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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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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers
Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.
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Climate risk management through sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Nkonya, Ephraim; Place, Frank; Pender, John; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Empirical evidence has shown that farmers can adapt to climate change by using sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices that provide local mitigation benefits, reducing or offsetting the negative effects of climate change at the level of the plot, farm, or even landscape. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366799
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Public sector agricultural research priorities for sustainable food security: Perspectives from plausible scenarios:
Nelson, Gerald C.; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
There is widespread agreement that our ability to deliver sustainable food security for all will be challenged in three dimensions—population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are essential to dealing with these challenges....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781474
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Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes:
Newton, Peter; Agrawal, Arun; Wollenberg, Lini - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
social outcomes. Interventions by community, market, and state actors can enhance the sustainability of supply chains by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762171
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Transition economies' perspective: getting ready for the Millenium Round trade negotiations
Grote, Ulrike; Wehrheim, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101362
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European Union perspective: getting ready for the Millenium Round trade negotiations
Tangermann, Stefan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101386
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Regional biotechnology regulations: Design options and implications for good governance
Birner, Regina; Linacre, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
of biotechnology regulation. However, considerable costs are associated with biotechnology regulation, and biosafety … specialists are scarce. In addition, there is no consistent understanding of how regional systems of biotechnology regulation can … regional systems of biotechnology regulation. The framework specifies design options and assessment criteria, and identifies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038004
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Preferential trade agreements between the monetary community of Central Africa and the European Union: Stumbling or building blocks? A general equilibrium approach
Ngeleza, Guyslain K.; Muhammad, Andrew - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses a computable general equilibrium approach to simulate two opposing views describing regional trade agreements either as building blocks for or stumbling blocks to multilateral trade liberalization. This study focuses on the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038017
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Economic partnership agreements between the European Union and African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries: What is at stake for Senegal
Berisha-Krasniqi, Valdete; Bouet, Antoine; Mevel, Simon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"In recent years the European Union has sought to transform its trading regime with the ACP countries by advocating reciprocal free trade agreements with them through Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). As a result, the EPA talks were launched in 2002 and were expected be completed by the...
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