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  Implementing the human right to food: domestic obligations and the international trade in agriculture

  Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2003

  This paper reports on a workshop held in September 2003 in Cancun, Mexico.
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  Agriculture for peace: promoting agricultural development in support of peace

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2004

  This report considers the circumstances under which poor agricultural performance might fuel violent conflict, and how robust agricultural development can contribute to peace and security, especially in countries prone to civil war.
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  State transfers to the poor and back: the case of the food for work programme in Andhra Pradesh

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper discusses the shortcomings of the Food for Work programme in Andhra Pradesh to provide employment to drought-affected poor people.
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  Governing the GM crop revolution: policy choices for developing countries

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  This paper introduces a system for classifying policy choices toward GM crops in the areas of intellectual property rights, food safety, biosafety, trade, and public research investment.
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  Food aid and livelihoods in emergency situations: strategies for the World Food Programme

  United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2003

  This paper by the World Food Programme (WFP) was prepared to establish a policy statement on livelihoods-focussed response in emergency situations.The paper particularly highlights:that supporting livelihoods requires an understanding of the assets, capabilities and activities that men and women use to ensure their means of livingin emergencies, analysing the impact of the crisis on
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  The role of social relations in farmer seed systems and reconstruction of agricultural production in a post-disaster situation

  LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004

  This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often seed relief programmes are based on the assumption that farmers themselves are not able to rehabilitate their seeds in times of crisis.
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  Facing the challenge of an HIV/AIDS epidemic: agricultural extension services in sub-Saharan Africa

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003

  The role of agricultural extension services is to develop rural human resources with an aim to increase food production. However, the survival of the entire agricultural sector is threatened by the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. This FAO authored paper explores the links between the epidemic and the survival of the farming population in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Food security: opportunities and responsibilities: or the illusion of the exclusive actor

  Centre for Development Studies, University of Groningen (RUG), 2003

  Reviewing experiences with and learning from the Green Revolution and Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), this report demonstrates how 'the illusion of the exclusive actor' is the most important reason for the stagnation of food production in Africa.The report concludes that opportunities for increased food security and sustainable agricultural development depend on useful interactions bet
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  GM food aid: Africa denied choice again?

  Earthlife Africa, 2004

  This publication by the Africa Center for Biosafety, Earthlife Africa, Environmental Rights Action - Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Grain and SafeAge makes the case that non-GM food aid is both possible and desirable.
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  Agriculture in the city: a key to sustainability in Havana, Cuba

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This book presents the results of a three year research project on the history and state of urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba. A multidisciplinary team of 15 professionals, coordinated by the authors, assess the long-term potential for including urban agriculture in the local economy of two areas of Havana, as well as in city-wide environmental management programs.

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