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Myanmar Rice and Pulses : Farm Production Economics and Value Chain Dynamics
World Bank Group - 2019
Agriculture continues to play a very important role in Myanmar's economy. For many years, understanding the dynamics and performance of Myanmar's agriculture has been difficult due to the absence of reliable, up-to-date data, at sectoral, sub-sectoral, or microeconomic level. During the past...
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Malaysia Economic Monitor, December 2020 : Sowing the Seeds
World Bank Group - 2020
In 2020, the country experienced its sharpest recession in twenty years due to the impact of a triple shock related to the direct health impact of the pandemic; the economic impact of domestic restrictions on movement; and the impact of a synchronized global recession on Malaysia's tradeable...
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Managing Pesticides for Greener Growth in Lao PDR : Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2021
affected by the presence of pests in a traded consignment or the presence of excessive pesticide residues in food products that …
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Leveraging the Rice Value Chain for Poverty Reduction in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar
World Bank Group - 2016
Rice is an important agricultural product and food staple in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), especially for its three low-income members - Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. These countries are net exporters of rice, similar to their more advanced neighbors, Thailand and Vietnam, but their rice...
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Commercialization of Rice and Vegetables Value Chains in Lao PDR : Status and Prospects
World Bank Group - 2018
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Liberia Economic Update, June 2023 : Getting Rice Right for Productivity and Poverty Alleviation
World Bank Group - 2023
In the last two years, Liberia's economic performance has improved. Inflation remained in single digits despite high global food and fuel prices and a relaxation in monetary and fiscal policies. Liberia's poverty rate is projected to have declined slightly in the last two years as GDP growth...
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Spearheading Vietnam's Green Agricultural Transformation : Moving to Low-Carbon Rice
World Bank Group - 2022
This report focuses on promoting low-carbon rice production systems in Vietnam. There are many sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the agricultural sector in Vietnam, including along value chains and within the whole agri-food context. However, because rice production is so...
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Arab Republic of Egypt - Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project and Farm-Level Irrigation Modernization Project : Project Performance Assessment Report
World Bank Group - 2022
Ratings for the Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project are as follows: Outcome was moderately … moderately satisfactory. Ratings for the Farm-Level Irrigation Modernization Project are as follows: Outcome was moderately … following lessons: (i) In irrigation systems, such as the Nile Delta's, that are organized along a hierarchical canal network …
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Agriculture, Water, and Land Policies to Scale Up Sustainable Agrifood Systems in Georgia : Synthesis Report and Way Forward
World Bank Group - 2022
This Synthesis report summarizes the main constraints and opportunities that Georgia faces in amplifying the contribution of the agriculture sector to the country's economic growth and diversification, employment creation, poverty reduction, food security and nutrition, and climate resilience...
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Constraints to Sustainable, Efficient, and Resilient Irrigation Systems in Georgia - What is a Possible Way Forward? : Irrigation Sector Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2022
requires the rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems and the establishment of institutional organizations that makes … it sustainable. This policy note on the irrigation sector supports the World Bank-led analytical study on Agricultural … April to July 2021, in close collaboration with the main stakeholders of the irrigation sector in Georgia and the services …
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