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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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  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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  Impact of agricultural market information systems activities on market performance in Mozambique: Mozambique country report

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of agricultural market information systems (MIS) activities on market performance in Mozambique.
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  Research briefing: How EMBRAPA catalysed productivity gains in Brazil’s soybean and pulp and paper industries

  International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014

  This briefing summarises the main results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures (knowledge related institutions and government policies) in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in latecomer natural resource-related industries.
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  Cereal market dynamics: the Malian experience from the 1990s to present.

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  This paper assesses the role that cereal markets could play in contributing to poverty reduction in both urban areas through reductions in food prices and rural areas through increases in farm incomes, focusing particularly on the Malian experience.
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  Farmers’ production and marketing response to rice price increases and fertilizer subsidies in the Office Du Niger

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  This paper aims to inform the debate about farmers’ response to the Rice Initiative (RI) in Mali and rising rice prices, comparing crop production and marketing before and after the price spikes and the introduction of the RI in 2009.
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  Revolutionising finance for agri-value chains

  Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2014

  It is estimated that only 20% of populations in most developing countries have access to formal financial services, and in Africa only 4% of the total population have a bank account while only 1% of Africans have a loan or credit facility with a formal financing institution.
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  Cultivating the future: Exploring the the potential and impact of a green revolution in Africa

  Institute for Security Studies, 2012

  Despite possessing large tracts of rich, uncultivated land, Africa is a net importer of food and suffers from high levels of undernutrition. Some scholars have argued that a ‘Green Revolution’, defined by increasing crop yields and land under cultivation, could bring about a more sustainable future for the continent.
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  Horizons of functional food production in Syria and its exportation to international markets: Russia as an example

  National Agricultural Policy Centre, Syria, 2013

  F.F is a category that comprises an extended spectrum of foods and beverages, ranging from natural foods that contain functional components like lycopene in tomato and Omega-3 fatty acids in seafood, to fortified foods like calcium-fortificated orange juice or cereal fortified with vitamins and minerals.

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