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    Food balance sheets and food consumption surveys: a comparison of methodologies and results

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 1998
    The most common and widely used data sets in the field of food consumption statistics are obtained through food balance sheets. They provide estimates of quantities available for human consumption in a country during a specified period. Information on food consumption or availability is also available from surveys of household consumption or expenditure.
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    Cropwat / Climwat

    Water Resources, Development and Management Service, FAO, 1999
    Cropwat software for irrigation planning and management, calculates reference evapotranspiration, crop water requirements, irrigation requirements, scheme water supply, to develop irrigation schedules under various management conditions and to evaluate rainfed production and drought effects.Plus Climwat, its database of climate data from 144 countries used for calculation of crop water requir
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    India's Position on Climate Change from Rio to Kyoto: A Policy Analysis

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
    Policy-making analysis of actors, structures, ideas, interests and powers behind the Indian government’s national position on climate change.
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    Theoretical Aspects of Forest Accounting

    Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1998
    Recent empirical studies have focused on national accounting issues related to forest resources, but none has systematically examined the issues from a theoretical perspective. Paper demonstrates that one should adjust the level of GDP upward for household consumption of nonmarket nontimber products and forest amenities.
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    Revisiting Grain Movement Control and Taxation in Ethiopia: A Policy Brief

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998
    The current sales tax collection system is affecting negatively the producers income, traders’ profit margins and consumers purchasing power.
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    Food Aid Targeting in Ethiopia: A Study of Household Food Insecurity and Food Aid Distributions

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998
    Examines food aid targeting efficiencies and the determinants of food aid distributions in rural Ethiopia during the 1995-96 agricultural year. It is based on survey data from a nationwide, randomly selected sample of 4,166 farm households. The findings and conclusions presented here are intended to help inform ongoing debate in the area of food aid targeting.
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    Multiple Uses of Common Pool Resources in Semi-Arid West Africa: A Survey of Existing Practices and Options for Sustainable Resource Management

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
    Common pool resources such as rangeland, forests, fallow fields and ponds provide an array of social and economic benefits for a wide variety of users in semi-arid west Africa. However, poor definition and enforcement of the institutional arrangements governing the use of these resources sometimes lead to social conflicts and resource degradation.
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    Encouraging Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Southern Africa in the Context of Agricultural Services Reform

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
    Summarises the results of six DFID funded country studies on encouraging sustainable agriculture in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. It emphasises the need for continuing government and donor support for sustainable increases in agricultural productivity which must underpin poverty alleviation.
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    Assessing the Need to Manage Conflict in Community-Based Natural Resource Projects

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
    Considers the role of ‘conflict management assessment’ in community-based natural resource projects. The importance of conducting an assessment of the potential for conflict and its management in relation to a project intervention is stressed, and an assessment framework described.
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    Participatory Biodiversity Conservation: Rethinking the Strategy in the Low Tourist Potential Areas of Tropical Africa

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
    Converting international interest in biodiversity conservation into a positive development strategy represents a major challenge for governments and the donor community. While defensive strategies in line with the ‘fines and fences’ approach are now widely rejected, attempts to provide positive incentives through alternative income generating strategies have not proven very effective.

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