EXTENSION

Agricultural extension down the ages

Towards pluralism in agricultural extension - A growing challenge to the public sectors

Contemplating alternatives - A comprehensive framework for thinking  about extension

The training and visit system and land use planning in the Sahel: complementary or irreconcilable

A modified training and visit approach to agricultural extension - Lessons from the Semonkong project in Lesotho

The Strategic Extension Campaign: an agricultural axtension apporach by FAO

NEW MEDIA

New media - an opportunity for developing countries? / The global information society

How can farmers take advantage of new media? / The Last Mile

A new direction for FAO's information services - The World Agricultural Information Centre / WAICENT

The German Agricultural Network DAINet - an Internet search catalogue for agricultural information around the world

Building a global information network for agricultural and rural research / SINGER

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Sustainable land use - Six years on from the Rio Conference on Environment and Development

The vision of Sustainable Development

Sustainability of rural areas in the North and in the South

Act not (only) negotiate?! - The three environment conventions six years after Rio

Socio-economic strategies to preserve biodiversity in Africa - the example of wildlife management

Sustainable management of soil resources through zero tillage

SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES - SIP

Sector Investment Program: Continuity and change

Sector Programmes and how they can contribute to poverty reductions and gender equity

Can SIP succeed? - Institutional and political challenges to a new approach

Stakeholder participation in Sector Investment Programmes in Africa

Sector Investment Programme on Basic Education - A case study from Ghana

The Zambia Agricultural Sector Investment Programme - A case study

RURAL FINANCIAL SERVICES

The role of rural financial services for alleviation of food security and poverty

Formal and informal financial services provided in rural financial markets

Savings first versus credit first - The imprtance of mobilising savings for setting up rural financial systems

The role of the Central bank in setting up an effective rural finance system in Uganda

Overcoming poverty with small loans - Village savings and credit banks in Mali

The MC Network as an example for private initiative -  A case study from Cameroon

Rural group-lending system in Burkina Faso: the challenge of growth

The Union Nationale des Cooperatives Agricoles de Credit e d'Epargne in Mauritania

AGRICULTURE AND POVERTY

The role of agriculture to alleviate poverty

Agriculture and poverty reduction - The Benin Example

Poverty reduction and food security in China - The Sino-German Food Security Programme

Rural poverty alleviation through watershed management: Some reflections on the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme

POST LOME

The Cotonou Agreement - new momentum in the ACP-EC partnership

The Framework Agreement: Who will profit from cooperation between EU and ACP states?

The son of Lome - maintaining a focus in the context of unequal partnership

SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

International instruments for the conservation and sustainable management of forests

National forest programmes: A comprehensive, holistic policy approach

Forest and nature conservation and development

Social forestry: Forests for development

Sustainable forestry in the Gambia

Certifying forest management: Sustainable development in action

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Rural Habitat - Spatial development planning for improving rural livelihood

Spatial planning and regionalization in the age of globalization

Thirty years of spatial planning and land consolidation in Germany

Regional development planning in Kenya and Nepal

Sri Lanka: Information technologies for public planning and private business

LAND REFORM

Access to land - innovative land reforms as a contribution to reducing poverty

CONFERENCES

The Global Forum on Agricultural research - GFAR - in Dresden

Global Dialogue on Fighting Poverty: Social Innovations and New Coalitions

Global Dialogues on The Role of the Village in the 21st Century: Crops, Jobs and Livelihoods

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Is research a global public good?

Agricultural research has no lobby!

The responsibility of government-financed agricultural research

New cooperation in agricultural research: Does it stand a chance?

The Global Forum on International Agricultural Research

The Global Forum on Agricultural Research from an NGO Perspective

Future Harvest: creating awareness of need for agricultural research

Supporting international agricultural research - taking Australia as an example

Does agricultural research contribute to rural development?

A new role for the CGIAR system in Africa

TEN YEARS OF TRANSITION

The TRANSFORM Programme and agricultural promotion in Central and Eastern European countries

Hopes and realities: Why poverty is on the rise?

Cooperatives in a new light: Examples from Russia, Hungary, and Estonia

Transition processes in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Laos after the year 2000 - Development issues and development perspectives

DEBT RELIEF

Debt relief for the poorest developing countries: Will it have an impact on rural regions?

Debt relief and the conflict between rural and urban interests

Debt relief and poverty reduction strategy need a clear profile

National Dialogue on implementing the debt-relief initiative - Taking Bolivia as an example

FOOD SAFETY

Animal diseases - Implications for international meat trade

Food safety and hygiene in developing countries - opportunities and limits

The food production-distribution chain

Aspects of food hygiene in developing countries

Food safety in crises and emergencies

AGROBIODIVERSITY

Agrobiodiversity - conservation through use

The patenting of animals: Genetic resources between the competing claims of public property and patent law

Is the conservation of agrobiodiversity affordable?

Green genetic engineering - a threat to biodiversity?

Balancing rights, responsibilities, and resources: The Crucible Project

Governing the genetically modified crop revolution: policy choices for developing countries

DESERTIFICATION

Desertification - a worldwide problem

The Convention to Combat Desertification aims and implementation

Options for sustainable development of drylands

Research competence in combating desertification

AFRICA

Strengthening the peasant farming economy for poverty-oriented growth