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Creating fiscal space for enhancing public investment in Sindh agriculture sector: A qualitative study of provincial spending in Pakistan by Rana, Abdul Wajid

“…Similarly, budget institutions, electoral system, and political institutions, apart from population composition, play their role in influencing public spending allocations during budget process and imposing constraints. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050 by von Braun, Joachim, Rosegrant, Mark W., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Cohen, Marc J., Cline, Sarah A., Brown, Mary Ashby, Bos, Maria Soledad

“…Given the number of undernourished people in the developing world and the increasingly complex risks to food security, policymakers are faced with an enormous agenda. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050 by von Braun, Joachim, Rosegrant, Mark W., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Cohen, Marc J., Cline, Sarah A., Brown, Mary Ashby, Bos, Maria Soledad

“…Given the number of undernourished people in the developing world and the increasingly complex risks to food security, policymakers are faced with an enormous agenda. …”
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International river basins by Treffner, J., Mioc, V., Wegerich, Kai

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Chapter 13: Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal [Nourishing Millions] by Cunningham, Kenda, Singh, Akriti, Headey, Derek D., Rana, Pooja Pandey, Karmacharya, Chandni

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Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets by Borja, R., Blare, T., Reimão, M., Padilla, G., Oyarzún, P.

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Aid to agriculture: reversing the decline by von Braun, Joachim, Hopkins, Raymond F., Puetz, Detlev, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…Despite continuing food crises in the developing world, agricultural development assistance from major governments and international institutions has declined since the early 1980s. …”
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Marketing margins and agricultural technology in Mozambique by Arndt, Channing, Robinson, Sherman, Jensen, Henning Tarp

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Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: opportunities and challenges emerging from the science and information technology revolution by Halewood, Michael, Chiurugwi, T., Sackville-Hamilton, N. Ruaraidh, Kurtz, B., Marden, E., Welch, Eric W., Michiels, F., Mozafari, J., Sabran, M., Patron, N., Kersey, Paul J., Bastow, R., Dorius, S., Dias, S., McCouch, S., Powell, W.

“…Over the last decade, there has been an ongoing revolution in the exploration, manipulation and synthesis of biological systems, through the development of new technologies that generate, analyse and exploit big data. …”
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Breaking the cycles of land degradation: a case study from Ban Lak Sip, Lao PDR by International Water Management Institute

“…s Institute of Research for Development (IRD). MSEC?s primary partner in Laos is the Soil Survey and Land Classification Center. …”
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Romper los ciclos de degradacion de la tierra: estudio de un caso en Ban Lak Sip, Republica Democratica Popular Lao. In SpanishBreaking the cycles of land degradation: a case study... by International Water Management Institute

“…s Institute of Research for Development (IRD). MSEC?s primary partner in Laos is the Soil Survey and Land Classification Center. …”
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MENAdrought synthesis of drought vulnerability in Lebanon: final report by Fragaszy, S., Belhaj Fraj, M., McKee, M., Jobbins, G., Fayad, A., Fakih, M., Lawrenson, L., McDonnell, Rachael

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Harnessing carbon markets for tropical forest conservation: towards a more realistic assessment by Smith, J., Mulongoy, K., Persson, R., Sayer, Jeffrey A.

“…The proposed Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol paves the way for financial and technological transfers to support forestry projects that sequester carbon or protect carbon stocks. …”
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What drives transitions in milk productivity? Household-level evidence from Punjab by Srivastava, S. K., Chand, Ramesh, Singh, Jaspal, Kumar, Anjani, Singh, N. P.

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The new and changing roles of cold storages in the potato supply chain in Bihar by Minten, Bart, Reardon, Thomas, Singh, K. M., Sutradhar, Rajib

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Global environmental change and AIDS: Assessing effectiveness of food security interventions to multiple stresses in Zimbabwe by Drimie, Scott, Gandure, Sithabiso

“…Global environmental change in Zimbabwe is intertwined with a challenging political environment, excessive economic decline, the depletion of scarce skills, and a generalized AIDS epidemic. …”
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Enabling equitable access to canal water resources in coastal Bangladesh by Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Mannan, Fouzia, Rahman, M. Mokhlesur

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Haiti and its multiple tragedies: Much more needs to be done by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

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Stuck in the middle? Structural change and productivity growth in Botswana by McCaig, Brian, McMillan, Margaret S., Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo, Jefferis, Keith

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2009 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Nestorova, Bella, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Fertziger, Rebecca, Fritschel, Heidi, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Yohannes, Yisehac

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