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    Quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of drip irrigation kits in alleviating food shortages and its success in Zimbabwe: a case study of Gweru and Bikita districts

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2008
    About 23,000 drip kits were distributed in 53 districts of Zimbabwe by 20 NonGovernmental Organizations with the assistance of LEAD Zimbabwe and USAID/OFDA between 2003 and 2006. The program’s objective was to mitigate the food shortage crisis in Zimbabwe by helping families grow their own vegetables and earn extra income.
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    Evaluation of USAID/OFDA small scale irrigation programs in Zimbabwe and Zambia 2003-2006: lessons for future programs

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2008
    The United States Agency for International Development’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, Southern Africa Regional Office (USAID/OFDA/SARO) requested the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) to carry out an evaluation of two types of small scale irrigation programs that it had been supporting: drip irrigation programs in Zimbabwe, and treadle p
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    Community-based rights and IPR regime: revisiting the debate

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    India, with a view to fulfil its TRIPS obligations, in 2001, passed the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act 20012 (PPVFA). The Act represents a sui generis attempt to balance the rights of farmers with breeders considering the huge farming population in the country.
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    Why is the development of agricultural input markets sluggish in Mozambique?

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    One issue that has long troubled development economist is how to make agricultural markets work better for the poor in less developed countries such as Mozambique.
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    Trade information brief: organic produce

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008
    The aim of the Trade Industry Brief (TIB) is to highlight potential export markets to SADC producers who may not have the financial resources to engage in preliminary market research activities. Farmers in SADC countries are particularly well-suited to grow organic products.
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    Agricultural input vouchers in Southern Africa: research findings from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    This policy brief is a synthesis of the findings from research undertaken by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia to examine the different ways in which relief seed and seed vouchers are programmed. There are two main ways in which vouchers are used in these countries:
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    Status of Plant Variety Protection (PVP) in the SADC region: the need to expedite plant variety protection in SADC countries

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    The basic objective of the FANRPAN study into plant variety protection (PVP) systems in five target SADC countries was to establish an overview of the status of legal protection of ownership of plant varieties, as well as experience, benefits and deficiencies in these systems. The study also attempted to quantify impact of adoption or non-adoption of plant variety protection systems.
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    Promoting development of agricultural input markets in Mozambique

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    Mozambique needs to adopt more targeted and nuanced policies to encourage the development of effective agricultural input markets. This study makes recommendations to achieve this. Experiences in other countries and limited Mozambique experience suggest that agricultural input vouchers may be an important tool as well.
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    Integrating the non-commercial and commercial input markets through input vouchers: recommendations for Zambia

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    Based on both international experiences and research in Zambia, this policy brief recommends that Government develop and implement a policy to use agricultural input vouchers as a means to target support to poor smallholder farmers as well as to integrate the non-commercial and commercial input supply channels into an effective market system.
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    Using input vouchers for improving access to agricultural in-puts - who are the winners and losers?

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2008
    Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most ambitious and successful assaults on hunger in the history of the African continent. Through a national input subsidy programme, coinciding with better rainfall conditions, maize production doubled in 2006 and almost tripled in 2007 and 2008.

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