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  The many paths of cotton sector reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: lessons from a decade of experience

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2006

  Cotton is a rare economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), generating cash incomes for millions of smallholder households and allowing the continent to capture a rising share of world trade in the crop.
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  The role of gender in managing biodiversity and agriculture

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Genetic diversity is disappearing: 75 percent of today’s food comes from 12 plants and five animal species, and rice, maize and wheat contribute nearly 60 percent of the calories and proteins obtained by humans from plants. Conservation policies must recognise that men and women have different knowledge about plants and animals.
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  Reclaiming Women's Space at the Peace Table: the Peacebuilding Cyberdialogue as a Model of Using ICTs for Peacebuilding

  GenderIT, 2006

  In 2005 the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) and Isis Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (WICCE) collaborated to bring together women peacebuilders from 40 women's organizations in Nepal, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Uganda and Zimbabwe to participate in the 'Peacebuilding Cyberdialogue' - a 'real time global town hall meeting' using Internet chat with voice and video / visu
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  The economic divide and tuberculosis

  EMBO Reports, 2005

  This article, published in EMBO Reports, examines the links between social inequality, poverty and tuberculosis (TB). It traces the history of tuberculosis and notes that the differences between previous epidemics and the current situation include the global extent of the problem, density of human population, globalisation and extensive population movements, and the HIV epidemic.
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  Education access and retention for educationally marginalised children: innovations in social protection

  Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education, 2005

  This report looks at the effectiveness of social protection programmes for educationally marginalised children (EMC) in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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  Organic cotton can help small farmers in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Cotton is an important cash crop for African economies, but production methods often create problems for the farmers involved. Organic cotton may offer an alternative, particularly for small farmers, but there are many obstacles to expanding this market.
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  Skills development in sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2004

  This review assesses progress in the provision and financing of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for urban and rural non-farm employment in sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Financing secondary education in developing countries: strategies for sustainable growth

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2001

  While improvements have been made in increasing participation in primary schooling in developing countries, progress in increasing secondary participation has been disappointing.
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  Active but ignored: women and irrigation in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The productivity of irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa is poor. Failure to consult women can be a major reason for poor results. To fulfil the potential of irrigated production, both women and men must contribute to designing and developing small-scale systems that are easy to use.
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  Informal cross border food trade in southern Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This brief highlights the issue of trade barriers in southern Africa and its impact on informal cross boarder trade in the region. The report shows that while there may be surpluses in neighbouring countries, food deficit countries such as Zimbabwe continue to experience a high grain prices due to import/export restrictions.

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