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Revisiting food and nutrition security: A comprehensive overview by Ecker, Olivier, Breisinger, Clemens

“…The modest progress in reducing malnutrition over the past two decades and the severe impacts of recent food crises have re-ignited a debate on new ways for improving food and nutrition security. …”
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Agricultural commercialization, land expansion, and homegrown land-scale farmers: Insights from Ghana by Chapoto, Antony, Mabiso, Athur, Bonsu, Adwinmea

“…The past decade has seen several African countries increasing their agricultural growth, a trend largely underpinned by increases in land area cultivated instead of productivity increases. Meanwhile, scholars debate whether Africa should pursue a strategy of large-scale or smallholder farms, paying little attention to a special group of smallholder farmers who have transitioned to become medium- and large-scale farmers. …”
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Conclusion: approaches to working multisectorally in nutrition by Garrett, James, Natalicchio, Marcela

“…Much of the discussion at the international level has revolved around judgments made in an academic debate two decades ago or is based on shared personal experiences. …”
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Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods by Thierfelder, Karen, Robinson, Sherman

“…There is a continuing debate about the role of changes in trade on the evolution of relative wages particularly the skilled-unskilled wage gap. …”
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Creating, protecting, and using crop biotechnologies worldwide in an era of intellectual property by Pardey, Philip G., Koo, Bonwoo, Nottenburg, Carol

“…Proponents tout the positive incentive-to-innovate effects of intellectual property rights (IPRs), while others maintain that the expanding subject matter and geographical extent of IPRs are stifling crop research, especially research and development (R&D) dealing with developing-country crop concerns. Much of this debate relies on anecdotes and misleading or incomplete evidence on the extent and nature of the IPRs pertaining to crop technologies, including the jurisdictional extent of the property rights and their practice. …”
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Assessing agricultural biotechnology: applications of Ex-ante and Ex-post methods to genetically modified crops by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Rhoe, Valerie

“…Therefore, accepting genetically modified food for aid or growing genetically modified crops for export or even local consumption is a contentious issue. To inform the debate, more impact assessment regarding the benefits and costs of agricultural biotechnology adoption is needed, but for this assessment to occur, researchers need to know and understand how and when the various impact assessment methods should be used. -- From Text…”
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Unmaking the commons: Collective action, property rights and resource appropriation among (agro-) pastoralists in eastern Ethiopia by Beyene, Fekadu, Korf, Benedikt

“…In Ethiopian development policies, pastoralist areas have recently attracted more attention. However, much debate and policy advice is still based on assumptions that see a sedentary lifestyle as the desirable development outcome for pastoralist communities. …”
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Methodological guidelines for tracking public spending on agriculture with illustrations from Zambia by Govereh, Jones, Malawo, Emma, Jayne, Thomas S., Chilonda, Pius

“…Measuring public spending on agriculture will make it possible to debate the size and quality of allocation and subsequently improve public resource use efficiency. …”
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Distributional consequences of U.S. tariff shocks on India's economy: Insights from a computable general equilibrium model by Sainath, Banda, Reddy, A. Amarender, Pal, Barun Deb, Kumar, Anjani, Kumar, Ujjwal, Das, Anup, Rai, P.K.

“…The policy paper contributes to the debate of impact of US tariff hikes on Indian economy and its exports and vulnerable population by using CGE model.…”
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Fuelwood revisited: what has changed in the last decade? by Arnold, J.E.M., Kohlin, G., Persson, R., Shepherd, G.

“…The impact of woodfuel collection on forests has been controversial and its role in rural livelihoods and deforestation the subject of considerable debate. This study reviews the main dimensions of this discourse and the resulting responses from the forestry sector. …”
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Conservation and sustainable use of wildlife -based resources through the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): The Bushmeat Crisis by Christophersen, T., Nasi, Robert

“…It also argues in favour of stronger involvement of civil society and the private sector in addressing governance issues and other aspects of current overexploitation of wildlife; enhancing local ownership rights; and establishing links between the bushmeat debate and tenurial and land-rights reform. At the international level, the authors suggest that trade relations between developed and developing countries, which (directly and indirectly) affect bushmeat consumption levels, must be seriously reconsidered, and that efforts should place a stronger emphasis on positive incentives for better managing wildlife resources.…”
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Review of current tools and methods for REDD+ and REALU value chains by Bernard, F., Minang, Peter A., Noordwijk, Meine van

“…In the context of the wider debate on reduction of carbon emissions from tropical deforestation and forest degradation, this report reviews current tools and methodologies for the planning of emissions reductions projects across all land uses in a REALU (Reducing Emissions from All Land Uses) value chain. …”
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Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations by Barrett, J.C.

“…Because of inappropriate land use, concerns for the environment in tsetse-freed areas have been expressed frequently. This debate is very relevant to Zimbabwe, where extensive tsetse control operations in recent years have confined the remaining area of tsetse infestation to parts of the Zambezi valley, a semi-arid region of the country with a fragile eco-system and limited agricultural potential. …”
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Ricos en agrobiodiversidad, pero pobres en nutricion: Desafios de la mejora de la seguridad alimentaria en comunidades de Chopcca, Huancavelica [Peru]. by Scurrah, M., Haan, Stef de, Olivera, E., Ccanto, Raul I., Creed, H., Carrasco, M., Veres, E., Barahona, Carlos

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Conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa main messages by Rosenstock, Todd S., Lamanna, Christine, Thierfelder, Christian L.

“…That existential question sparks debate, complicates implementation and fractures the development community. …”
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More Trees, More Poverty? The Socioeconomic Effects of Tree Plantations in Chile, 2001-2011 by Andersson, K., Lawrence, D., Zavaleta, J., Guariguata, Manuel R.

“…This paper seeks to contribute to this debate by analyzing the socioeconomic impact of such plantations. …”
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The Challenge of 'Territory': Weaving the Social Fabric of Indigenous Communities in Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean Autonomous Region by Larson, A.M., Soto, F., Mairena, D., Moreno, E., Mairena, E., Mendoza Lewis, J.

“…Through the analysis of three indigenous territories in Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCN), the article argues that the state is still setting the terms of debate. It suggests that the defence of rights should be anchored not only on the ownership of territory but also on the social fabric of indigenous communities and territories.…”
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La producción porcina en Valle Medio by Rossi, Daniel

“…Un aporte para el debate sobre la mejor forma de producir carne porcina en la provincia de Río Negro…”
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Environmental policy stringency and foreign direct investment : testing the pollution haven hypothesis with a new composite index by Lundh, Mia

“…Environmental concerns and increasing stringency levels of environmental regulations, especially in developed countries, has given rise to the debate concerning pollution havens. The pollution haven hypothesis argues that differences in environmental policy stringency will give economic incentives to firms and industries to move their production to countries with more lenient environmental regulations. …”

Constructing and anticipating conflict : how Madrid prepares for wolves by Garrido Espinosa, Sara

“…Finally, the theoretical debate on deliberative democracy and agonistic pluralism participatory theories helped to unravel a widespread discontentment and distrust heading toward a crisis of legitimacy where environmental agencies are failing to accommodate all perspectives.…”