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  Gender and agriculture in the information society

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  Briefing paper on gender and ICT applications in agricultural and rural development in developing countries. Looks briefly at key issues and identifies main international initiatives in this area
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  Integration of indigenous knowledge into land-use planning for the communal rangelands of Namibia

  Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 2001

  The paper argues that the indigenous knowledge of the Herero could provide the basis for better land-use policy and user rights in the communal lands of Namibia.This short article:reviews recent academic literaturelooks at the historical and legal backgound to land management in Namibiareports in 2 village field studies
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  Crisis in Southern Africa

  Oxfam, 2002

  An immediate intervention of international financial institutions and governments is required in order to avoid that nearly 13 million people in Southern Africa die from hunger.The causes of famine are complex and vary from country to country.
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  Impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the private sector in Swaziland: the demographic, social and economicimpact on subsistence agriculture, commercial agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives and business

  TAT Health Services, Swaziland, 2002

  This study attempts to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the private sector, obtain vital information on vulnerability of agriculture and the private sector to HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality; and identify strategies that can be implemented to prevent and control the epidemic. A key finding of the paper is that HIV/AIDS has not affected the profitability and product
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  Structural damage: the causes and consequences of Malawi’s food crisis

  World Development Movement, 2002

  This report from WDM details IMF enforced policies which it claims have undermined Malawi’s ability to feed its people.
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  African hunger and GM maize

  SciDev.Net, 2002

  This short editorial from SciDev.Net explores the issues around the decision by Zimbabwe and Zambia to reject US food aid because it contains some genetically modified grain.The author briefly discusses the perceived health risks, the economic implcations in terms of trade and the political issues which inform this debate and pinpoints a number of lessons which should be learned.
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  Better dead than GM fed?

  GRAIN, 2002

  Article from GRAIN which provides commentary on the controvesy surrounding the use of GM food aid in the Southern Africa food crisis.
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  WFP policy on donations of foods derived from biotechnology (GM/biotech foods)

  United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2002

  This paper, presented to the WFP Executive Board for consideration, outlines the WFP policy on donations of foods derived from biotechnology, summarises lessons learned from the Southern Africa emergency and outlines follow-up measures.The WFP policy that has been in effect with regard to all donations of foods is summarised as follows:WFP distributes only foods that meet the food safet
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  Modern biotechnology and developing-world agriculture

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002

  This essay provides and introduction to agricultural biotechnology in a developing country context. The author looks at issues of food security, consumer acceptance, sectoral change and regulation in the context of advances in genomics and bioinformatics which have led to an increase in the rate and volume of advances in the biotech.
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  USAID and GM food aid

  Greenpeace International, 2002

  This paper is essentially a rebuttal of claims by the head of USAID that environmental groups were "endangering the lives of millions of people in southern Africa by encouraging local governments to reject genetically modified (GM) food aid".

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