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Plan of Action for People's Participation in Rural Development, FAO
People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1999DocumentPakistan's agriculture sector : is 3 to 4 percent annual growth sustainable?
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995For 25 years, agricultural growth has been a key source of the growth in Pakistan's GDP, but the momentum may be running out. Key problems include a crisis in irrigation and the government's overextended role in agriculture.DocumentLand tenure constraints associated with some recent experiments to bring formal education to nomadic Fulani in Nigeria
Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985This paper is based on a series of studies conducted by the author on the settlement problems, work roles and educational experiments among nomadic Fulani in Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna States, Nigeria, from 1982 to 1984.The first part of this paper describes the land tenure system in northern Nigeria and the way in which it affects pastoral nomads and plans for their settlement.DocumentSettlement schemes for herders in the sub humid tropics of West Africa: issues of land rights and ethnicity
Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985Attempts at settling or sedentarizing nomadic herders in semi-arid and arid regions have been largely unsuccessful, partly on account of the difficulty of restricting the movements of domestic livestock in areas where low and irregular rainfall lead to scant and unreliable sources of water and grazing.DocumentPromoting food security in Rwanda through sustainable agricultural productivity: meeting the challenges of population pressure, land degradation and poverty (MSU)
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999DocumentWhat makes a local organisation robust?: evidence from India and Nepal (ODI Natural Resource Perspectives)
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999The move towards decentralisation of resource control and management promises more efficient, equitable and sustainable resource use. Debate centres on what type of institutional arrangement in a given context is most appropriate and will lead to the fulfilment of the above ideal. Aspects of these arrangements include property rights structures as well as organisational structures.DocumentRural poverty in Ecuador : a qualitative assessment
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996This report aims to assess what poverty means to marginalized rural families, what kind of survival strategies families use in times of hardship, and what these families believe is needed to alleviate their poverty.DocumentAdjustment and poverty in Mexican agriculture: how farmers' wealth affects supply response
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995By and large, it appears that the goals of agricultural reform are being met in Mexico.DocumentPromoting economic growth in Sri Lanka: lessons from East Asia
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995Why, despite solid progress in human development and in the reduction of consumption poverty, has Sri Lanka's per capita income fallen far behind the dynamic East Asian economies?Pages