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Valuing crop biodiversity: on-farm genetic resources and economic change by Smale, Melinda

“…This book examines the challenges faced by farmers trying to maintain crop biodiversity in developing and transitional economies. Using a collection of empirical case studies of farmers and crop scientists across a range of agricultural economies and income levels, it presents economic tools and methods for valuing and managing crop biodiversity. …”
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Policy reforms and agriculture development in Central Asia by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Djalalov, Sandjar

“…It offers expert policy research and analysis and provides research-based information for generating policy recommendations that are relevant to each country as well as similar evidence from other transitional economies, including China, Vietnam, and selected Eastern European countries.…”
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ACP-EU Update: illegal logging by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Illegal logging is a pervasive problem that causes enormous damage to forests, local communities and national economies.…”
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ICT-triggered knowledge revolution in India by Moni, Madaswamy

“…Agricultural digital networks help to break down the barriers that stand between localised rural economies and globalised markets…”
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Institutions and economic policies for pro-poor agricultural growth by Dorward, Andrew R., Fan, Shenggen, Kydd, Jonathan, Lofgren, Hans, Morrison, Jamie, Poulton, Colin, Rao, Neetha, Smith, Laurence, Tchale, Hardwick, Thorat, Sukhadeo, Urey, Ian, Wobst, Peter

“…This paper draws together findings from different elements of a research project examining critical components of pro-poor agricultural growth and of policies that can promote such growth in poor rural economies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural growth, a critical driver in poverty reducing growth in many poor agrarian economies in the past, faces many difficulties in today's poor rural areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth by Dorward, Andrew R., Fan, Shenggen, Kydd, Jonathan, Lofgren, Hans, Morrison, Jamie, Poulton, Colin, Rao, Neetha, Smith, Laurence, Tchale, Hardwick, Thorat, Sukhadeo, Urey, Ian, Wobst, Peter

“…This paper draws together findings from different elements of a research project examining critical components of pro-poor agricultural growth and of policies that can promote such growth in poor rural economies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural growth, a critical driver in poverty reducing growth in many poor agrarian economies in the past, faces many difficulties in today's poor rural areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Patterns of growth and structural transformation in Africa: Trends and lessons for future development strategies by Timmer, Peter C., McMillan, Margaret S., Badiane, Ousmane, Rodrik, Dani, Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P.

“…African economies have sustained a solid pace of growth for nearly two decades. …”
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Auswirkungen der zunehmenden Wasserverknappung auf die globale und regionale Nahrungsmittelproduktion by Ringler, Claudia, Rosegrant, Mark W., Cai, Ximing, Cline, Sarah A.

“…If demand from industry and domestic sectors grows further, and if no more resources are made available for irrigated agriculture, agriculture, poorer economies, and particularly the poorest population in these economies, will be confronted with lower food production and reduced access to agricultural markets. …”
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Four barriers to development by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Apart from natural disasters, which hit the land and economies of some islands, most are exposed to four main handicaps…”
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Listening to farmers by Masianini, Bernadette, Rokotuibau, Mereani

“…Extension officers in the Pacific are working with farmers to produce DVDs, printed guides and radio and TV programmes in order strengthen rural economies…”
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Welfare impact of globalization in developing countries: Examining the mediating role of human capital by Olagunju, Kehinde Oluseyi, Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Oguntegbe, Kunle Francis, Raji, Ibrahim Oluwole, Ogundari, Kolawole

“…The empirical results reveal that globalization reduces poverty gap and child mortality rate, and that an increase in the stock of human capital in developing economies improves welfare outcomes. The study also finds that human capital strengthens the negative impact of globalization on poverty gap and child mortality rate. …”
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A quantitative analysis of trade policy responses to higher world agricultural commodity prices by Yu, T. Edward, Tokgoz, Simla, Wailes, Eric, Chavez, Eddie C.

“…For some food-deficit developing economies that rely heavily on imports for food consumption, drastic increases in the prices of these crops threatened the nutritional needs and social stability of these economies. …”
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Systèmes et entreprises agricoles compétitifs - Une approche au niveau local du développement de l'agro-industrie en Afrique sub-saharienne : Volume I, Cadre de référence et premiè... by Maatman, Arno

“…L'agriculture est un pilier de l'économie en Afrique subsaharienne, le développement agricole étant une condition essentielle à la croissance globale dans la région. …”
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Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Delgado, Christopher L.

“…The author argues that African rural areas behave differently from rural areas in fully commercialized market economies. In commercialized economies, price signals quickly induce factor flows, including items such as investment and technological change. …”
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Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Delgado, Christopher L.

“…The author argues that African rural areas behave differently from rural areas in fully commercialized market economies. In commercialized economies, price signals quickly induce factor flows, including items such as investment and technological change. …”
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Round the world in a nitrogen balloon by Vermeulen, Sonja J.

“…Global food chains and increasingly interlinked economies mean countries need to work together to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.…”
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Demand for crop genetic resources and the US National Plant Germplasm System by Day-Rubenstein, Kelly, Smale, Melinda, Widrlechner, Mark P.

“…Countries with developing economies made greater use of NPGS resources, relatively speaking, than did countries with high-income economies. …”
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Boycotting China: More symbolic than punitive — start designing policies which support Atmanirbhar Bharat by Jha, Abhishek K., Kumar, Anjani

“…The better approach would be to start designing policies which support “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, and invest sufficiently in becoming comparable with China in terms of benefits due to economies of scale.…”
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Business Information Services (Tanzania) by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Business Information Services (BIS) changes the lives of Tanzanian farmers and is a pioneering project that seeks to empower farmers and strengthen rural economies through e-business…”
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Small-scale food processing in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia: addressing INFORMATION MANAGEMENT needs for sector development by Atkinson, Keith, Cardoso, Maria Jose, Hill, Nora

“…The report highlights the potential contribution of small-scale food enterprises to the economies of these countries, and discusses the constraints such enterprises face, including poor access to finance and unfavourable environments.…”
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