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India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...
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spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable … environmental, energy, and agricultural organized interest groups that continues to evolve. -- agriculture in international trade …
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accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food …
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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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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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The growth of African multinational companies in Southern and East Africa in recent decades brings with it a great …
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We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and …
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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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both food security and agriculture prevailed. But a long-run trend of declining foreign assistance to agriculture appears …
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used to achieve the joint objectives of development, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change in agriculture in the … developing world. The results show that agriculture is underinvested and foreign aid has not increased sufficiently to assist … developing countries achieve sustainable agriculture; substantial funds are needed to finance the wide range of measures for …
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