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    Private standards, small farmers and donor policy: EUREPGAP in Kenya

    J. Humphrey / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    Food safety has moved up the policy agenda in industrialised countries in recent years. Governments have tightened both product and process standards, and businesses have had to respond to ever more stringent public food safety standards and the need to maintain consumer confidence.
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    Quick money and power: tomatoes and livelihood building in rural Brong Ahafo, Ghana

    C. Okali, J. Sumberg / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    This paper uses the example of small-scale, labour-intensive tomato production in Brong Ahafo, Ghana to explore the prospects some dynamics of young people’s engagement with the agrifood sector in Africa.
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    Who wants to farm? Youth aspirations, opportunities and rising food prices

    J. Leavy, N. Hossain / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    In an era of land grabs and environmental uncertainty, improving smallholder productivity has become a higher priority on the poverty and food security agenda in development, focusing attention on the next generation of farmers.
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    Governing modern agricultural biotechnology in Kenya: implications for food security

    H. Odame, P. Kameri-Mbote, D. Wafula / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This report reviews governance issues of modern biotechnology. The study used two case studies of transgenic sweet potato and Bt maize to examine how governance issues influence household and national food security in the country.
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    Introduction: the young people and agriculture ‘problem’ in Africa

    J. Sumberg / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    This article argues that policy framing and policy responses to the ‘problem’ of young people and agriculture in Africa are hampered by a lack of research and evidence that is theoretically and historically informed, conceptually sound and context sensitive. The result is policy that is good intentioned, but unlikely to address the underlying social or agricultural concerns.
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    Is nutrition losing out in African agricultural policies? Evidence from Nigeria

    E. Robinson, J. Humphrey / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    Agricultural policies in many African countries focus on industrialising food value chains and substituting domestic products for imported ones. Yet experience in Nigeria shows that, by focusing on staple crops and neglecting vegetables, pulses and animal proteins, these policies are missing opportunities to address micronutrient undernutrition.
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    Reviving Zimbabwe’s agriculture: the role of China and Brazil

    L. Mukwereza / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    From 2000, after Zimbabwe embarked on a major land reform programme, the country was isolated economically and diplomatically by the Western countries. Agricultural financing dried up, and traditional Western donors only provided humanitarian assistance to communal farmers and refused to support any programmes in newly resettled areas.
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    The politics of seed in Africa's green revolution: alternative narratives and competing pathways

    I. Scoones, J. Thompson / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011
    As calls for a ‘uniquely African green revolution’ gain momentum, a focus on seeds and seed systems is rising up the agricultural policy agenda. Much of the debate stresses the technological or market dimensions, with substantial investments being made in seed improvement and the development of both public and private sector delivery systems.
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    ‘They call me warrior’: the legacy of conflict and the struggle to end sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone

    E. Mills, Z. Nesbitt-Ahmed, J. Diggins, T.D. Mackieu / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Sierra Leone has been the focus of considerable public and policy attention because of the recent Ebola epidemic and, before that, the decade-long civil war, with multiple forms of violence permeating people’s lives.
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    Ekoi and Etem in Karamoja - A study of decision-making in a post-conflict society

    Karamoja Action Research Team, P. Scott-Villiers / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    This book presents the findings of a nine-month action research process in Karamoja.

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