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    Agricultural R&D policy: a tragedy of the international commons

    AgEcon Search, 2008
    Over the past 50 years, public agricultural research has contributed enormously to humanity. Nonetheless, the world has continued to collectively underinvest in agricultural research and development (R&D), and many countries have witnessed declining public support for agricultural R&D.
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    Conserving land, protecting water

    International Water Management Institute, 2008
    Following from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture project, this book examines the relationships and linkages between land use and water management and social systems.
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    Environment for African development: a sustainable future through science and technology

    Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations University, 2008
    Focusing on sustainability through science and technology, this paper looks at the key environmental challenges for Africa in the near future. It also identifies environmental best practices and addresses the need for action before looking at ways forward.
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    Focus on... A green revolution for Africa

    New Agriculturalist, 2008
    Forty years after the Asian Green Revolution , the spotlight has now turned on African agriculture. Increasing attention is being paid to the need for greater investment in African agriculture and key organisations are pushing for a New Green Revolution in Africa.
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    Innovation system approach to agricultural development: policy implications for agricultural extension delivery in Nigeria

    2008
    A sustainable and dynamic approach to agricultural development has remained of great concern to the Nigerian government and a priority for discourse in the policy arena. However, past efforts have largely focused on public research and extension institutions as the sole source of innovation/knowledge required to trigger development in the agricultural sector.
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    Computerizing agricultural cooperatives: a practical guide

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006
    Agricultural cooperatives have been slow to computerise in least developed countries, but this fact is changing rapidly as computers become cheaper and access to the Internet grows.
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    Determinants of African farmers’ strategies for adapting to climate change: multinomial choice analysis

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    Climate change is expected to have a considerable impact on poor peoples' livelihoods in Africa and finding ways to help farmers adapt is of critical importance. This study analyses determinants of farm-level climate adaptation measures in Africa using a multinomial choice model fitted to data from a cross-sectional survey of over 8000 farms from 11 African countries.
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    Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented that bridges the gap between agro-economic and traditional Ricardian models, labelled by the authors as a ‘Structural Ricardian model’. It first captures the type of crop a farmer will select and then examines the conditional net revenue of that crop.
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    Introduction: new directions for African agriculture

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    Most of Africa’s poor are rural, and most rely largely on agriculture for their livelihoods. It is therefore widely agreed that “getting agriculture moving” must be part of the solution to the seemingly intractable problem of African poverty.
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    Outsourcing agricultural advisory services: enhancing rural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2008
    A pluralistic advisory service system is already a fact of life for many farmers in Africa. Over the last few years, outsourcing has become increasingly important in several sub-Saharan African countries and this bulletin takes the opportunity to learn lessons that can further guide this process.

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