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    Legislator and livestock: a comparative analysis of pastoralist parliamentary groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2005
    This final report synthesises the findings of three case studies carried out under the NRI/PENHA research project on Pastoralist Parliamentary Groups (PPGs) in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.Several methodological and substantive issues of importance in analysing the role of the PPGs are identified:uncertainties involved in reconstructing the often controversial histories of the groupsl
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    Urban agriculture in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

    Eldis Document Store, 2006
    Gaza is characterised by a rapid increase of population and expansion of cities and refugee camps. Large-scale, export-oriented agricultural production has reached its limits of land-use availability and, at the same time, is confronted with the socio-economic demands related to food insecurity and the need for income generation.
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    State intervention for food price stabilisation in Africa: can it work?

    Programme of Advisory and Support Services to DFID, 2005
    This paper discusses the options for the stabilisation of the prices of staple foods principally in Eastern and Southern Africa. It addresses three broad questions: Why is the stabilisation of food prices desirable? What is technically feasible?
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    Status of food security and prospects for agricultural development in Africa

    African Union, 2005
    This review of the African agriculture sector reveals the unchallenged prominence of the sector in the economies of most African countries, in terms of its contribution to GDP, export earnings and employment. Accelerating agricultural growth in African countries is crucial not only for achieving food security and reducing hunger but also for generating employment and trade.
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    Poverty Reduction Strategies and the rural productive sectors: insights from Malawi, Nicaragua and Vietnam

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    This paper looks at the treatment of rural productive sectors in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) for three countries, focussing particularly on agriculture and to a lesser degree forestry, fisheries and tourism.
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    Prospects for sustainable tree crop development in sub-Saharan Africa

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2004
    This paper from the Natural Resources Institute identifies key issues for the development of the tree crop sector and particularly those affecting smallholder production. It examines the conditions under which these crops are produced and the constraints that can arise, and further reviews the impact of policy, especially the effects of liberalisation.
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    Migration and home gardens in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India

    Journal of Ecological Anthropology, 2005
    Based on household surveys conducted in 37 villages in northeast India, this paper compares home garden productivity and economic return among residents and immigrants of different ethnic groups. It explores the hypothesis that residents had an advantage over immigrants in maximising gains from home gardens resources.
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    Who gains from sugar quotas?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    This report examines the impact of the impending reform of the EU sugar regime.
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    Revaluing peasant coffee production: organic and fair trade markets in Mexico

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2005
    The emergence of significant new markets for organic and “fairly traded” products has been hailed as an important part of the effort to address the chronic poverty suffered by many small-scale coffee producers in the developing world.
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    Helping small farmers think about better growing and marketing

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
    Small farmers can benefit from understanding farming as a business and, as a result, improve their livelihoods through the identification of viable and profitable enterprises.

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