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Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty under Globalization |
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The European Association of Agricultural Economists held a seminar in Italy-Florence from 7 to 11 September 2004, about “Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty under Globalization. The presentations addressed the critical challenges that confront rural people in developing countries under globalization, and the experience of many countries and institutions in combating the bad impacts and enhancing the good effects of globalization on the agricultural development and rural poverty. The project was presented by Mr. Ciro Fiorillo accompanied by two NAPC technical staff, Hassan Almujahed and Raid Hamza. |
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Poverty, Household Food Availability of Children in N.W. Syria |
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This Dissertation was Submitted by Mr. SHIBANI A. GHOSH to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. A study conducted to investigate the nutritional status of children (6-10 years of age) belonging to household dependent on different livelihood activities. |
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XI World Congress of Rural Sociology |
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Ms Nawal Nehme, NAPC Researcher, participated in the XI World Congress of Rural Sociology on Globalization, Risks and Resistance held in Trodheim, Norway on July 25-30, 2004. The overarching themes of the Congress were unevenness, risks, resistance, and dialogue in relation to rural economies and societies throughout the world. Particularly, Ms Nehme participated in the Working Group “Challenging Gender Relations in a Context of Rural Change”. Papers from different countries were presented, analyzing the divergent effects of changing ruralities on various aspects of gender relations. A wide range of topics was examined: labor and migration, access to and control over resources, gender ideologies and images, participation and representation in politics, gender specific effects of fundamental societal transitions, and specifically strategies of resistance to social change, traditional practices, and exercises of power. for more details visit the International Rural Sociology Association web site |
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Communication Food Policy Research (IFPRI material) |
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Policy researchers spend an immense amount of time designing projects, developing questionnaires, collecting and analyzing data, and formulating possible policy implications, but hard work and excellence alone do not guarantee that public policy research will have impact. This manual aims to help researchers enhance their communication skills and encourages them to think about the potential audiences for and beneficiaries of their research at the inception of every project. more (PDF 1.2 M) |
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