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Rising food prices and farmer seed access: what are the impacts?

This report provides case-specific responses to key seed policy issues based on the relationship between seed markets and high food prices. The paper looks at India, Kenya, and Mali focusing on whether high food prices will mean higher seed prices and seed insecurity

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Women and food security: ( R. Mehra;M. H. Rojas / International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2009); The steep increase in global food prices has added nearly 100 million people to the numbers who are chronically hungry, pushing the world total to nearly 1 billion people. Amid a global financial cris...
Value chain analysis: a standard guideline?: ( C. da Silva;H. de Souza Filho / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2007); This paper gives guidelines and presents a methodological strategy for the analysis of agrifood value chains. The guideline aims to provide information on the conceptual fundamentals of chain analyses...
FAO reporting on global hunger in 2009: ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009); This is the tenth progress report on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS). It highlights that the food crisis has twinned with the economic crisis increasing the number of hungry people...
Business as usual as the international food system adds damage to the climate crisis: ( GRAIN , 2009); This article is about the inability of the global food system to fulfill its most basic function of feeding people while agribusiness corporations that control the food chain are amassing billions of ...
Can Lesotho's households achieve food security by buying food rather than growing it?: ( S.D. Turner / , 2009); Food insecurity remains a major challenge for Lesotho. This report offers a brief review of strategic issues and options in support for food security there. The paper shows that the nature of the chal...
Innovative backyard poultry value chain: ( M. Dhawan (ed);M. Punjabi (ed);V. Ahuja (ed) / South Asia Pro Poor Livestock Policy Programme , 2009); There is a growing evidence about the role that backyard poultry production can play in sustaining and enhancing poor peoples’ livelihoods. Market oriented backyard poultry is increasingly recog...
Telecommunications are a powerful tool for positive change: ( Sheila K;Katrin V / United Nations Foundation , 2008); This report, published by the UN Foundation, examines real life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and ...
Bird flu and people's livelihoods: how much is lost?: ( V. Ahuja;M. Dhawan;L. Maarse / South Asia Pro Poor Livestock Policy Programme , 2009); This report outlines the impact of bird flu on poor people’s livelihoods in West Bengal, India. Based on a survey of about 180 rural households raising ‘Kuroilers’ (a dual purpose bi...
Rising food prices and farmer seed access: what are the impacts?: ( M. Smale;M. Cohen;L. Nagarajan / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2009); This report provides case-specific responses to key seed policy issues based on the relationship between seed markets and high food prices, which were discussed at the project findings meeting at FAO ...
Adapting to the impact of climate change on African food security: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2009); Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place. Dealing with these impact...