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Sociopolitical effects of new biotechnologies in developing countries by Leisinger, Klaus M.

“…Assuring food security for the next 25 years requires meeting a number of political, social, economic, and technical challenges. …”
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Sociopolitical effects of new biotechnologies in developing countries by Leisinger, Klaus M.

“…Assuring food security for the next 25 years requires meeting a number of political, social, economic, and technical challenges. …”
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Achieving food security in southern Africa: new challenges, new opportunities by Haddad, Lawrence James

“…Now Southern Africa is experiencing a wave of economic and political reform that has the potential to raise living standards and bring the countries of the region into the world economy as full participants. …”
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Forests, policies and people on the Central American agricultural frontier by Kaimowitz, D., Paupitz, J.

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Participatory rangeland management planning and its implementation in Ethiopia by Awgachew, S., Flintan, Fiona E., Bekure, S.

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Farm power policies and groundwater markets contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) by Shah, Tushaar, Chowdhury, S.D.

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Electric vehicles in Sweden : a critical analysis of communication by Parrilla, Assunta

“…The present research aims at exploring the Electric vehicles discourse in Sweden working with inspiration from critical discourse analysis (CDA) perspective as well as the analysis of how the environmental issue are faced by the Swedish government, how and at what which extent the media talk about EVs and its world. Rather than doing a strict discourse analysis, this analysis explores how social positions become evident in the way actors argue their cases. …”

The global nutrition landscape: Assessing progress by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, the 2012 World Health Assembly (WHA) set six targets for 2025. …”
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Livestock futures to 2020: How will they shape food, environmental, health, and global security? by McDermott, John J., Enahoro, Dolapo K., Herrero, Mario

“…The last set of chapters explore the political economy of food security strategies in key developing countries and regions. …”
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Food policy in 2018-2019: Growing urgency to address the SDGs by Fan, Shenggen

“…2018 was a somber and unpredictable year, not only for food and nutrition security, but also for global political stability and international development. …”
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Bangladesh Food System Profile. Better understanding food systems at country level by Hernández, Ricardo, Béné, Christophe, Lundy, Mark M., Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca, Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando

“…The first main block recognizes how environmental, demographic, technological, political, economic, social, and cultural drivers influence the food system—from production to consumption. …”
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Gender, poverty and disability in the National Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2017-2019 of Indonesia and ways forward by Ramani, Gayathri V., Go, Ara, Olney, Deanna K.

“…Social inclusion is defined by the World Bank Group as the process of improving the terms of individuals and groups to take part in society, and the process of improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of those disadvantaged based on their identity to take part in society. …”
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Poverty and micro credit by Wetterstrand, Hanna

“…The high level of economic inequality in the world today is an unacceptable. The poor people of the world lack several essential services, one of them being financial services. …”
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A one government approach for agroecology policy coordination in Zimbabwe by Marenya, Paswel P., Chiduwa, Mazvita S., Ngoma, Hambulo, Chipindu, Lovemore, Nohayi, Ngowenani, Chimonyo, Vimbayi G.P.

“…Such aspirations, or political intentions, are found in many policy and policy-oriented documents. …”
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Which way forward?: people, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia by Colfer, C.J.P., Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…Indonesia contains some of the world's most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term management problems and the political, social, and economic turmoil of the past few years. …”
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Anthropologists and participatory research in research for development projects: case studies from Ethiopia, Ghana and Burkina Faso [Abstract only] by Debevec, Liza, Salzer, A.K.

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Understanding the Driving Forces and Actors of Land Change Due to Forestry and Agricultural Practices in Sumatra and Kalimantan: A Systematic Review by Juniyanti, L., Purnomo, H., Kartodihardjo, H., Prasetyo, L.B.

“…Indonesia has experienced one of the world’s greatest dynamic land changes due to forestry and agricultural practices. …”
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Smallholder livestock production in India - Opportunities and challenges: Proceedings of an ICAR-ILRI international workshop, New Delhi, India, 31 January-1 February 2006 by Birthal, P.S., Taneja, V.K., Thorpe, W.R.

“…Lessons from a changing world: Implications for livestock research and development by ILRI. …”
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The Efficacy of a Program Promoting Rice Self-Sufficiency in Ghana during a Period of Neoliberalism by Glenna, L., Ader, D., Bauchspies, Wenda, Traoré, A., Agboh-Noameshie, A.R.

“…The number of the world's food insecure rose at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. …”
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Ag-Incentives Consortium improves global data on agricultural policies by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…The reasons for doing so vary greatly: to keep food prices low for consumers; to support farm incomes; to reduce price volatility; and to meet other political objectives. Some policy interventions can have unforeseen consequences. …”
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