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industrialization, as well as the expansion of other sectors. This occured at the expense of agriculture, which accounts for the largest …
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The role of agriculture in development remains much debated. This paper takes an empirical perspective and focuses on … evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than nonagriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … not fundamentally unequal. However, when it comes to the better-off poor (reflected in the $2-day measure), non-agriculture …
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An assessment of the impacts of projected climate change on water availability and crop production in the Volta Basin and the southwestern and coastal basin systems of Ghana has been undertaken as a component of the impacts and adaptation study for Ghana
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The paper examines the role of foreign aid in building capacity to address climate change. While the experience with this topic is relatively recent and not yet extensive, analogous questions have arisen in many other areas of foreign aid. It is likely th
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Agriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back …
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Agriculture plays an important role in terms of employment and its contribution to gross domestic product in many …
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agriculture there …
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Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper … provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture …
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Food prices increased significantly in 2007.08 in Ethiopia due to several supply- and demand-side factors. The Ethiopian government released emergency food grain reserves, imported and distributed wheat at subsidized price, banned the export of staple cer
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Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key …
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