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Accurate information on farmer and consumer behavior is the foundation for Identifying public investments and policies … on smallholder crop marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa, and their … implications for public sector investments and policies to promote smallholder incomes and national food security. …
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This brief reviews results of applied research regarding the role of government in staple food markets in East and Southern Africa. The purpose of the brief is to draw lessons for Mozambique as it decides how to use the grain storage silos it has been building since 2009. The authors suggest...
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investments. The role of government in building the competitiveness of rural areas in Serbia. Some issues of resource management …
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AAMP Policy Briefing 1 January, 2010 This brief summarizes the policy implications of three thematic papers and seven country background papers prepared for the COMESA-ACTESA policy seminar on “Variations in staple food prices: Causes, consequences, and policy implications.” There is little...
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Accurate information on farmer and consumer behavior is the foundation for identifying public investments and policies … findings from a study on smallholder crop marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa. …
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developments in vulnerable countries. This work empirically connects two mainly independent debates about impacts of agri-investments … security. The results indicate the special relevance of private investments, domestic or foreign. The domestic situation in … importance of the recently developed responsible investments guidelines as they shall contribute that investments maintain their …
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Deteriorating food security status is primarily a local phenomenon resulting from failures in food systems and inadequate incomes. Technological advances in agriculture have led to declining long-term trends in food prices, which have assisted in improving diets. It is projected that in the...
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During the 1970s the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) economy experienced an oil boom because of increases in the level and production of crude oil and in the price each barrel of crude oil fetched on the international market. In the late 1990s to the present, the T&T economy has benefited from another...
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reasons, one of the important reason lies in the problems associated with domestic and international marketing of livestock … institutions to overcome perceived problems in the marketing system to address its links with food security. Knowledge on how … marketing routes and systems contribute to spread of diseases and the implications of these for national and international trade …
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maize in Mali, the organization of the marketing channels and players, and the characteristics of the main consumption … public sector investments and policies. …
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