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and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provide … global projections of agriculture-water supply and demand. The validation exercise provides a review of the existing model …
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Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), with an aim towards realizing food security and poverty reduction. This Agriculture …
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"Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of technologies from abroad. However the economy underwent a sharp...
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"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the...
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agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …
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