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The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
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The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … editors and contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine … economic and biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755479
overall economy in general and on the performance of the agricultural sector in particular. The agricultural research system … of Sierra Leone was severely affected by the civil war. Research infrastructure was destroyed, laboratories were damaged … Agricultural Research Coordinating Council (NARCC), which was coordinating agricultural research in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone …
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profound. Human activity, including agriculture, has been recognized as one of the reasons for the increased intensity of …. Since agriculture is the main activity of rural people in many endemic areas, it has been suggested that effective malaria … control measures can be devised if attention was paid to the two-way effects of agriculture and malaria. There is the need to …
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Low agricultural productivity, land degradation and poverty are severe interrelated problems in the East African highlands. While the proximate causes of such problems are relatively well known, the underlying causes are many and complex, and depend upon many site-specific factors that vary...
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"The current decline in per capita food production in Africa signals an urgent need to revitalize agricultural research …, suggesting approaches for consideration by those responsible for African agricultural research policy and implementation." from …
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The challenge for agriculture over the coming decades will be to meet the world's increasing demand for food in a …, Peter Gruhn, Francesco Goletti, and Montague Yudelman point out that as long as agriculture remains a soil-based industry …
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"The current decline in per capita food production in Africa signals an urgent need to revitalize agricultural research …, suggesting approaches for consideration by those responsible for African agricultural research policy and implementation." from …
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input and sustainable agricultural approaches, organic agriculture and biotechnology. This paper reviews the literature on …, research and development programs should not ignore the potentials of traditional farming practices or intensive Green …
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The challenge for agriculture over the coming decades will be to meet the world's increasing demand for food in a …, Peter Gruhn, Francesco Goletti, and Montague Yudelman point out that as long as agriculture remains a soil-based industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038272