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    Payment for ecosystem services in South Africa: prospects for programme development

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    The need to address sustained economic growth while simultaneously preserving the natural environment presents important policy challenges for countries such as South Africa.
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    Policy considerations of adopting Geographical Indication protection in South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    Geographical Indication (GI) refers to a proper name or a sign that identifies a certain product with a specific geographical location (the product’s origin) such as a province, a town or a country. The definition also implies that the product has specific qualities such as shelf life, texture, flavour, scent or nutritional properties related to its geographical origin.
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    Revisiting the global food crisis: magnitude, causes, impact and policy options

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2010
    The brief period of the 21st century has been marked by a drastic intensification of the global food crisis. The phenomenal surge in fuel and food prices followed by the on-going economic crisis have worked in tandem to increasingly deprive the poor across the world, particularly in the Global South, from their fundamental right to food.
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    Land, biodiversity and the extractive industries in southern Africa. How effective are legal and institutional frameworks in protecting people and the environment?

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    In the natural resources sector, laws are often formulated to regulate the relationship between men and the environment. Ideally, the law can play a vital role in regulating and protecting communities from adverse environmental and social impacts of mining, loss of land, biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as other human rights violations.
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    China-Africa agricultural co-operation: mutual benefits or self-interest?

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    Agriculture is regarded as a critical tool to help alleviate poverty among African populations. Domestic and international investors have focused on ensuring domestic food security by harvesting untapped agricultural potential.
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    Promoting conservation in India by greening coffee

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    The Indian coffee sector is at an important transition point, increasingly stuck in the middle between quality and value segments of the market. A potential niche for India is in the development of eco-friendly (green) coffees, leveraging the natural environment and biodiversity present in many regions.
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    Philippine fisheries trade with ASEAN: chokepoints to AEC 2015

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    The planned establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 has induced member-countries to implement concrete measures to improve their readiness for it. The Philippine fisheries sector has undertaken some steps to enhance its competitiveness leading to the new ASEAN arrangement.
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    Putting rice on the table: rice policy, the WTO, and food security

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    The Philippines has been and shall continue to be a major rice importer. Rice is the country’s major staple, accounting for nearly half of the calorie intake of the population. It is an important source of livelihood for millions of small farmers. Food security is conventionally equated with self-sufficiency in rice.
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    Rice self-sufficiency: is it feasible?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Rice self-sufficiency has long captivated public imagination in the Philippines. This Policy Note assesses whether the rice self-sufficiency target can be attained and sustained at reasonable cost. The assessment is based on two approaches: first is comparison with past trends; second is comparison with projections of demand and supply.
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    Policy coordination for food security: the case of the ASEAN Rice Trade Forum

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Rice is the most important staple crop in Asia. Rice is regarded not merely as a source of food and livelihood, but also a political commodity and barometer of state legitimacy. Intervention in rice markets is therefore the status quo.

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