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  Social capital and connectedness: issues and implications for agriculture, rural development and natural resource management in ACP countries

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This paper explores the role of social capital in the management of natural resources.
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  African water development report

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  The African Water Development Report (AWDR) presents status reports prepared by African countries around eleven themes related to water, selected in consonance with the World Water Development Report (WWDR).
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  Non-farm income, household welfare, and sustainable land management in a less-favoured area in the Ethiopian highlands

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This study looks at the impact of improved access to non-farm income on household welfare, agricultural production, conservation investments and land degradation in form of soil erosion.The results indicate that access to low-wage off-farm income is restricted by lack of employment opportunities since households otherwise would have engaged in more off-farm wage employment than observed.Main
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  Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: can it work?

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Ethiopia.The paper concludes that FFW projects have the potential of contributing to long term development in economies characterised by imperfect markets.
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  Food security and intellectual property rights in developing countries

  International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2003

  This paper examines the implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on food security and the agricultural sector.
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  Balancing interests

  Syngenta Foundation, 2003

  This paper examines the overall process of change in the global regulation of plant genetic resources.
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  Fair and equitable benefit-sharing within the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: the view of the Berne Declaration

  Syngenta Foundation, 2003

  This paper presents the NGO viewpoint on how the benefit-sharing provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IT) should be practically applied for all parties concerned and what the main ingredients for the determination of the term “fair and equitable” with respect to benefit-sharing would be.The main argument of the paper is that it is erroneous
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  Collective Action and Property Rights for Sustainable Development [2020 Focus 11, February 2004]

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This collection of briefings studies the linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management.
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  Gender and access to land

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003

  This paper explores gender and issues of land access and administration in rural development. It argues that increasing social, economic and technological changes are requiring a re-examination of the institutional arrangements used to administer who has rights to what resources and under what conditions.
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  Social protection and pro-poor agricultural growth: what scope for synergies?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2004

  Social protection (SP) and livelihood promotion have conventionally been handled by different departments within governments and donor organisations.

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