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  The right to food in theory and practice

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999

  FAO (ed), contributions from different authors from UN, academia and NGO-sector. In this publication, the rights related to food are examined from both the human rights and the operational points of view. Distinguished human rights expert A.
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  Country Profiles of Land Tenure: Africa, 1996

  Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998

  These Country Profiles represent a new edition of a continent-wide set of profiles prepared and published by the Land Tenure Center in 1986. This new volume reflects a decade of intensive work on the continent by LTC and a very considerable deepening of knowledge and understanding of land tenure issues in Africa.
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  Incentives for Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Empirical Evidence on Fertilizer Response and Profitability

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998

  Why is fertilizer not yet fulfilling its potential as a major stimulus to agricultural productivity in SSA?
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  Biotechnology in Crops: Issues for the developing world

  Oxfam, 1998

  Overview of issues and actors in the debate on genetically modified crops.
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  Reforming Institutions for Service Delivery: A Framework for Development Assistance with an Application to the Health, Nutrition, and Population Portfolio [of the World Bank]

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  Argues for greater "institutional pluralism" in how the World Bank does business in the infrastructure, rural, and social sectors.
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  Guidelines for Participatory Nutrition Projects

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1995

  Guidelines to help development staff working at community level to promote the design and implementation of participatory nutrition projects.Designed for use by professional staff from different technical and institutional backgrounds, who have had formal technical training or education, and who either work at the community level or are responsible for community development activities.
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  Improving soil fertility management in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Africa Region Findings, World Bank, 1998

  The way to get farmers to improve soil fertility is to address their constraints systematically and comprehensively, with clear understanding at each step. This can be done only by adapting technology to the farmer’s reality, and by developing the technology in the farmer’s field on the basis of close and continuous consultation. Ownership of the technology is key to adoption [author]
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  How rich is China and how fast has the economy grown? : Statistical controversies

  National Centre for Development Studies, Australia, 1998

  Reviews recent major studies on China’s national accounts and growth performance, evaluates alternative estimates of China’s national income and growth rates, and discusses their implications.
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  Listening to farmers: Participatory assessment of policy reform in Zambia’s agriculture sector

  Africa Region Findings, World Bank, 1998

  Short summary of case for using participatory evaluation methods
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  New technologies and the global race for knowledge

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999

  The recent great strides in technology present tremendous opportunities for human developmenbut achieving that potential depends on how technology is used.

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