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countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the Green Revolution brought a quantum leap in yields of staple … growth and urbanization, which in turn induced deeper agrarian change and food system transformations. In South Asia, these … accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food …
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high priority. Both volume and share of aid earmarked for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa not only remained low, around …Although agriculture is important for the livelihood of most Africans, especially the poor, donors did not accord it a …
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agriculture therein, and the pace of structural transformation in Africa over the last 50 years. The evolution has involved …-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). …Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from …
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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture, both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are …
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Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is … modified Heckman model, is then estimated across 8,400 farmers in Africa. The analysis explicitly models irrigation but … separately in the Ricardian model, irrigation must be modeled endogenously. The results also indicate that African agriculture is …
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How governments regulate food safety and environmental protection, including pesticide residue levels, has important implications for trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial held in Doha, Qatar in November 2001, included statements on standards, and their impact on market access...
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both food security and agriculture prevailed. But a long-run trend of declining foreign assistance to agriculture appears …
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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 … development and food and nutrition security, and addresses the organizational implications. -- public goods ; agriculture ; food …
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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are …. -- climate change ; agriculture ; food security ; crop model ; CGE model ; Tanzania …
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Several studies addressing the supply and demand for food in China suggest that the nation can largely meet its needs in the coming decades. However, these studies do not consider the effects of climate change. This paper examines whether near future expected changes in climate are likely to...
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