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      size=3D+1><FONT face=3D"book antiqua">Needs of Society - Food=20
      Security<BR><FONT color=3D#336666>Case studies and best=20
      practices</FONT></FONT></FONT> <FONT face=3D"Times New =
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      <P><FONT color=3D#cc9933>Agriculture</FONT>=20
      <UL>
        <LI><A=20
        href=3D"http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php? =
URL_ID=3D27891&amp;URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=3D201&amp;reload=3D1=
074691098">Education=20
        for Rural Development</A>. <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" =
size=3D-1>Some=20
        figures speak for themselves. Like the 1.2 billion poor people =
in the=20
        world. More than two-thirds of them live in rural areas, often =
with=20
        little access to basic services such as education, healthcare =
and=20
        communications because they are isolated. 'Education for Rural=20
        Development: Towards New Policy Responses', from UNESCO's =
International=20
        Institute for Educational Planning and the Food and Agriculture=20
        Organisation of the United Nations, reviews the status of rural=20
        education from the standpoint of public policies and sheds light =
on=20
        "good practice".<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.adb.org/Gender/practices.asp">ADB Good =

        Practices</A> <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>in =
Infrastructure=20
        and Urban Development, Water Supply and Sanitation, Health, =
Education,=20
        Irrigation and Water Sector, Agriculture and Rural Development, =
Natural=20
        Resource Management<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/dp10.htm">Women's=20
        Economic Advancement Through Agricultural Change: a Review of =
Donor=20
        Experience</A><FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>, by =
Christine Pena,=20
        Patrick Webb, and Lawrence Haddad</FONT><BR><BR>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.ifpri.org/media/cocoa_facts.htm">Research=20
        Reveals the Benefits of Cocoa to Women Farmers in West =
Africa</A><FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>, International Food Policy =
Research=20
        Institute (IFPRI) </FONT><BR><BR>
        <LI><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/papers/eptdp111.pdf">Impacts =
of=20
        Agricultural Research on Poverty: Findings of an Integrated =
Economic and=20
        Social Analysis</A>, <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" =
size=3D-1>Meinzen-Dick,=20
        R.; Adato, M.; Haddad, L.; Hazell, P., International Food Policy =

