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Postharvest Losses in Africa: Analytical Review and Synthesis
Across Africa, postharvest losses along the food chain from farm to fork jeopardize the food security of resource-poor farmers.
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Building Livelihood Resilience to Alleviate Poverty in Semi-arid Areas of West Africa
Livelihood vulnerability is a major characteristic of life in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa such as the Sahel.
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Securing Land Tenure, Improving Food Security and Reducing Poverty in Rural West Africa
In November 2003, the heads of states belonging to the Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) undertook to work toward the adoption of a common land tenu
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Strengthening Local Strategies for Managing Inter Village Agro-pastoral Resources in the Groundnut Basin (Sénégal)
The groundnut basin in Sénégal is highly populated, densely cultivated and facing a crisis that is both economic (characterized by low productivity, poverty, food insecurity) and ecological (characterized by reduced soil fertility, erosion, desert
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Managing Wetlands for Improved Food Security in Uganda
With increased food insecurity in Uganda, the pressure to use wetlands for agriculture is growing.
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Irrigation Development and Public-Private Partnerships in Morocco
Agriculture is at the heart of Morocco's economic and social development, but in this water-stressed country, irrigation is critical to agricultural production. Irrigated agriculture plays an important role in meeting Morocco's food needs.
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Women's Access to Land and Natural Resources in Pastoralist and Forest Communities in East Africa
In recent years the security of women's entitlement to land and land-based resources has been compromised by a number of factors.
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Land Tenure Practices and Women's Right to Land : Implications for Access to Natural Resources (Anglophone Cameroon)
Women's right to land in Anglophone Cameroon is subject to two conflicting regimes, customary and statutory.
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Trade Policy and Pro Poor Growth in Ghana
As in other sub-Saharan countries, small-scale subsistence farming constitutes the predominant source of livelihood in Ghana.
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Impact of Land Reform Migration on Natural Resource Management in Zimbabwe
Recent agrarian land reforms have created a unique phenomenon of rural-to-rural migration in Chimanimani district, Zimbabwe.