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  Attitudes towards water quality and water use practices in low income areas in Lusaka

  Population Services International, 1999

  This study examines perceptions of water quality, methods of water storage and water use, and awareness and practice of water purification in two low-income neighborhoods of Lusaka, Zambia.
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  Agriculture, food and water

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This report looks at past, present and future water demand in food production and food security.The paper addresses questions such as: what is the status of food production in the world? How can it be made more efficient without compromising the environment? What are the contributions from rain fed and irrigated agriculture and from fisheries? What role does the market play?
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  The biotech developmental state?: investigating the Chinese gene revolution

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper looks at how and why China has pursued research on agricultural biotechnology within the public sector, in contrast with other parts of the world where the private sector has been dominant. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of science-policy networks in promoting a biotechnology discourse.
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  Underinvestment in agricultural research and development revisited

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2003

  This paper looks at the factors influencing the relatively low public agricultural research and development (R&D) investment in developing countries, and suggests ways in which more investment can be achieved.The paper presents a stylized model of the economic selection of agricultural R&D projects.
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  Financing of agricultural marketing: case studies from Asia

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This study looks at how traders of grains and horticultural produce in Asia finance their activities and how they use that finance.
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  Effects of North American Free Trade Agreement on agriculture and the rural economy

  Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, USDA Economics and Statistics System, 2002

  This report evaluates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on U.S. agriculture and the rural economy. The report begins with a broad overview of the impact of NAFTA on U.S. agriculture, and follows with a more detailed account of the effects on a number of commodities.Findings include:U.S.
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  Gender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003

  With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia.
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  The profits of famine: Southern Africa's long decade of hunger

  Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2002

  This article explores the causes of famine and chronic malnutrition in Southern Africa.
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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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  Agriculture: a way out of poverty

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2003

  This paper reviews the cooperation efforts of Norway and the international community in the agricultural sector, looking at future poverty reduction strategies in the sector and specific recommendations to the Norwegian Ministry.The paper recommends a significant reorientation of Norway’s bilateral and multilateral development assistance in the next few years with the policy objective to increa

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