        Research Institute (IFPRI) (2003). This paper examines how =
agricultural=20
        technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse =
livelihood=20
        strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and =
power, and=20
        other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR =
research=20
        project including seven case studies of different types of =
agricultural=20
        research. </FONT><BR><BR>
        <LI><FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Committee on World =
Food=20
        Security </FONT><A=20
        href=3D"http://www.odi.org.uk/rpeg/foodsec/FS%203%20.pdf">The =
Applications=20
        of Appropriate Agricultural Practices and their Impact on Food =
Security=20
        and the Eradication of Poverty: Lessons Learned from Selected =
Community=20
        Based Experiences</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.fao.org/participation/">Informal =
Working Group=20
        on participatory Approaches and Methods to Support Sustainable=20
        Livelihoods and Food Security</A>,<FONT face=3D"arial,sans =
serif" size=3D-1>=20
        (IWG-PA). Organisation consisting of members divisions/units of =
the Food=20
        and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the =
policy=20
        unit of the World Food Programme (WFP), and the gender and =
household=20
        food security unit of the International Fund for Agricultural=20
        Development (IFAD). The group aims to encourage cross-sectoral =
and=20
        multidisciplinary collaboration, sharing and learning within the =
FAO=20
        Organization and with external partners, in order to mainstream=20
        participatory approaches.<BR></FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/participation/lessonslearned.html">Lessons=20
        learned</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.id21.org/society/s1ass1g1.html">It's =
good to=20
        talk: scientists and farmers bond in Malawi</A> - <FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Why are technologies =
developed by=20
        scientists often not adopted by the farmers they are supposed to =
help?=20
        Can farmers and soil scientists learn to communicate and do =
experiments=20
        together? Can new kinds of participatory research produce =
quantitative=20
        data needed by natural scientists? G. Kanyama-Phiri, S. Snapp =
and B.=20
        Kamanga - Michigan State University, U.S.A, May 2001<BR>To =
receive this=20
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</FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"mailto:getweb@webinfo.ids.ac.uk">getweb@webinfo.ids.ac.uk</A>=20
        <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Leave the SUBJECT =
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        http://www.id21.org/society/s1ass1g1.html<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.id21.org/society/s4cld1g1.html">Team =
talking:=20
        developing technology in Africa</A> - <FONT face=3D"arial,sans =
serif"=20
        size=3D-1>How is technology development changing? Is it still =
seen as an=20
        independent process to be implemented according to a defined =
agenda? On=20
        the contrary, over the last ten years, participatory technology=20
        development (PTD) has been designing technology projects, =
involving=20
        farmers and others within a multi-disciplinary team.<BR>To =
receive this=20
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</FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"mailto:getweb@webinfo.ids.ac.uk">getweb@webinfo.ids.ac.uk</A>=20
        <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Leave the SUBJECT =
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        http://www.id21.org/getweb/s4cld1g1.html <BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.ifpri.org/themes/syn04/syn04_activities.asp">Successes=
=20
        in Africa Agriculture</A> - <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" =
size=3D-1>Recent=20
        studies have documented a series of impressive achievements in =
African=20
        agriculture that contrast strikingly with the bleak picture =
drawn of the=20
        continent by donors and public alike. An overview of these =
success=20
        stories can be found at </FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.ifpri.org/themes/syn04.htm">http://www.ifpri.org/theme=
s/syn04.htm</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dbtcgi.exe?RNO=3DDOC6493&amp;$TEXTBA=
SE_PATH=3Dd:\InetPub\wwwroot\data\&amp;$TEXTBASE_NAME=3Dhigh&amp;$MAXRECS=
=3D10&amp;$NOREPORT=3D0&amp;$NODISPLAY=3D0&amp;$REPORT_FORM=3DFull+displa=
y&amp;$DISPLAY_FORM=3DFull+display">Zimbabwe:=20
        encouraging sustainable smallholder agriculture</A>, <FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Whiteside, M.; Produced by =
Environment=20
        and Development Consultancy Ltd for DFID. (1998) <BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/sd/WPdirect/WPre0115.htm">Radio=20
        Broadcasting For Rural Women and Farm Households</A>, <FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Fr. Francis B. Lucas. A =
Philippines case=20
        study which examines the potential of using mass media to =
enhance the=20
        access of poor rural households and women to educational =
opportunities.=20
        It argues that, given the extent of rural poverty and illiteracy =
in=20
        Asia, it is not enough to simply rely on formal or mainstream =
education=20
        to reach the rural poor who have in the past generally been =
denied=20
        access to education and training opportunities. <BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/strata_5e.html">Three-strata=20
        Forage System - A Farming Solution for Semi-Arid Areas</A> - =
<FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>To increase the availability =
of animal=20
        feed in dry areas, researchers have been developing a new forage =

        production system based on grasses and native legumes, shrubs, =
and=20
        fodder trees (known as the three-strata). The system reduces =
soil=20
        erosion and promotes sustainable crop and animal=20
        production.<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/cbnrm/documents/publications/hieucai.htm">Comm=
unity-Based=20
        Natural Resource Management</A> <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" =
size=3D-1>in=20
        Kado Village, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam <BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dbtcgi.exe?RNO=3DDOC6493&amp;$TEXTBA=
SE_PATH=3Dd:\InetPub\wwwroot\data\&amp;$TEXTBASE_NAME=3Dhigh&amp;$MAXRECS=
=3D10&amp;$NOREPORT=3D0&amp;$NODISPLAY=3D0&amp;$REPORT_FORM=3DFull+displa=
y&amp;$DISPLAY_FORM=3DFull+display">Zimbabwe:=20
        encouraging sustainable smallholder agriculture</A> - <FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Abstract. Full paper is =
available for=20
        downloading in PDF format.<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>FAO Project Sheets =
on Good=20
        practices in gender mainstreaming and implementation of the =
Beijing=20
        Platform for Action - Agriculture<BR></FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0092.htm"=
>Afghanistan</A><BR><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0093.htm"=
>Costa=20
        Rica</A><BR><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0095.htm"=
>Nepal</A>=20
        - <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>"Improving =
information on=20
        women's contribution to agricultural production for =
gender-sensitive=20
        planning" <BR></FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0098.htm"=
>Namibia</A>=20
        - <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Integrating women =
into rural=20
        development and improving information on women's contribution to =

