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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Taking successful development interventions to scale is critical if the world is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to support scaling up in these three areas, however, is a...
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies have grown dramatically over the past few decades, elevating them from two of the world’s poorest countries into projected economic superpowers. As a result, the...
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
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Combining extension services with agricultural credit
Mahajan, Vijay; Vasumathi, K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
India has nearly 90 million farm households. More than 80 percent of these farmers operate on a small or marginal scale, farming less than two hectares of land. They also usually have one or two buffaloes or cows, reared for milk and dung. Most of these small and marginal farmers fall below the...
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Policies and lessons for reaching indigenous peoples in development programs:
Bage, Lennart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
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Cotton-textile-apparel sectors of India:
Bedi, Jatinder S.; Cororaton, Caesar B. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in India. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities the sectors face. More than four...
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Cotton-Textile-Apparel sectors of Pakistan: Situations and challenges faced
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Salam, Abdul; Altaf, Zafar; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in Pakistan. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities they face. One-quarter of...
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Agricultural technology choices for poor farmers in less-favored areas of South and East Asia:
Pender, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
agricultural technology options in South and East Asia, drawing conclusions concerning technology strategies to reduce poverty …. There is no technology approach that will work in all of the diverse circumstances of South and East Asia. 2. It is … on reducing poverty are that the technology is profitable in a relatively short period of time; does not substantially …
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