Search Results - "Libération"

Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis by Narayanan, Sudha

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A strategic approach to multistakeholder negotiations by Edmunds, D., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…We argue that negotiations based on an unhealthy combination of communicate rationality and liberal pluralism, which underplays or seeks to neutralize differences among stakeholders, poses considerable risks for disadvantages groups. …”
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Macroeconomic policies and forestry in Zimbabwe by Mabugu, R., Kowero, G.S.

“…Over the period 1980-2001, macroeconomic policies have swung from a centrally controlled economy to a liberalized economy. In general, Zimbabwe's experience suggests tha macroeconomic policies have had negative effects on forestry development. …”
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Detecting threshold effects in price transmission by Traoré, Fousseini, Diop, Insa

“…This helps identify the nature of the relationship between geographically distant markets and cross-commodity price transmission, as well as the impact of liberalization policies and the identification of regions exposed to systemic shocks. …”
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Assessing the potential cost of a failed Doha Round by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…The current trend of multilateral trade liberalization may not survive this failure, and the global public good provided by the WTO that helps to free trade in a stable and less-distorted environment may vanish. …”
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Why can’t MENA countries trade more?: The curse of bad institutions by Karam, Fida, Zaki, Chahir

“…The literature offers a broad consensus that bad institutions hamper trade and that trade liberalization engenders institutional reforms; however, MENA has generally been neglected in this literature, even though most countries in the region suffer from a clear deficit of “good” institutions. …”
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Why a few agricultural cooperatives survived the crisis in the cooperative movement in Uganda while many others collapsed by Kwapong, Nana Afranaa, Korugyendo, Patrick Lubega

“…At that time, political instability, the liberalization of markets, and mismanagement, among other reasons, caused almost all to fail. …”
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Urban livelihoods and labor markets by de Haan, Arjan

“…Urbanization is increasingly accompanied by globalization through trade and financial liberalization, both of which reinforce the importance of cities and economies of scale. …”
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Reforming water allocation policy through markets in tradable water rights: lessons from Chile, Mexico, and California by Rosegrant, Mark W., Gazmuri, Renato

“…Increasing water scarcity, rising costs of irrigation subsidies, and general economic liberalization are creating strong incentives for comprehensive water reform with establishment of tradable water rights and the development of markets in these rights. …”
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Returns to policy-related social science research in agriculture by Gardner, Bruce L.

“…Case studies of U.S. agricultural policy research cover consequences of trade liberalization, farm commodity program analysis, effects of publicly supported commodity promotion, and the value of publicly funded crop forecasting and research on agricultural technology. …”
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Pearl millet and sorghum improvement in India by Pray, Carl E., Nagarajan, Latha

“…The success and sustainability of these improved cultivars resulted from three types (or periods) of interventions by the Indian government: (1) increased investments in crop improvement by national and international agricultural systems during the 1970s; (2) development of efficient seed systems, with the gradual inclusion of the private sector in the 1980s; and (3) the liberalization of the Indian seed industry in the late 1990s. …”
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Reforming water allocation policy through markets in tradable water rights: lessons from Chile, Mexico, and California by Rosegrant, Mark W., Gazmuri, Renato

“…Increasing water scarcity, rising costs of irrigation subsidies, and general economic liberalization are creating strong incentives for comprehensive water reform with establishment of tradable water rights and the development of markets in these rights. …”
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Moving herds, moving markets: Making markets work for African pastoralists by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction

“…Drawing on 15 cases from nine countries this books offers some solutions to the huge challenges pastoralists encounter in trying to sell what they produce. With liberal use of tables, diagrams and illustrations, it documents impacts, good practices and lessons in the marketing of pastoralist livestock and livestock products. …”
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Degradation of pesticides by the ligninolytic enzyme Laccase : optimisation of in vitro conditions, immobilisation and screening for natural mediators by Farragher, Naomi

“…The findings showed an apparent ability of the encapsulated laccase to be liberated and have an effect on glyphosate degradation, although much work still remains in this area. …”

Food policy research for improving the reform of agricultural input and output markets in Central Asia by Goletti, Francesco, Chabot, Philippe

“…The more ambitious agricultural reform programs have included measures aimed at liberalizing agricultural marketing, trade and prices. …”
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Livestock intensification and smallholders: a rapid reconnaissance of the Philippines hog and poultry sectors by Rola, Agnes, Rola, Walfredo, Tiongco, Marites, Delgado, Christopher L.

“…Changing demographic patterns, decentralized eco-governance, trade liberalization, and health and environmental policies have major impacts on further livestock intensification and on increasing scale of operations. …”
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The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh by Hossain, Mahabub

“…The development of minor irrigation, particularly private, investment-based expansion of shallow tubewells, has contributed to this impressive performance, and was an outcome of the government’s market liberalization policy for irrigation equipment in the late 1980s. …”
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Production constraints on cocoa agroforetry systems in West and Central Africa: the need for integrated pest management and multi-institutional approaches by Sonwa, D.J., Weise, Stephan F., Adesina, A.A., Nkongmeneck, B.A., Tchatat, M., Ndoye, O.

“…Cocoa-producing countries of West and Central Africa experienced a serious economic crisis in the early 1980s, when the cocoa sector was liberalized and the macroeconomic policies of the sector changed. …”
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The Challenge of Governing Africa's New Agricultural Investment Landscapes: An Analysis of Policy Arrangements and Sustainability Outcomes in Ethiopia and Nigeria by Schoneveld, George C.

“…In the context of globalization, market liberalization, and deregulation, many African governments are embracing the potential of private agricultural investment to address structural issues within their agricultural economies. …”
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Push and pull for change by Årevall, Josefin

“…This thesis draws on the work of Ian Scoones, Frank Ellis and David Mosse to argue for the importance to see beyond idealistic liberal analyses that ignore the structural forces affecting decision-making. …”
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