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    To cultivate or not? examining factors that influence jatropha agriculture in north east India

    South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, 2014
    India’s biofuel policy seeks to increase demand for biodiesel to 16.72 million tons by 2017 and encourages 20% blending of biodiesel with other fuels (Planning Commission, 2003). The main source for biodiesel is the plant jatropha, which is a relatively new crop in Indian agriculture (Raja et al., 2011; Aradhey, 2013).
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    Zimbabwe’s land reform: challenging the myths

    The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2011
    Most commentary on Zimbabwe’s land reform insists that agricultural production has almost totally collapsed, that food insecurity is rife, that rural economies are in precipitous decline, that political ‘cronies’ have taken over the land and that farm labour has all been displaced.
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    Final review of the project "Advancing REDD in the Kolo Hills Forests (ARKFOR)" implemented by African Wildlife Foundation and partners

    The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015
    Background The project “Advancing REDD in the Kolo Hills Forests” (ARKFor) was implemented  in  2010-14  by  the African wldlife foundation (AWF) and its partners CAMCO, Selian agricultural research institute (SARI) and Kondoa District council (KDC) in 21 villages surrounding the government owned Kolo Hills forests.
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    Recognising the diversity of smallholder farmers in Latin America: a new era in rural development

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    Smallholder farming is the predominant sector in the rural economy of Latin America where it is characterised by large heterogeneity and represents an important source of rural employment and food security.
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    Topic Guide: anticipating and responding to shocks: livelihoods and humanitarian responses

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    Development actors have often been accused of paying too little attention to crises. At the same time, those providing emergency relief, even when using the language of ‘livelihoods’, have tended to focus their attention on meeting immediate needs and have not always tried to understand the bigger picture demanded by livelihoods approaches.
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    Final review of the project "Making REDD+ and the Carbon Market Work for Communities and Forest Conservation in Tanzania" implemented by TFCG and Mjumita.

    The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015
    “Making REDD+ and  the  Carbon  Market  work  for  Communities  and  Forest  Conservation  in Tanzania” is a five-year  project  implemented  by Tanzania  Forest  Conservation  Group (TFCG)  in partnership  with  the  Tanzania community forest conservation network (MJUMITA).
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    Water governance in Botswana

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Botswana is water scarce, with endemic drought and varied rainfall. In order to meet increases in water demand efficiently and sustainably, greater policy coherence and implementation is needed. The government acknowledges the principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM), but this is largely rhetorical.
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    The political economy of pension reform: public opinion in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2015
    Countries around the world are facing important challenges to the sustainability of their pension systems. Changing policies, especially those of large scope and financial magnitude, is a political challenge. It takes a combination of willingness, capacity and enough political support to change the status quo and avoid costly subsequent reversals.
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    Afar Resilience Study

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015
    This paper has been prepared in conjunction with a project for resilience building in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia under the auspices of the Afar Region Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Food Security Coordination Office and the Agriculture Knowledge Learning Documentation and Policy Project (AKLDP), Ethiopia which is implemented by the Feinstein International Center, Tufts Univer
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    Who owns the world's land? A global baseline of formally recognized indigenous and community land rights

    2015
    In recent years, there has been growing attention and effort towards securing the formal, legal recognition of land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Communities and Indigenous Peoples are estimated to hold as much as 65 percent of the world’s land area under customary systems, yet many governments formally recognize their rights to only a fraction of those lands.

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