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"In recent years bioenergy... has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices, address environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and offer new income and employment to farmers and rural communities around the world. For many countries...
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"Rising world fuel prices, the growing demand for energy, and concerns about global warming are the key factors driving the increasing interest in renewable energy sources, and in biofuels in particular. But some policymakers and analysts have voiced concern that aggressive growth in biofuel...
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The recent global food and financial crises have reversed the last decade's progress in reducing hunger and poverty …
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statistically reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife's income separately provided by the husband and wife … conclusions on the determinants of poverty. …
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Given its vast land resources and favorable water supply, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) natural agricultural potential is immense. However, the economic potential of the sector is handicapped by one of the most dilapidated transport systems in the developing world (World Bank 2006)....
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Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes using a … growth—not the level—is currently constraining the rate of poverty reduction in Tanzania. Most importantly, agricultural …
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poverty, because poultry is an important income source for poor farmers and a major food item in consumers' baskets. Avian flu …
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Yemen is an oil-exporting and food-importing country on the Arabian Peninsula with persistently high levels of poverty … levels; new estimates are subject to much debate; and the current state of poverty in Yemen remains unclear. In this paper, a … consistent economic framework is presented to help close this information gap and to better understand growth and poverty …
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"It has often been argued that new agricultural technologies lead to poverty reduction. This paper argues that any … changes in poverty situation attributed to those who adopt new agricultural technology (treatment group) without a … effects of new agricultural technology on poverty reduction by employing the “double difference” method on data collected in …
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valuable to policymakers and others concerned with poverty reduction in Bangladesh and elsewhere." from text …
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