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The five main lessons for Southern Africa from our review of the experiencewith cross-border power trading in other regions of the work are that: Security of supply concerns need to be explicitly addressed and understood by the parties to proposed cross-border transactions. Regional entities...
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Trade is essential for Caribbean countries development and poverty reduction. Given their small market size, they are … tourism as a major spur to economic activity. Trade in the Caribbean thus makes an essential contribution to increasing … employment and reducing poverty by supporting growth. At the same time, the high dependence on trade also makes Caribbean …
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"Ersado looks at the feasibility and potential of instituting small-scale irrigation dams to reduce Ethiopia's dependence on rainfed agriculture and the associated food insecurity. He develops a theoretical framework to assess the welfare implications of irrigation development programs and...
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This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the … largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples … incentives, consumption and trade. To do so, the paper develops a spatially disaggregated model o f maize and cassava markets in …
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This report focuses on the potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization in Zambia. The paper discusses the framework for Zambia's smallholder commercialization strategy, the current state of smallholder agriculture in Zambia, key issues, support from agribusiness to...
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insurance; new approaches to agricultural risk management in developing countries; from theory to practice: pilot projects for …
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Igniting farm productivity can support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural production, in real terms, has been decreasing in Kosovo since 2009 but employment has not changed much. This note examines drivers of agricultural productivity and its growth in Kosovo, and implied...
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agricultural productivity, as mediated by factors such as land tenure and access to agricultural extension services. This analysis …
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This study provides a review of the food and agricultural sector in Ukraine. It assesses the current status of the food and agricultural sector with special reference to the agricultural policy regime and the form and level of government support to the sector. The paper reviews the sector's...
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