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Foreign assistance and the food crisis of 2007 - 08
Abbott, Philip - 2012
Dramatically increased international agricultural commodity prices from 2007 to mid-2008 brought food inflation and greater incidence of poverty and malnutrition to developing countries. Higher food prices in 2011 threaten to repeat that crisis. The international community responded strongly to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009499799
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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security : new institutional arrangements for related public goods
Braun, Joachim von - 2013
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 and food system: natural resource management related...
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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
Over the past sixty years, most Asian countries have undergone relatively rapid agricultural transformations that helped jumpstart broader economic development. However, the changes have differed markedly in nature and speed across countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894303
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Foreign aid and sustainable agriculture in Africa
Umbadda, Siddig; Elgizouli, Ismail - 2013
high priority. Both volume and share of aid earmarked for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa not only remained low, around …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009789056
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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014
Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … 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). …
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Are biofuels good for African development? : an analytical framework with evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - 2010
Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662853
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The rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa : implications for food system transformation
Tschirley, David; Reardon, Thomas Anthony; Dolislager, … - 2014
We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408409
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Competition and inclusive regional economic growth in food production : barriers to entry and the role of African multinational corporations
Bosiu, Teboho; Vilakazi, Thando - 2020
The growth of African multinational companies in Southern and East Africa in recent decades brings with it a great …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240369
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Diffusion of agricultural innovations in Guinea-Bissau : from learning to doing
Caeiro, Rute Martins - 2022
This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. In the context of an agricultural extension project, we document both the direct effects of this intervention and subsequent diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816413
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Burkina Faso : shipping around the Malthusian trap
Grimm, Michael; Wetta, Claude; Nikiema, Aude - 2014
Burkina Faso has experienced quite significant aggregate growth over the past two decades, but that growth has not been transformed into poverty reduction. The key obstacles preventing large-scale escape from poverty are very high population growth combined with the absence of major...
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