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Poverty Reduction Strategies and the rural productive sectors: insights from Malawi, Nicaragua and Vietnam
Overseas Development Institute, 2005This paper looks at the treatment of rural productive sectors in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) for three countries, focussing particularly on agriculture and to a lesser degree forestry, fisheries and tourism.DocumentProspects for sustainable tree crop development in sub-Saharan Africa
Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2004This paper from the Natural Resources Institute identifies key issues for the development of the tree crop sector and particularly those affecting smallholder production. It examines the conditions under which these crops are produced and the constraints that can arise, and further reviews the impact of policy, especially the effects of liberalisation.DocumentGrowth and poverty reduction: the role of agriculture
Department for International Development, UK, 2005Agriculture has become a key sector for the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) efforts to reduce global poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This DFID Policy Paper is intended to guide DFID's future international and country-based policy and programmes with regard to agriculture, also extending into other related areas and sectors.DocumentRevaluing peasant coffee production: organic and fair trade markets in Mexico
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2005The emergence of significant new markets for organic and “fairly traded” products has been hailed as an important part of the effort to address the chronic poverty suffered by many small-scale coffee producers in the developing world.DocumentHow can markets respond better to the 2005/06 food crisis: evidence from Zambia
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005Despite massive financial contributions towards poverty alleviation, the frequency and severity of sub-Saharan food crises appear to be increasing. Why is this?DocumentFinancial vulnerability of maize growers in Uganda: an evaluation of poverty reduction efforts through economic liberalization policies
Eldis Document Store, 2005Cultivating maize in Uganda is a silent loss-making farming venture.DocumentMacroeconomic policy choices for growth and poverty reduction: access to land, growth and poverty reduction in Malawi
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005Malawi has pursued an agricultural-led development strategy since independence in 1964. This was a dual strategy which promoted estate agriculture for export earnings on the one hand, and smallholder agriculture for food security and subsistence needs.DocumentSupporting land reform in South Africa: participatory planning experience in the Northern Cape Province
Farm Africa, 2005This paper documents a participatory approach for supporting black South Africans in developing knowledge and skills to use land, acquired under the land reform scheme, more effectively.DocumentKey experiences of land reform in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa
Farm Africa, 2005Since 1994, the South African government has embarked on an ambitious land reform programme to redistribute and return land to previously disenfranchised communities. However, many black people lack the knowledge, skills and experience needed to manage their land.DocumentBuilding on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge: a training manual
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006This training manual focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and relationships, the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity, plant and animal genetic resources, and food security. Its aim is to promote a holistic understanding of these components.Pages