Food security
- Rising food prices: drivers and implications for development
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As global food prices continue to rise, this paper examines what this change means for international development. It assesses the drivers of rising prices, discusses the implications of higher prices for developing countries, and surveys implications for development policy. The author argues that a revolution in global food policy is needed, and urges development actors to engage with the difficult questions at the centre of current debates.
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Food riots in Haiti: a crisis with deep roots
- ( M. Schuller / Center for International Policy , 2008)
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Beginning in early April, Haiti was gripped by a nationwide mobilisation to protest against high food prices, reaching a crescend...
- 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...
- How agricultural knowledge, science and technology can reduce poverty and improve livelihoods
- ( International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development , 2008)
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Are Rwanda's rural sector policies really pro-poor?
- ( A. Ansoms / Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp , 2007)
- This paper critically analyses the challenges and priorities for Rwanda’s rural sector policies in the fight against poverty. The lessons drawn are important, the author asserts, as this sector ...
- Assessing the impacts of food insecurity in Sudan
- ( T. Frankenberger;J. Downen;J. Meyer / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007)
- This study provides an assessment of the key issues related to the impact that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has had on the most insecure food and nutritionally vulnerable areas and people i...
- Overcoming barriers in developing agricultural biotechnology in Africa
- ( N. Clark;J. Mugabe;J. Smith / African Centre for Technology Studies , 2008)
- This book provides an overview of the potential benefits of agricultural biotechnology in Africa in the context of continuous poor agricultural production and rising food insecurity. The authors draw ...
- Developing agricultural practices that will achieve food sovereignty
- ( P. Mulvany / UK Food Group , 2007)
- The article focuses on the debates and discussions that took place at the Nyéléni 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty, which was held in Mali, representing organisations across various secto...
- Will a second Green Revolution really solve Africa's problems?
- ( E. Holt-Gimenez;M. Altieri;P. Rosset / Institute for Food and Development Policy , 2008)
- This article analyses the effectiveness of the investment that the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced - a joint ‘Alliance for a Green Revolutio...
Green Revolution 2.0 initiatives in Africa: the start of a corporate biotech boom?
- ( Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI , 2008)
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When the G8 meets in June 2008 in Germany they are expected to announce a new research agenda that will again propose scientific solutions to Africa’s social problems. This communiqué ...
- The case for a new "Green Revolution" in Africa
- ( Rockefeller Foundation , 2006)
- The ‘Green Revolution’ originated in initiatives in Latin America and Asia, which were made up of a combination of philanthropy, agricultural research, training of scientists and farmers, ...
