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Santa Catarina : Disaster Risk Profiling for Improved Natural Hazards Resilience Planning

World Bank - 2017

This report seeks to further the body of disaster risk management (DRM) knowledge in Santa Catarina by identifying …

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Gender and Agricultural Risk : A Gendered Approach to Agricultural Risk Assessments and Management Strategies

World Bank - 2017

The objective of this paper is to develop an approach for integrating a gender dimension into Agricultural Sector Risk … Assessments (ASRAs). The focus is on the approach because both agricultural risk and gender issues are contextual, thus the … outcomes of a gender-based risk assessment are highly dependent on the social, cultural, geo-graphic, and economic contexts of …

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Weather Index Insurance for Agriculture : Guidance for Development Practitioners

World Bank - 2011

This paper is a distillation of the findings of the work undertaken by the World Bank. It is deliberately not a collation of case studies, but rather a practical overview of the subject. The purpose of this paper is to introduce task managers and development professionals, who are not insurance...

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Increasing the Impact of Public Spending on Agricultural Growth : Myanmar Agricultural Public Expenditure Review

World Bank - 2017

Agriculture sector growth in Myanmar averaged 2.5 percent during 2009/10-2016/17. This compares to only half of the growth rate in neighboring China and Thailand at the same stage of their economic development and less than one-third of nonagricultural growth in Myanmar. This low agricultural...

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The Republic of Armenia Climate Change and Agriculture Country Note

World Bank - 2012

This country note for Armenia is part of a series of country briefs that summarize information relevant to climate change and agriculture for three pilot countries in the Southern Caucasus Region, with a particular focus on climate and crop projections, adaptation options, policy development and...

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Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets : Policy Responses

FAO - 2011

The approach taken in this report reflects the view of the collaborating international organizations that price volatility and its effects on food security is a complex issue with many dimensions, agricultural and non-agricultural, short and long-term, with highly differentiated impacts on...

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Agribusiness Indicators : Mozambique

World Bank - 2012

Mozambique, the only Lusophone country covered in the agribusiness indicators initiative, has had a turbulent history since independence. Civil unrest over some 20 years and frequent drought in southern Mozambique, coupled with floods near the many waterways that transect the country (mainly...

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Agribusiness Indicators : Ethiopia

World Bank - 2012

Because agriculture is the economic backbone of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, any meaningful sustainable development program in the continent must therefore be anchored in the sector. The concept for this study on agribusiness indicators was based on the vital role...

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Agribusiness Indicators : Tanzania

World Bank - 2012

Agriculture in Tanzania accounts for 28 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 80 percent of its labor force. The sector is also an important source of export revenues. The data and findings presented in this report provide a summary of the performance of the...

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Agribusiness Indicators : Zambia

World Bank - 2012

Agriculture and agribusiness play an important role in the Zambian economy, contributing around 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in recent years and about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs nearly 70 percent of the labor force and remains the main source of...

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