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    Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
    The paper provides an overview of the sustainable livelihoods approach, how it can be applied to agricultural research, and describes detailed methods and results from five case studies: modern rice varieties in Bangladesh polyculture fishponds and vegetable gardens in Bangladesh soil fertility management practices in Kenya hybrid maize in Zimbab
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    Forests, food security and sustainable livelihoods

    Unasylva, FAO, 2000
    Unasylva issue looking at different perpectives on issues of physical and economic access to food for forest dependent peoples. Articles are structured as a series of case studies from around the world to analyse the linkages between food security and problems such as degradation and deforestation.
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    Supporting pastoral associations in Wajir: a manual for development practitioners

    Oxfam, 2000
    This manual was written in order to capture the wide body of knowledge and experience on development of Pastoral Associations which has emerged in Wajir (Kenya).This manual aims to:serve as a comprehensive ‘one stop’ reference on practical aspects of assisting PA formation and working with PAsshare experience and best practice for use by development practitioners in Wajir and other
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    Exploring understandings of institutions and uncertainty: new directions in natural resource management

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
    The paper examines the nexus between institutions and uncertainty in natural resources management contexts.It argues that conventional understandings of institutions fail to focus on how they deal with the ever-increasing forms of uncertainty impinging on rural livelihoods.
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    Ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods

    Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
    Explores the actual and potential contribution ethical trade can make to the achievement of sustainable rural livelihoods. Summary report includes a description of ethical trade (Section 2), followed by an analysis of the building blocks and trade-offs that affect participation in ethical trade (Section 3).
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    Making less last longer: informal safety nets in Malawi

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
    Examines role of informal safety nets in providing protection against livelihood shocks.Summarises state of knowledge on informal safety nets by reviewing available literature and also reporting on household survey carried out in Malawi in 1999.Key finding is that informal transfers, either between rich and poor or the poor themselves, appear to be declining over time, partly as a general co
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    The contribution of soil and water conservation to sustainable livelihoods in semi-arid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Overseas Development Institute, 2000
    Discusses the role of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices in sustainable livelihoods and presents preliminary findings from case studies conducted in Tanzania and Uganda. Describes the conditions under which households choose to invest in building or maintaining SWC practices within the framework of local livelihood strategies, together with the policies and structures which influence t
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    Reconciling Interests Among Wildlife, Livestock And People In Eastern Africa: ASustainable Livelihoods Approach

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
    From the perspective of local livelihoods this paper explores the complex interactions between wildlife, livestock and people, and options for integrated wildlife and livestock management in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Africa.
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    Better livelihoods for poor people

    Khanya - Managing Rural Change CC, 2000
    Participants were grouped to relate the findings to clusters approximating to their work situations. Three were identified:Water issues: Capacity-building initiatives should respond to the overallv restructuring process.
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    Agricultural Biodiversity and Livelihoods: issues and entry points

    Overseas Development Institute, 1999
    This report reviews policy issues related to the maintenance of biodiversity in agricultural production, focusing on the effects on poor farmers.

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