Search Results - "developing countries"

Toward a nitrogen footprint calculator for Tanzania by Hutton, M.O., Leach, A., Leip, A., Galloway, J.N., Bekunda, Mateete A., Sullivan, C., Lesschen, Jan Peter

“…We present the first nitrogen footprint model for a developing country: Tanzania. Nitrogen (N) is a crucial element for agriculture and human nutrition, but in excess it can cause serious environmental damage. …”
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Strengthening capacity for research and policymaking by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI’s approach to capacity strengthening has evolved and expanded to better meet developing country needs through collaborative research, training, and institutional development.…”
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Agricultural insurance and the World Trade Organization by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…Yet while WTO rules shield green box policies from reduction, few developed countries have notified agricultural insurance policies under Annex 2. …”
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Preferential trade agreements between the monetary community of Central Africa and the European Union: Stumbling or building blocks? A general equilibrium approach by Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Muhammad, Andrew

“…The regional breakdown in our design considers 14 regions, allowing for country‐specific analysis for one least‐developed country (Democratic Republic of Congo) and one non‐least‐developed country (Cameroon). …”
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It?s not fair trade! by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…s Ministry of Agriculture summarises the reasons why developing country farmers struggle to sell their produce to foreign markets. …”
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The US crop insurance program and WTO disciplines by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…Crop insurance has become an integral part of many domestic support programs, not just in developed countries, but in important emerging markets as well. …”
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Research on biological nitroten fixation in the international agricultural research centers by Graham, Peter H.

“…This paper reviews the activities of the centers in this area and highlights common and distinctive features of the programs, as well as their links with BNF activities in national programs and developed country laboratories.…”
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Starvation Threatens Rwanda - "Seeds of Hope" Program to Restore its Crippled Agriculture by CGIAR Secretariat

“…CGIAR news release describing the Group's Seeds of Hope initiative aimed at replacing Rwanda's seed stock which had been destroyed or consumed during the country's civil war and ethnic genocide, and hopefully precluding the need for hundreds of thousands of tons of emergency food aid from developed countries.…”
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Agricultural R&D in Uruguay: policy, investments, and institutional profile by Beintema, Nienke M., Hareau, Guy, Bianco, Mariela, Pardey, Philip G.

“…Although Uruguay has only a small number of agricultural R&D agencies, the intensity with which the country invests in agricultural R&D is comparatively high, especially by developing-country standards. In 1996 total agricultural R&D expenditure as a share of agricultural GDP was 1.7 percent.…”
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Scientific, Technological Research and Economic Growth : Some Implications for the CGIAR

“…The presentation briefly describes the structure of science and technology in developed countries which are responsible for about 93 percent of all global expenditure in science and technology and the situation in emerging countries.…”
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Genetic resources for farmers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Gliricidia sepium: genetic resources for farmers - Tropical Forestry Paper No 33 edited by J L Steward, G E Allison and A J Simons 1996 1 25pp ISBN 0 85074 139 4 ISSN 0141 9668 price UKL 12 50 to institutions and individuals in developed countries…”
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Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa: Guidelines for documenting plans supporting a breeding program by Marshall, Karen

“…It, however, will also be useful to others documenting breeding plans for developing country livestock production systems, outside of this specific project.…”
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As good as one s word by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…ISBN 3 901347 23 2 US$ 25 E 26.60 US$ 5 E 5.30 for developing country scientists from IUFPRO member organisations. …”
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UNCTAD Resolution 50 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC note reviewing the research implications of the UNCTAD resolution addressing the competitiveness of developing country produced raw materials in the face of synthetic and other substitutes. …”
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A global assessment of Basin Plans: Definitions, lessons, recommendations by Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Tagutanazvo, Emelder, Lautze, Jonathan F.

“…Disaggregating basin plans suggests that developing country transboundary plans are more geared toward hydropower development, navigation and coping with uncertainty, while developed country and national plans appear to focus more on issues such as water quality and fish management. …”
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Are experience and schooling complementary?: evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market by Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…This paper aims to empirically identify migrants' assimilation process by examining their wage dynamics in one urban labor market of a developing country: Bangkok, Thailand. Although prior studies on migration highlight the effects of schooling on the decision to move and the resulting selectivity of migrant populations, the role of schooling in the assimilation process has not been thoroughly examined in the context of urban labor markets.…”
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Are consumers willing to pay more for biofortified foods? Evidence from a field experiment in Uganda by Chowdhury, Shyamal, Meenakshi, Jonnalagadda V., Tomlins, Keith, Owori, Constance

“…Finally, the paper addresses whether the use of hypothetical scenarios is justified in a developing country context, and quantifies the magnitude of hypothetical bias that results as a consequence.…”
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Slow Magic: Agricultural R&D a Century after Mendel by Pardey, Philip G., Beintema, Neinke M.

“…Report produced by the CGIAR Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative on trends in public and private investment in agricultural research and development and the dramatic gap between research intensities in developing and developed countries. The title refers to the dynamic of scientific progress as a slow cumulative process rather than one led by revolutionary breakthroughs. …”
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Assessing development strategies and Africa’s food and nutrition security by Heidhues, Franz, Atsain, Achi, Nyangito, Hezron, Padilla, Martine, Ghersi, Gérard, Le Vallée, Jean-Charles

“…On average, a typical developing country in Africa is assisted by about 30 aid institutions in the implementation of development strategies, yet Africa is still far from achieving food and nutrition security. …”
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How do we help women in poor countries break into commercial agriculture? by Puskur, Ranjitha

“…Most developing-country women have little control over how the farm income they generate is spent. …”
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