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  The economics of generating and maintaining plant variety rights in China

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper empirically examines the pattern of plant variety protection (PVP) applications in China since its PVP laws were first introduced in 1997.
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  Wildlife management and land reform in Southeastern Zimbabwe: a compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms?

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  Is land reform compatible with wildlife management? Zimbabwe is seeking to combine the redistribution of large, 'under-utilised' landholdings to smallholders, with wildlife management, which needs extensive land holdings to be viable.
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  HIV/AIDS, food security and rural livelihoods: understanding and responding

  Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, 2003

  This working paper is published by the Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL). It describes key concepts which it argues need to be understood by agricultural, food, and nutrition-relevant organisations attempting to respond to HIV and AIDS effectively.
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  Foreign assistance: sustained efforts needed to help Southern Africa recover from food crisis

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  This paper documents research on the Southern African food crisis and assesses:factors that contributed to the crisishow well the populations' needs were metobstacles to the food aid effort, andthe challenges to recovery from the crisisThe main findings of the research are that:multiple factors including erratic weather, poorly functioning agricultural sectors ,
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  Land policies for growth and poverty reduction

  World Bank, 2003

  This report sets out the results and key insights from recent research on land policy and analysis of specific interventions relating to land.
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  Livelihood transformation in semi-arid Africa 1960-2000: proceedings of a workshop

  Drylands Research, 2003

  This paper reports on a workshop held to present results of research on livelihood transformations in four African countries (Kenya, Senegal, Niger and Nigeria) looking at long-term change and farmer investments in natural resource-based livelihoods, which focussed on district-level studies (Makueni District in Kenya, Diourbel Region in Senegal, Maradi Department in Niger and the Kano region (mai
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  Genetically modified crops and sustainable poverty alleviation in Sub Saharan Africa: an assessment of current evidence

  Third World Network Africa, 2003

  This paper recasts the debate over biotechnology by empirically evaluating current experiences with genetically modified crops in Africa. The debate is moved from hypothetical risks, to actual results.
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  Addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on Ministries of Agriculture: focus on eastern and southern Africa

  FAO HIV/AIDS and Agriculture, 2003

  This paper examines the relevance of HIV/AIDS for Ministries of Agriculture (MoAs) and their work in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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  Fractal poverty traps: implications for poverty reduction strategies in Kenya

  Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2003

  This paper exercises the notion of “fractal poverty traps” to explore appropriate poverty reduction strategies for rural Kenya. Priorities from the Kenya Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper are compared with those emanating from district dialogues and village-level priorities.
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  Strategies to increase agricultural productivity and reduce land degradation: evidence from Uganda

  Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2002

  This paper estimates a structural econometric model of household decisions regarding livelihood strategies, participation in organizations and technical assistance programs, crop choices, land management, and labour use, and their implications for agricultural productivity and land degradation; based upon a survey of over 450 households and their farm plots in central and southern Uganda.

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