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in some areas. Like several countries in Africa and elsewhere, the two countries have developed and used Strategic Grain … food security situation, strategic grain reserve operations and management in relation to food emergencies, and … recommendations to enhance the strategic grain management; and Part 4 presents the conclusion …
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Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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impact all traders similarly. Studies by the World Bank, for example, found that men and women traders often face different …- specific associations. This study in Tajikistan explored a range of topics, primarily within the scope of the World Trade … crossings in the country. The work was built upon a similar methodology developed and used in other surveys by the World Bank …
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analyzes the performance gap of the CEC through an examination of three sectors: (a) cashmere and wool sector, (b) meat, and (c …) leather. These sectors highlight the major challenges that Mongolian producers face in a world where agribusiness depends on a …
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, drought events, and grain production in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (RUK) region, which accounts for more … utilized to gain a better understanding of (a) the potential impact on grain production of droughts linked to the El Nino …/La Nina phenomenon in RUK, (b) RUK governments' policy response to those events and how domestic and regional grain markets …
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(LCDs), which Myanmar joined in April 2013, the Government of Myanmar has asked the World Bank Group (WBG) to be the …
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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