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  Vouchers versus grants: evidence from Malawi’s starter pack program

  African Studies Quarterly, 2003

  This report assesses the impact of a test program designed to increase the productivity and improve the food security of Malawian smallholders. The program, entitled the “starter pack program,” was initiated by Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with donor agencies.
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  The enabling environment for agricultural technology in sub-Saharan Africa and the potential role of donors

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2003

  This paper looks at three interrelated elements of agricultural technology in sub-Saharan Africa: regulation, public agricultural research and enterprise development.The paper argues that improving agricultural technology development in Africa requires strengthening of the enabling environment, including policies, public institutions and regulations.
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  A development perspective on EU trade policies and their implications for Central and Eastern European countries

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2003

  This paper discusses the issue of adjustment in the EU and evaluates the EU track record in key industries of interest to developing countries. It also evaluates the EU commitment to environmentally sustainable policies and reviews the various EU technical regulations or social policies against the above two perspectives.
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  Ending the cycle of famine in Ethiopia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper looks at the issue of poverty and food shortage in Ethiopia and questions why this continues to be a burgeoning issue when Ethiopia has increased its food production by 70% since the 1980s.Reasons for poverty and food insecurity in Ethiopia include:Vulnerability: subsistence agriculture is vulnerable to shortages of water and poor irrigation.
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  Poverty-reducing effects of agricultural development in Tanzania

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2002

  This paper reports on a study designed to analyse the causes of agricultural development in selected areas of Tanzania, and to document the extent to which this development has led to poverty reduction.The paper asks what are the mechanisms which have ensured that the poor have taken part in this development?
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  Hands not land: how livelihoods are changing in rural Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002

  This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UKThis book is an overview of research papers that examine the life and livelihoods of people living in rural Bangladesh.
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  Agricultural employment in Namibia: not the engine of wage employment growth

  Institute of Public Policy Research, Namibia, 2003

  This paper examines trends in national agricultural employment between 1991 and 2000 using official government statistics.
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  Overview of smallholder contract farming in developing countries

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2003

  Contract farming can bring potential benefits to smallholders by providing access to new markets and by providing opportunities for employing underutilised resources, particularly labour.
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  Agricultural intensification by smallholders in the Western Brazilian Amazon: from deforestation to sustainable land use

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002

  Focusing on smallholders’ decision making, this report presents trade-offs among the key development objectives - environmental sustainability, economic growth, and poverty alleviation - affecting forest use in two settlements in the western Brazilian Amazon.
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  IPRs, biotechnology and food security

  Gapresearch.org, IDS, 2002

  This paper examines the development and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) at the international and national level and the impacts of IPRs on biotechnology, agricultural practices and food security concerns in the context of globalisation.

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