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This study on Latin America is based on a sample of eight countries, comprising the big four economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; Colombia and Ecuador, two of the poorest South American tropical countries; the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean economy; and Nicaragua, the...
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Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia …
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic …
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country. Zambia's agriculture sector faces challenges and is likely to grow more vulnerable as a result of climate change and … risk. At the same time, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and agriculture sector account for approximately … change concerns into its agriculture policy agenda. Under its Zambia climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategy framework, the …
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more inclusive of all citizens. The agriculture sector, one of the five jewels in the Bhutanese economy, can play a key … goals of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB). The government has set targets in a number of policy areas where agriculture …
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The government of Uganda (GoU) regards agriculture as a key economic sector to support Uganda's vision 2040 and the … transition to middle-income status. It recognizes that public spending on agriculture has a pivotal role in equipping the sector … population, and ultimately reduce poverty. To improve the quality and effectiveness of public expenditures in agriculture, Uganda …
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This document provides an investment plan for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Mali, developed with support of the … AAA Initiative and the World Bank, and technical assistanceof the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, the World … Agroforestry Centre and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS). It identifies specific …
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Climate change threatens to bring substantial impacts to Cote d'Ivoire's agriculture sector, which is central to the … greenhouse gases. This document provides an investment plan for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Cote d'Ivoire, developed with … Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This plan includes a set of twelve key CSA investments for Cote d'Ivoire that were …
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Agriculture is a vital sector in the Gambia. It accounts for about 17.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP …), ranking behind the services sector, which recorded 68.8 percent of GDP. Employment in agriculture appears to be mainly driven … derive their livelihoods from agriculture and related activities. Therefore, the sector is a prime area for investment to …
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) emissions from agriculture. It uses a counterfactual global model scenario showing how much emissions from agricultural … some countries that currently tax agriculture have high emission intensities. Policies that directly reduce emission …
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