute to food security and improved livelihoods in the smallholder mixed farming systems of highland Ethiopia. Whilst the paper asserts that draught oxen improve the livelihoods of those that own them for other families without or with insufficient draught power the scenario is not so heartening.
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  The impact of land reform on commercial farm workers' livelihoods

  Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 2001

  This study examines the situation of farm workers on five commercial farms in Mashonaland East and West, Zimbabwe, in March 2001.The paper finds that:farm workers’ livelihoods are inextricably linked with the fate of the farm itselfalmost all of the workers’ food and cash income comes from activities on the farm, their houses are on the farms and they pay relatively low or subsidise
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  Hands not land: how livelihoods are changing in rural Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002

  This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UKThis book is an overview of research papers that examine the life and livelihoods of people living in rural Bangladesh.

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