Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured AreasRuerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven CABI, 2007 - 472 pages Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session |
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... rural areas. Of these 900 million rural poor, about 360 million live in LFAs. This is equivalent to 30% of the global poor and 40% of the total rural poor living in developing countries (see Fig. 1.1). This population is mostly ...
... rural areas. Of these 900 million rural poor, about 360 million live in LFAs. This is equivalent to 30% of the global poor and 40% of the total rural poor living in developing countries (see Fig. 1.1). This population is mostly ...
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... rural areas (UNDP, 1997). Although the proportion of households below the national poverty line is less than 1% in the urban areas of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangdong, it is 20% or more in Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (De Haan and ...
... rural areas (UNDP, 1997). Although the proportion of households below the national poverty line is less than 1% in the urban areas of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangdong, it is 20% or more in Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (De Haan and ...
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... rural poor were increasingly concentrated in rainfed areas, with a relatively equal proportion in high- versus lowpotential rainfed areas. There is a high degree of variability in the incidence of rural poverty across states in India ...
... rural poor were increasingly concentrated in rainfed areas, with a relatively equal proportion in high- versus lowpotential rainfed areas. There is a high degree of variability in the incidence of rural poverty across states in India ...
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... rural areas of Kenya having higher rainfall or closer to an urban area (Place et al., 2006a). In the northern Ethiopian highlands, changes in average wealth, food availability and ability to cope with drought during the 1990s were more ...
... rural areas of Kenya having higher rainfall or closer to an urban area (Place et al., 2006a). In the northern Ethiopian highlands, changes in average wealth, food availability and ability to cope with drought during the 1990s were more ...
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... rural population in the developing world. We discuss the dominant farming systems in LFAs for identifying the available options for reinforcing their productivity and sustainability (see also López-Ridaura et al., Chapter 2, this volume) ...
... rural population in the developing world. We discuss the dominant farming systems in LFAs for identifying the available options for reinforcing their productivity and sustainability (see also López-Ridaura et al., Chapter 2, this volume) ...
Contents
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Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas | 63 |
Resource Management Options | 133 |
Livelihoods and Food Security | 203 |
Markets and Institutional Development | 271 |
Strategies and Policy Priorities | 419 |
Index | 467 |
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