Agricultural markets and marketing
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- Rising food prices: time for a revolution in global food policy?
- ( A. Evans / Child Rights Information Network , 2008)
- Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for intern...
Coffee in Tanzania: key trends in sustainability standards
- ( E.,A. Lazaro;J. Makindara;F.,T.,M. Kilima / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2008)
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One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countr...
Placing South Africa's agricultural trade with China in perspective
- ( R. Sandrey;T. Fundira / Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa , 2008)
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A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China's trade with the world. This paper examines the agricultural component of Chinese trade with South Afric...
Trade liberalisation of tropical products: what are the options for developing countries?
- ( S. Perry / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development , 2008)
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This paper aims to provide strategic options for developing countries regarding the liberalisation of tropical products. It considers options for the Latin American countries seeking “fullest...
- How collective action has helped Andean potato farmers increase their incomes
- ( C. Velasco;A. Devaux;G. López;T. Bernet / CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action , 2007)
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The Andean highlands are home to some of the poorest rural households in South America. Native potato varieties and local knowledge for their cultivation and use are unique resources possessed by f...
- How can community forest products be distinguished in the market?
- ( D. Macqueen;A. Dufey;A. Gomes / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Using cases from Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Papua New Guinea, this report looks at the demand for mechanisms that bring together forest certification and fair trade. It particularly focuses...
- How globalisation in agribusiness is affecting South Asian farmers
- ( S. Sigh / Make Trade Fair Campaign, Oxfam International , 2007)
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This paper reviews the nature, profile and functioning of South Asia’s agribusiness sector which has been undergoing rapid changes in the wake of globalisation. Its principal focus is the imp...
Innovative practices for connecting small-scale producers with local and regional markets
- ( International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007)
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Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared ...
How can agricultural production be rehabilitated in war-torn countries?
- ( New Agriculturalist , 2007)
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The aftermath of war is a reality faced by millions of rural poor around the world, and re-establishing agricultural production, for both subsistence and trade, is an essential part of the rehabili...
Can a value chain task force help facilitate smallholder growth?
- ( M. Chitundu;K. Droppelmann;S. Haggblade / US Agency for International Development , 2007)
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Smallholder farmers operate in vertical supply chains, so an understanding of key opportunities and constraints up through the value chain becomes necessary for sustaining smallholder growth. Yet m...
