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Food policy and market reform in Viet Nam and Bangladesh: essay in Annual Report

Ahmed, Raisuddin; Goletti, Francesco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998

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Land tenure and natural resource management

Otsuka, Keijiro; Place, Frank - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

The devastating environmental effects of deforestation and the exploitation of other natural resources in the developing world have been well documented, yet their impact on local communities has received far less attention. This report looks at how land degradation and deforestation are being...

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Rice market liberalization and poverty in Viet Nam:

Minot, Nicholas; Goletti, Francesco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

Market liberalization, though an important element in economic reforms in developing countries in the past two decades, has been accused of harming the poor through higher food prices, layoffs in formerly state-owned enterprises, and the erosion of social safety net programs. Since the 1980s...

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Economic growth and poverty reduction in Indochina: lessons from East Asia

Bautista, Romeo M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

Differences and similarities in the development paths taken by six East Asian economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan) provide a fertile ground for policy analysis from which important lessons are drawn and major challenges identified for the Indochinese...

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The politics of precaution: Genetically modified crops in developing countries

Paarlberg, Robert L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

In this original study Robert Paarlberg examines local policy responses to GM crop technologies in four important developing countries: Brazil, India, Kenya, and China.

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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa â€” Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea,...

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Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops

Joshi, P.K.; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

, price increases, and diversification from low-value crops to higher-value crops. The results confirm that at the national … diversification emerged as the dominant sources of growth in agriculture during 1990s. Diversification towards higher-value crops such … by diversification into higher-value crops. The results reflect the slowing growth of wheat and rice yields in India, as …

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The effect of environmental variability on livestock and land-use management: the Borana Plateau, Southern Ethiopia

McCarthy, Nancy; Abdul, Kamara.; Kirk, Michael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

increased their reliance on crops. Rainfall in the region averages between 353 mm to 873 mm; variability is high, with … allocated to crops, and land allocated to pastures that are either privatized or accessible to only a small sub-group of people …

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Strategic environmental assessment: assessing the environmental impact of biotechnology

Linacre, Nicholas A.; Gaskell, Joanne; Rosegrant, Mark W.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

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Conflict, food insecurity, and globalization:

Messer, Ellen; Cohen, Marc J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

farmer and middlemen income, and who benefits from agricultural export crops. Third, the design of some type of compensation … crops like coffee fail to deliver expected livelihoods. Fourth, and in sum, more systematic use of livelihood-security and …

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