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  Peru: Marenass is our project: management of natural resources in the southern highlands (Marenass)

  Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2003

  This document presents the key findings of an evaluation of a rural development project which focuses on the management of productive natural resources to overcome poverty in the Andean communities of the southern highlands of Peru.Characteristics of the project include:the transfer of decision-making and responsibility for planning and financial resources to the communitiesprivatis
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  Nepal: breaking new ground: leasehold forestry in Nepal: hills leasehold forestry and forage development project

  Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2003

  This document presents the results of an evaluation of an IFAD project aimed at preventing land degradation in Nepal. The project is based on leasehold forestry, an innovative approach introduced by IFAD in the early 1990s. It works by providing forty-year leases to groups of households and giving them user rights over plots of degraded forest land.
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  Haiti: participation: from words to action: small-scale irrigation schemes rehabilitation project

  Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2003

  This document presents the findings of the evaluation of an IFAD seven-year project in Haiti. The project carried out rehabilitation work on the irrigation schemes attached to small plots of land, put in place local structures for management and maintenance and upgraded rural production techniques.
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  Guinea: striving for sustainability and equity: smallholder development project in the forest region

  Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2003

  This document summarises the key findings of the evaluation of a seven-year IFAD project in the forest region of Guinea.
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  Bangladesh: Boosting food security for poor farmers: Netrakona integrated agricultural production and water management project

  Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2004

  This document presents the key findings of the evaluation of an integrated agricultural production and water management project implemented by IFAD in Netrakona district, in northern Bangladesh.
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  Wild resources theme paper (sustainable livelihoods)

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2001

  This paper provides background information on access to natural resources in Southern Africa. Case studies are used from Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa, to explore customary rights and de facto access to a wide range of wild resources, in particular those of greatest importance to the rural poor.
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  Agriculture and poverty reduction: unlocking the potential

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This policy paper presents DfID's approach to agriculture in its work.
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  Farm-level timber production: orienting farmers towards the market

  Unasylva, FAO, 2003

  This article explores the potential of farm-level timber production, specifically in non-contracted or open-market situations where farmers produce timber as one component (segregated or integrated) of their farm enterprise and search for markets in an ad hoc manner.
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  Land theme paper (sustainable livelihoods)

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  This paper examines the challenges of institutional, organisational and policy reform around land in Southern Africa. It analyses the land situation in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and identifies key issues for further research in each of these countries. Findings include:
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.

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