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  Operationalising the right to food in Africa

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2001

  This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia).
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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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  Trade in genetically modified food: a survey of empirical studies

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper analyses the current and potential economic impact of GM commodities on world trade.It concludes that: in general, adopters of the more productive GM technologies gain, while non-adopters or GM-critical regions either do not gain at all or only gain some (through changes in world prices), depending on how strongly they segment their markets.
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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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  Foreign aid and consumption smoothing: evidence from global food aid

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2003

  This paper evaluates the effectiveness of food aid as a specific component of foreign aid.
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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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  Education for rural development in Asia: experiences and policy lessons

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2002

  This documents the proceedings of a seminar held in 2002 in Bangkok in Thailand to address current issues in rural education.
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  Impact of war on Iraq

  Eldis Questioning Development Resource Guide, 2003

  Collection of documents forecasting the humanitarian consequences of the current war on Iraq.Common to these are assertions that: as a result of 12 years of sanctions, the Iraqi population is far more vulnerable to war than it was before the last Gulf warwar will likely cause the collapse of the oil-for-food programme on which 60% of Iraqis are dependentdestruction or disablemen
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  Preparing for the humanitarian consequences of possible military action against Iraq

  International Development Committee, UK, 2003

  This report examines the likely humanitarian consequences of military action against Iraq and the inadequacy of the preparations for dealing with them.
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  Meeting the HIV/AIDS challenge to food security: the role of labour saving technologies in farm-households

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 2002

  This paper is based on the premise that one of the promising strategies for response from the agriculture sector to the impacts on labour is to identify the roles for labour saving technologies (LSTs) not only in mitigation, but also as part of prevention.

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