        agricultural production<BR></FONT><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0100.htm"=
>Niger</A>=20
        - <A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0099.htm"=
>Rural=20
        development project<BR><A=20
        =
href=3D"http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPre0096.htm"=
>Honduras</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/beans/partners.htm">Regional Bean=20
        Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa</A> -<FONT face=3D"arial,sans =
serif"=20
        size=3D-1> Nutritionists characterize beans as "a nearly perfect =
food"=20
        because of their high protein and micronutrient contents. The=20
        nutritional benefits of the crop are especially important for =
Africa,=20
        where protein deficiencies and malnutrition plague millions of =
poor=20
        people, particularly women and children.<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/yuca/pdf/africa.pdf">Improved=20
        Cassava for the Developing World</A> - <FONT face=3D"arial,sans =
serif"=20
        size=3D-1>New cassava varieties mainly benefit small-scale =
farmers by=20
        securing their food supply and raising their income. Improved =
germplasm=20
        also enables cassava processors to increase their profits and =
provides=20
        urban consumers with cheaper, higher quality products. In Africa =
and=20
        Amazonia, many of these benefits accrue to women, since they are =
mainly=20
        responsible for producing, processing, and marketing the=20
        crop.<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.swnm.org/">CGIAR Systemwide Program on =
Soil,=20
        Water, and Nutrient Management (SWNM)</A> - <FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Four complementary research =
consortia=20
        developing strategies to apply soil, water, and nutrient =
management=20
        practices for sustainable agriculture on fertile and marginal =
soils of=20
        the tropics<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>International Fund =
for=20
        Agricultural Development: </FONT><A=20
        href=3D"http://www.ifad.org/pub/other/!ifadafr.pdf">Agricultural =

        Implements used by Women in Africa</A> - <FONT =
face=3D"arial,sans serif"=20
        size=3D-1>very large PDF file<BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"gopher://gopher.undp.org/00/unifem/public/empo">Empower=20
        Tools: Technology for Women's Empowerment</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/socdev/pub/women/Women.html">The Rural=20
        Women Workers: Women and Agricultural Modernization in Northeast =

        Brazil</A> <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>by Izaura =
Rufino=20
        Fischer and Ligia Albuquerque <BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/zimseed_24e.html">Seeding=20
        solutions in Zimbabwe</A>, <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" =
size=3D-1>part of=20
        the </FONT><A href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/">Nayudamma =
information=20
        bank</A>, <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>an IDRC =
service which=20
        contains information about technologies from the South for the =
South.=20
        <BR><BR></FONT>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/pest_6e.html">Women =
and=20
        Integrated Pest Management: the Philippines Model</A> <BR><BR>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/oilseed_12e.html">Small-scale=20
        Rural Oilseed Processing in Africa</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/kenya_25e.html">Agroforestry=20
        Technologies in Semi-arid Areas of Eastern Kenya</A> <BR><BR>
        <LI><A href=3D"http://www.foodfirst.org/cuba/index.html">Cuban =
Organic=20
        Agriculture Exchange Program</A><BR><BR>
        <LI><A =
href=3D"http://www.agroecology.org/cases/foodeducation.htm">Food=20
        and Health Education in Northeastern Brazil</A> - <FONT=20
        face=3D"arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Educating people on =
nutritional and=20
        health issues promotes interest in growing home gardens and =
improves the=20
        quality of life in the community.<BR><BR></FONT>
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support of=20
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tools as=20
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market=20
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        Plant Breeding</A>, <FONT face=3D"arial,sans serif" =
size=3D-1>Smith, M., E.=20
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institutional=20
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formal=20
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current=20
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<FONT=20
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and=20
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>The=20
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India<BR><BR></FONT>
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href=3D"http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/SSU/SRCRSP/Papers/TR39/">Agropastoral=
=20
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Household=20
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Lending=20
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then, it has=20
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projects,=20
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programs.=20
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even=20
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matured=20
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religious=20
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