For much of the last century the Fengu people living near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, have held title deeds to their land. In this report the chief of the Fengu explains how the title deeds have helped them, and how his people are responding to the current land redistribution programme in Zimbabwe.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2001Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2002Nepal, India, Peru, Zimbabwe
Child labor is widespread in developing countries, but its causes are debatable. Poverty is considered the primary reason, but many theoretical and empirical analyses show that other factors, such as lack of access to credit, poor school quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study surveys the existing literature and, taking into account urban-rural divides, aims to shed light on the debate with empirical evidence from Nepal, Peru, and Zimbabwe.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2002Zimbabwe
This report investigates the income and equity effects of macroeconomic policy reforms in Zimbabwe, emphasizing linkages between macroeconomic policies and agricultural performance and agriculture's influence on aggregate income and its distribution. Analyses focus on reform of the foreign trade regime, public expenditure, and tax policy, along with the potential benefits of combining these structural changes with various land reform scenarios.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Mozambique, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Mali, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana, Malawi, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Americas
In November 2000, the World Bank (WB) and the Brazilian Federation for Direct Planting into Crop Residue (FEBRAPDP) organized the third Study Tour on “Producer-Led Rural Organizations for Sustainable Land Management” (PRO-SLM), with particular emphasis on notillage systems (NT).1 The Study Tour followed a 10-day itinerary of over 1,000 km through Southern Brazil, covering Paraná and Santa Catarina States, two states which received WB support through land and micro-watershed management projects.</p> This Paper presents the salient features of NT development in Southern Brazil and discu
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Australia, India, Costa Rica, Zimbabwe, China, Colombia
El ensilaje ha sido siempre un componente integral de los sistemas de alimentación del ganado en las zonas templadas del mundo y se ha utilizado para asegurar el suministro de piensos durante todo el año con el fin de alcanzar una mayor producción de los animales. Sin embargo su uso en los trópicos se ha limitado a casos aislados, generalmente involucrando empresas de alto rédito, especialmente la industria lechera. Quales son las razones de su aparente falta de aplicación en los trópicos?
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Australia, Eswatini, United Kingdom, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Morocco, South Africa, Lesotho, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Netherlands, Tunisia, Argentina, Chad
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Benin, United States of America, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Venezuela, Finland, Cameroon, Nepal, Philippines, Uganda, Belize, Italy, Ecuador, India, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil
The last decade has witnessed a steep increase in interest and activities concerning NWFPs. The current interest in NWFPs amongst conservationists, foresters, development workers and indigenous peoples' groups has prompted numerous initiatives aimed at promoting NWFP use and commercialization as a means of improving the well-being of rural populations and, at the same time, conserving existing forests.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Mozambique, Estonia, Australia, Kenya, Zambia, Albania, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Argentina, India, Namibia
A cinco años de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación, y a inicios del siglo XXI, El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación reflexiona sobre algunos de los principales desafíos que plantea la erradicación mundial del hambre y la pobreza. Esta empresa puede ser temible, pero lo es también el número de personas con hambre y subnutridas cuyo destino depende de una intervención acelerada y decidida. Un compromiso renovado y firme, a través de un esfuerzo concertado, permitiría cumplir el objetivo de la Cumbre Mundial sobre los Alimentos.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001United States of America, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Netherlands, Namibia, Africa
The people of Botswana have always depended on the forest resource base from time immemorial and they continue to depend on it for various goods and services, chief of which continues to be fuelwood. It is said that 83% of the population in Botswana still depends on fuelwood for their energy needs. However, this valuable resource base is under threat from the rapidly expanding human population and its related sectoral agricultural and infrastructural developments, persistent annual veld fires, frequently recurring drought and the subsistence utilization of the forests.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Malawi, Africa
Proceedings of the meeting including a summary of the resulting recommendations and the text of papers presented.
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