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    Poverty, institutions, peasant band conservation investment in Northern Ethiopia

    Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003
    This PhD thesis provides an econometric analysis of various aspects of the rural economy in Northern Ethiopia.The thesis consists of five papers:an in-depth analysis of poverty, its distribution, dynamics and its correlates within the framework of the role of economic reforms on poverty reduction in a remote, unstable and environmentally troubled regionlooks at the issue of the effi
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    The maze of maize: improving input and output market access for poor smallholders in southern African region: the experience of Zambia and Malawi

    Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003
    This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises.The study differentiates causes of the crisis (the maize harvest shortfall in 2001, as well as to why the shortfall caused a food emergency) between: immediate causes, such as reduced plantings due to low food prices the p
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    Farming assets in North Wälo: statistics, maps and impressions from a travel to North Wälo, October 2000

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002
    The report is based on information collected in the aftermath of the 1999 famine. It presents some basic information on North Wälo, as well as relevant impressions from the authors journey. Statistics from the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission show that all of North Wälo is exposed to famine, but the picture varies much from year to year.
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    Operationalising the right to food in Africa

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2001
    This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia).
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    Livelihood security among pastoralists in Northern Sudan: post-hunger development in a country at war

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2000
    This paper focuses on the Hawaweer, a nomadic pastoralist group inhabiting the Northern part of Sudan. The Hawaweer were forced to migrate in the mid-eighties because of drought and hunger.

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