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A Food Secure World For All: Toward a New Vision and Strategy for the CGIAR por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…This paper and the addendum were presented and approved at MTM 2000, and were subsequently combined in a document with the same name dated October 2000.The paper recommended that the CGIAR mission be achievement of sustainable food security and poverty reduction in the developing countries, and proposed a strategy of six elements which came to be called planks:1. focusing sharply on the reduction of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition;2. bringing modern science to bear on productivity and institutional problems;3. giving highest priority to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa;4. adopting a regional approach to research planning;5. diversifying and closely integrating partnerships; and6. in certain circumstances, adopting a taskforce approach to CGIAR workIn the process of discussion, the catalytic role of the CGIAR was added as a seventh plankIn his presentation to MTM 2000, Javier called attention to aspects with strategic implications: the focus on poverty reduction at the regional level; adoption of modern research tools to complement or replace traditional tools; closer articulation with partners in regions with high concentrations of poverty; increasing NARS capability to share responsibilities; and augmenting CGIAR capacity to respond to changing environments.…”
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The impact of agricultural research on the poor: a review of the state of knowledge por Hazell, Peter B. R.

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Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC): a strategic partnership to reduce poverty por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Agricultural developement and poverty in Africa por Maxwell, Simon

“…Agricultural growth is necessary for poverty reduction in africa. This much is obious. But agricultural growth of what kind? …”
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The biodiversity conservation: an effective mechanism for poverty alleviation por Roe, D., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

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Newly introduced AVRDC vegetable technologies in reduction of income poverty: Babati District, Tanzania por Pallangyo, V.L.

“…Although, non-governmental organizations have tried to introduce new technologies to farmers the problem remained cost effectiveness of technology towards income poverty reduction. The present study was conducted in Babati District, Manyara Region, Tanzania; specifically the study was designed to assess the profitability of the newly introduced technologies towards income poverty reduction. …”
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Give a man a fishpond: Modeling the impacts of aquaculture in the rural economy por Filipski, Mateusz J., Belton, Ben

“…These results bolster the notion that fish-farming, and in particular small-scale commercial aquaculture, may have a significant role to play in rural development and poverty reduction.…”
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Did rapid smallholder-led agricultural growth fail to reduce rural poverty? Making sense of Malawi’s poverty puzzle por Pauw, Karl, Beck, Ulrik, Mussa, Richard

“…Poverty reduction is a primary development goal in Malawi. …”
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India por Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Dalafi, Sara

“…These differences have led to different growth rates and, more importantly, different rates of poverty reduction. They also have fundamentally different implications for growth and poverty reduction in the future. …”
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Livestock development projects that make a difference: What works, what doesn't and why por Pell, A., Stroebel, A., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…A conceptual framework is proposed, based on a set of six working principles that underlie sustainable poverty reduction for livestock research and development. …”
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Poverty across various canal commands in irrigated Punjab, Pakistan por Muddasser, Muhammad, Jehangir, Waqar A., Hussain, Intizar, Ashfaq, Muhammad

“…As poverty is inversely correlated with improvement in incomes, provided other factors remain the same, the policy makers can use irrigation as a tool in poverty reduction programs. The inequity in surface water distribution not only affects the rural households across different irrigations but also influences the distribution of income and poverty situation in different reaches of each irrigation system. …”
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The economics of cowpea in West Africa por Coulibaly, O., Lowenberg-Deboer, J.

“…The contribution of cowpea to food security and poverty reduction can be substantial in West Africa if both biological and socioeconomic constraints are addressed. …”
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Microfinance Services for rural agriculture in Pakistan and Bangladesh por Zia ud Din , Malik

“…Microfinance is becoming a tool of poverty reduction in Pakistan and Bangladesh, given the high rates of poverty in these countries. …”
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A Food Secure World for All: Toward a New Vision and Strategy for the CGIAR por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…That was done at TAC 79, and the result presented by TAC Chair Emil Javier at ICW 2000, where it served as background for discussions of how the CGIAR should reshape itself to implement the vision.The paper recommended that the CGIAR mission be achievement of sustainable food security and poverty reduction in the developing countries, and proposed a strategy of seven planks:1. focusing sharply on the reduction of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition;2. bringing modern science to bear on productivity and institutional problems;3. giving highest priority to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa;4. adopting a regional approach to research planning;5. diversifying and closely integrating partnerships;6. in certain circumstances, adopting a taskforce approach to CGIAR work;7. strengthening the CGIAR as a catalyst, integrator, and disseminator of knowledge.In his presentation to MTM 2000, Javier called attention to aspects with strategic implications: the focus on poverty reduction at the regional level; adoption of modern research tools to complement or replace traditional tools; closer articulation with partners in regions with high concentrations of poverty; increasing NARS capability to share responsibilities; and augmenting CGIAR capacity to respond to changing environments.The paper lists the four broad criteria used by TAC to assess strategic choices for shaping the CGIAR research agenda. …”
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India's (Maharashtra) Employment Guarantee Scheme: lessons from long experience por Dev, S. Mahendra

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Labor-intensive public works: the experience of Botswana and Tanzania por Teklu, Tesfaye

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Conclusions and implications for policy and research por Torero, Maximo, von Braun, Joachim

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Local government spending and multidimensional poverty in Senegal: Insight from the fuzzy approach por Séne, Ligane, Cissé, Momath

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Decentralization and public service provision—A framework for pro-poor institutional design por Birner, Regina, von Braun, Joachim

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Food and cash for work in Ethiopia: experiences during famine and macroeconomic reform por Webb, Patrick, Kumar, Shubh K.

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