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Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...
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requires urgent actions to improve the productivity and climate resilience of agriculture and to upgrade the food value chains …
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"Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and … accounts for the largest share of overall income inequality. But agriculture is still the rural people's major source of …
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"... There is a clear link between access to energy services and poverty alleviation and development. The first set of critical energy needs are those that satisfy basic human needs: fuel for cooking, heating and lighting, energy for pumping water, and electricity for health and education...
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Extreme poverty and chronic malnutrition are widespread in rural Tanzania, where smallholder agriculture dominates the … economy. Given the sector's role as the main source of food and livelihood for many malnourished people, agriculture has …, we explore the links between agriculture and nutrition in Tanzania and review the evidence on how these links can be …
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Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
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of a broader process of innovation and learning. A new idea, model, or approach is typically embodied in a pilot project … experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Kevin Cleaver •Moving Local- and Community-Driven Development from Boutique to Large …
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