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  To die or not to die: this is the problem

  AgBioWorld Foundation, 2002

  This paper from the AgBioWorld Foundation is a direct response to an earlier paper from the Zambian Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) and the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) which challenged the suitability of existing GM technology for Zambian agriculture and supported their Governments position with regard to GM food aid.The authors directly attack the findings of the
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  What is the impact of GMOs on sustainable agriculture in Zambia?

  Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, Zambia, 2002

  This study argues strongly that the introduction of GM crops to Zambia will have considerable negative effects and negligable benefits for the development of small scale agricutlure on which the country's food security depends.Further the author claims that a concerted campaign of 'propoganda and distortion' has been undertaken by the biotechnology industry to persuade national leaders that GM
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  Integrated drought management: lessons for sub-Saharan Africa

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  The document discusses the need for a more integrated approach to drought than has been the case.
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  Intellectual property rights in African agriculture: implications for small farmers

  GRAIN, 2002

  This paper looks at the choice facing African policy-makers over which of two opposing models of agricultural R&D to choose to support. One is driven by multinational companies in the North and relies upon private monopolies and genetically modified crops.
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  HIV and conflict: a double emergency

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  This report reflects the International Save the Children Alliance’s experience of HIV/AIDS and its effects on young people in conflict situations around the world.In war, HIV/AIDS spreads rapidly as a result of sexual bartering, sexual violence, low awareness about HIV, and the breakdown of vital services in health and education. In conflict situations, young people are most at risk.
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  Death on the doorstep of the summit

  Oxfam, 2002

  The food crisis has many causes but the most significant according to this report, is the failure of agricultural policies.The paper asks why, after years of World Bank and IMF designed agricultural sector reforms, do Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique face chronic food insecurity.
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  Unequal harvest: farmers' voices on international trade and the right to food

  Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2001

  This paper illustrates a sample of the day-to-day food-security challenges for agricultural workers in the face of liberalised trade policies.
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  AIDS and food security: essays

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  The first essay, titled, 'AIDS the new challenge to food security', considers the scale of the problem and describes some differences between the disease and other health or development problems.The authors note that AIDS brings special problems to food security in that:it affects the most productive in societystigma, cultural attitudes and lack of testing for HIV/AIDS make preventi
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  Agriculture and HIV/AIDS

  HIV and Development in Asia and the Pacific, UNDP, 2002

  This paper brings together work done by FAO, focussing on identifying the impacts of the HIV epidemic. It argues that the agricultural sector should concentrate on areas in which it has a comparative advantage, as opposed to carrying out health work. It identifies the key points of intervention at the farming level and farm-household system.
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  An ex-ante study of cassava varieties on gender relations in Migori district, Kenya

  Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya, 2002

  This case study documents the development and testing of a gender-sensitive tool for impact evaluation of agricultural technology appropriate to conditions in Kenya.

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