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  Land reform and its impact on livelihoods: evidence from eight land reform groups in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa

  Farm Africa, 2005

  One of the key objectives of the South African land reform programme is to provide poor people with an additional asset that they could use to develop strategies to escape from poverty.
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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on seed security in southern Mozambique

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  Mozambican farmers in the semi-arid Limpopo Basin are dependant on own-saved seed, and informal seed exchanges with other farmers for their planting requirements. Seeds are managed by women, and the traditional knowledge associated with seed management rests with them. Male migration has increased sexual networking, heightening the risk of HIV transmission.
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  The international trends in plant variety protection

  Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2005

  This paper looks at international trends in Plant Variety Protection (PVP), a form of intellectual property rights for plant varieties. The Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement of the World Trade Organization promotes the standardisation of plant variety protection regimes with common levels of protection for all countries.
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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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  Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: are we asking the right questions?

  Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, Kenya, 2004

  This paper sheds new light on the relationship between the global loss of biodiversity and agricultural productivity.
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  Effects of climate change on the sustainability of capture and enhancement fisheries important to the poor: analysis of the vulnerability and adaptability of fisherfolk living in poverty

  Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004

  Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities have seldom been investigated.
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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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  Productivity growth for poverty reduction: an approach to agriculture

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  Agriculture is a vital building block for development and poverty reduction, even though the historically poor performance of agriculture has led to many doubts of its relevance. This DFID document lays out the principles and priorities for agricultural development strategies.
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  Application and promotion of FMSP Participatory Fisheries Stock Assessment (ParFish)

  Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004

  This paper provides Participatory Fisheries Stock Assessment (ParFish) guidelines on an approach to fisheries stock assessment that is particularly suitable for small-scale fisheries and co-managed fisheries, as it:does not require data recorded over long time seriesencourages the participation of fishersallows a rapid assessmentThe methodology combines a number of differen
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  Farm subsidies: a problem for Africa too

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  Supporting European farmers through agricultural subsidies has negative impacts on African agricultural development. But what about subsidising African agriculture too?

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