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  Organic agriculture and sustainable rural Livelihoods in developing countries

  Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998

  Examines the contribution ethical trade initiatives can make towards the goal of sustainable rural livelihoods.
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  Ganyu Labour in Malawi and its implications for Livelihood Security Interventions:An analysis of recent literature and implications for poverty alleviation

  Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999

  Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates.
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  Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sanitation conditions, and practices related to the care and feeding of children to determine their contributions to malnutrition.
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  Concept note. Reinforcement of pastoral civil society in East Africa: a programme of capacity building and participatory action-research

  Drylands Programme, IIED, 2001

  This concept note explores initiatives aiming at supporting pastoral civil society in East Africa.The goals of the initiative include:create conditions such that pastoral groups can play a more effective and visible role in the design and implementation of policies to improve their livelihoodscreation of a vibrant, accountable and effective pastoral civil society movement capable of
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  Field Handbook: Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis Programme, FAO

  Socioeconomic And Gender Analysis Programme, FAO, 1998

  The Field Level Handbookis written for field workers: extensionists, government and non-government field workers, private- and public-sector development consultants, community organisers and leaders of local groups and institutions.Handbook assists these agents who work directly with local communities in the participatory identification of the needs and priorities of local men and women , using th
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  Assessing the potential of forest product activities to contribute to rural incomes in Africa

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998

  Large numbers of rural households in Africa continue to generate some of their income from forest product activities. However, much of this involvement is in labour intensive low return activities that help to provide the poor with an income safety net, but which decline once better alternatives become available.

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