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  The demand for crop genetic resources from international collections

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  While acknowledging the significance of historical patterns, this study provides a snapshot of recent flows of genetic resources in agriculture, enabled through the centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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  The need for Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanisms for agriculture in the WTO: a situational analysis

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This paper argues that developing countries need to identify the areas in multilateral trade rules that are required to facilitate the achievement of goals in food security, livelihoods and rural development needs.
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  The paradox of agricultural subsidies: measurement issues, agricultural dumping and policy reform

  Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2004

  This paper examines the economic and policy aspects of agricultural subsidies. The paper focuses on the most widely used measure of agricultural support, the OECD’s Producer Support Estimate.
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  Communication strategies in the age of decentralisation and privatisation of rural services: lessons from two African experiences

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper describes the challenges of decentralisation and privatisation of rural services from the perspective of communication strategy development. The author argues that the wave of decentralisation and privatisation in rural services worldwide has created a challenge for rural communities, service providers and local governments.
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  Chance, change, and choice in Africa's drylands

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2004

  This paper focuses on policy dimensions in improving the livelihoods of the inhabitants of Africa’s drylands, who account for an estimated 40% of the continents population.
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  The differential effects on rural income and poverty during a decade of radical change in Malawi

  BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2004

  This paper reports on a study of rural families in a densely populated area of Malawi, tracking how families have moved up or down in relation to income and welfare from 1986 to 1997. The timing of the study was significant, as major liberalisation policies affecting small-holders were put into place from 1987 onwards.
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  Are wealth transfers biased against girls?: Gender differences in land inheritance and schooling investment in Ghana's western region

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This study attempts to analyse changing patterns of land transfers and schooling investments by gender over three generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region.The authors find: that although traditional matrilineal inheritance rules deny landownership rights to women, women have increasingly acquired land through gifts and other means, thereby reducing the gender gap in
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  Climate change and food systems

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This short paper discusses the implications of climate in relation to agricultural production and food security. The paper highlights the agro-ecological zones (AEZ) approach, used to quantify the regional impact and geographical shifts in agricultural land and productivity potentials. The AEZ approach analyses the implications for food security resulting from climate change and variability.
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  Mainstreaming climate change responses in economic development of Uruguay

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This paper assess Uruguay’s greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance, in addition to reviewing policies, plans and regulations which have resulted in land use changes and new forested areas with significant implications for climate change.
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  Climate change impact on the water resources from the mountains in Peru

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This paper offers an evaluation of how climate change will impact Peru’s water resources, with particular reference on implications at the headwater catchments in the Andean mountains and the coastal region.The paper highlights the importance of tropical glaciers, particularly sensitive to variations in climate.

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