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    Sustainable agriculture extension manual

    International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, 2005
    Drawing on experiences from a large part of Africa, this manual provides specific examples of technologies and approaches in agriculture. It is intended for use as a field guide by development workers of community-based and non-government organisations, churches, government agencies and research institutions engaged in agricultural development.
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    Quest for economic development in agrarian localities: Lessons from West Nile, Uganda

    Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2008
    This paper describes the transformations that have taken place in the honey production and marketing in West Nile since the launch of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme in 2001. In pursuing local economic development, emphasis has been placed on community-based development and the formation of clusters of survival enterprises.
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    Setting priorities among indigenous fruit tree species in Africa: examples from Southern, Eastern and Western Africa Regions

    CAB International, 2008
    Priority setting in agricultural research has received considerable attention in recent years, the objective being to determine the species for which domestication research (i.e. research regarding the selection, management and propagation of a plant) would be likely to have the highest impact.
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    Land suitability evaluation with a case map of Aceh Barat district

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2007
    This booklet was prepared after the December 2004 tsunami caused serious damage to agricultural land, soils and vegetation along the coastal areas of Aceh, Indonesia. The booklet is a guideline for the district government of Aceh Barat for spatial lay-outing of tree crops suitable for its coastal areas.
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    Rural income generating activities: whatever happened to the institutional vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    An increasing number of empirical papers and reports have provided evidence that point to the importance of the rural non-farm (RNF) economy in developing countries. In parallel, the livelihoods approach, recognises that households use a range of agricultural and non-agricultural activities as paths out of poverty.
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    Agri-food system dynamics: pathways to sustainability in an era of uncertainty

    STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2007
    This document examines the key issues surrounding agri-food system dynamics and sustainability.
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    Biofuel expansion: challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people: how the poor can benefit from this emerging opportunity

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
    This paper considers the pros and cons of the debate over the potential social, economic and environmental impact of the increase in biofuel production. It draws attention to the opportunities as well as the risks that biofuels present for developing countries, and stresses that the developing world has its own set of bio-energy issues distinct from those of the developed world.
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    Farmer Participatory Research in Northern Tanzania

    Farm Africa, 2007
    This document reviews the demand-led participatory model of farmer research and extension implemented by FARM-Africa Tanzania in their Babati Rural Development Research project (2000–2005).
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    CHF (CHF)

    CHF is a non-profit organisation dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods. It aims to deliver effective, sustainable and transformati
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    Regoverning markets programme: innovative practice series

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared for these changes.

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