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    Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    Gender issues in agriculture are prominent in today’s development agenda. This monograph makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural research, development, and extension (R.D&E) system.
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    Investing in agriculture in Burundi: improving food security and conditions for women farmers

    Make Trade Fair Campaign, Oxfam International, 2011
    Burundi has alarming levels of food insecurity for a country dependent on agriculture. The work of women farmers is at the core of agriculture in Burundi, but they have few rights and very limited access to resources. Investment in the primary sector is essential, and in order to contribute to the country's development, agricultural spending must be directed to where it is needed most.
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    Economics of the Arab awakening: from revolution to transformation and food security

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    Few observers would have predicted the recent dramatic changes in the Arab world. This policy brief provides some insights into the potential role of economics in the ongoing uprisings. Findings contain:
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    Beyond the Arab awakening: policies and investments for poverty reduction and food security

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
    It is argued that the Arab World has awakened, and it is time to take the next steps. This publication aims to inform and stimulate the debate on key policy priorities for poverty reduction and food security in light of the Arab Awakening. The report demonstrates the following findings:
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    The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus: Solutions for the Green Economy

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011
    This paper for the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference presents initial evidence for how a nexus approach can enhance water, energy and food security in a green economy by increasing efficiency, reducing trade-offs, and building synergies across sectors. It also underpins the policy recommendations, which are detailed in a separate paper.
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    Climate variability and change in the Himalayas: Community perceptions and responses

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011
    This study, published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, investigates how climate and socio-economic change is affecting the livelihoods of the mountain peoples of the Himalayas.
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    The future research agenda for ICTs, climate change and development

    Centre for Development Informatics, 2011
    A more holistic and flexible development approach is required to support the agency of people adapting to climate change. Since climate change adds another layer of complexity to development challenges, interventions must, at all stages, consider the ways in which people might engage with them in a range of possible future climate scenarios.
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    Food Poverty and Consequent Vulnerability of Children: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Minorities and Monga-Affected Households in Bangladesh

    2010
    Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the south-eastern part (referred to as the SOUTH), comprise approximately 1 % of the total population. A large portion of these minority people live below the poverty line. Child poverty is known to be extensive in this group.
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    Land Rights and the Rush for Land: Findings of the Global Commercial Pressures on Land Research Project

    International Land Coalition, 2011
    This report is the culmination of a three-year research project that brought together forty members and partners of ILC to examine the characteristics, drivers and impacts and trends of rapidly increasing commercial pressures on land.The report strongly urges models of investment that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions, but rather work together with local land users, respecting their lan
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    Participatory plant breeding and gender analysis

    Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program, CGIAR, 2003
    This paper aims to analyse methods and approaches currently used within participatory plant breeding (PPB) with respect to gender issues and to draw out the implications of researchers’ experience with Gender Analysis (GA) and user involvement. It oultlines what more might be done in order to achieve  broader impacts and to capitalise on what has been achieved to date.

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