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Using a case study approach, this research explores the various potential limiting factors of climate change adaptation …
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Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa's agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the … agriculture in order to be fully effective and to avoid further solidifying gender roles and gaps. These could include suitable …
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In this paper, we seek to answer three research questions: (1) What is the pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI …) in the African food and agriculture sector in the last 15 years? (2) What are the drivers of FDI in the African food and … agriculture sector? (3) What is the evidence on the impacts of private-sector investments in the African food and agriculture …
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Soil, the main means of production in agriculture of Moldova suffered a progressive deterioration in the last 20 … support of agriculture is very limited. There is no single source of information, containing reports on the amounts (internal …
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Aquatic agricultural systems in developing countries face increasing competition from multiple stakeholders operating from local to national and regional scales over rights to access and use natural resourcesùland, water, wetlands, and fisheriesùessential to rural livelihoods. A key...
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The Great Famine of Ireland from 1845-51 ranks as one of the most lethal of all time, claiming approximately one eighth of the country’s population. Utilizing Famine Relief Commission reports to develop a micro-level dataset of blight severity, I find that in the short run, districts more...
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goal of the Worldfish Center-led Consortium Research Program (CRP), “Harnessing the development potential of aquatic … research in development initiatives to test this hypothesis requires a solid understanding of each CRP country’s social … knowledge, based on a review of literature on agriculture, aquaculture and gender relations within the five focal countries …
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and design the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems for the Borotse hub in Zambia’s Western Province …: agriculture in the Borotse flood plain; major agricultural land types in the Borotse flood plain; soils and their uses; production …
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The potential impacts of multilateral trade liberalisation on developing countries are the subject of numerous controversies. One particular concern is that Brazil, a major agricultural exporter and a country with one of the world’s most unequal income distributions, will reap a substantial...
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; (ii) harnessing the best of earlier and ongoing research that contributes to the science themes of the program and which …
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