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  Seeds without borders

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2011

  This policy brief reviews, reflects and discusses the challenges from the perspectives of technological, organisational, institutional, regulatory, and policy frameworks within the variety development-seed production-seed use continuum.
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  Engaging youth in Climate-Smart Agriculture

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2012

  Climate-smart agriculture is based upon existing effective climate-smart practices that could be scaled out for implementation in developing and developed countries, in various agricultural systems.
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  Engaging youth in agricultural policy processes

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2012

  Saharan Africa has the world’s youngest population and is home to over 200 million young people. Two out of three inhabitants are under 25 years of age.
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  Appropriate climate smart technologies for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2013

  Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live in rural areas and rely mainly on agriculture for livelihood security. Low agricultural productivity in the region keeps this population under constant pressure, even though investment in agriculture is a proven way to reduce regional poverty.
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  Developing capacities and opportunities for youth engagement in the agricultural value chain and transformation

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2011

  Young people have the potential to make significant contributions to agricultural development at various levels, broadly defined here as the agricultural value chain. It is therefore critical to groom emerging professionals and entrepreneurs to contribute meaningfully to agricultural development initiatives.
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  Potential for a South African aquaculture industry on the Northern Cape’s Namaqualand Coast

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008

  The question of land-use is likely to remain a stumbling block for potential fish farmers because access to coastal land will continue to pose a formidable obstacle. This is because most coastal land has been zoned, plus the land that suits aquaculture is often also desirable for high-class private dwellings.
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  Livestock industrialization, trade and social-health-environment impacts in developing countries: a case of Indian poultry sector

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008

  Poultry is today one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture sector in India. While the production of agricultural crops has been rising at a rate of around 2.0 per cent per annum, this of eggs and broilers has been rising at 8 to 10 per cent per annum. India is today world's fifth largest egg producer and eighteenth largest producer of broiler.
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  Trade and poverty in Mauritius: impact of European Union sugar reforms on the livelihood of sugar cane workers

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011

  Sugar cane remains a major contributor to the Mauritian economy.  Over the last 30 years Mauritius has benefited from the EU Sugar Protocol with net sugar revenues estimated at €4 billion over this period. However, the success of the industry and its revenue contribution to socio-economic development is under threat due to EU sugar reform.
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  The effects of the European Union-imposed livestock identification and traceback system on Botswana’s beef exports and rural poverty

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011

  In 1997 the EU introduced a requirement that beef imports be traceable through a computerised system. To ensure continued access to the EU market, Botswana introduced the livestock identification and traceback system (LITS).
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  The impact of biofuels on food prices in the Southern African Customs Union

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011

  The quest for new sources of energy away from traditional petroleum products has in recent times led to the development and use of biological material (biomass). As the name suggests, biofuels are developed from organic materials.

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