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    The effects of the food reserve agency on maize market prices in Zambia

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is a major player in the Zambian maize market and substantial public sector resources are devoted to its activities. This policy synthesis estimates the effects of the Zambia FRA’s activities on maize market prices in the country.
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    Cassava commercialization in Mozambique

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Cassava has historically served as Mozambique’s key food security crop. This paper examines the commercial dynamics in Mozambique’s cassava value chain as well as the food security implications of growing cassava commercialisation.Findings can be summarised as follows:
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    Situational analysis of food sovereignty in the context of adaptation to climate change in Ecuador

    United Nations Development Programme, 2010
    The document seeks to identify effective investment strategies in reducing the vulnerability of major crops for the Ecuadorian economy, the same as are set in the Basic Food Basket, so that the country can, on one hand, reduce risks and, on the other, invest efficiently in sustainable development.
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    Agriculture and food security in South Asia: a historical analysis and long run perspective

    Unnayan Onneshan, 2010
    This study has focused on the regional and national assessments of the potential effects of increasing population and changing climatic condition on food security in South Asian countries. The efforts have been put forth e eight countries of South Asia.
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    Liberalizing agricultural trade and developing countries

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002
    Agriculture has been a special case in which trade liberalisation has not progressed since a considerable period, while subsidisation and protection of agriculture remain the norm in developed countries. This paper reflects the outcome of a conference dedicated for liberalising agricultural trade and developmental concerns of low-income economies.
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    Impact of Climate Change on Rural Salvadorian Farmers

    The George Washington University Medical Center, USA, 2011
    The objective of this consultancy is to explore climate change impacts on food supply and security as well as on hazards that threaten subsistence farmers in El Salvador.
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    Coping with a changing climate: considerations for adaptation and mitigation in agriculture

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
    This book presents historical evidence of the linkages between climate and food security and the current challenges climate change poses on world food security. It argues that changing climatic conditions are projected to affect food security from the local to the global level as the unpredictability of weather conditions increases.
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    Climate change, water and food security

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
    This report summarises current knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. It examines the implications for local and national food security and the methods and approaches for assessing climate change impacts on water and agriculture.
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    Climate change impacts and adaptation in Nepal

    International Water Management Institute, 2010
    This working paper aims to create a more comprehensive understanding of how the impacts of CC will be realized at different scales in Nepal (from household livelihoods to national food security), and the many institutions governing the ultimate adaptation process. SectionI, Background, provides background information on Nepal.
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    Agriculture and climate change: a scoping report

    Meridian Institute, 2011
    This scoping report provides context and analysis for addressing agriculture in international climate negotiations with the aim of informing climate negotiators and other stakeholders of different options and unpacking issues of interest.

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