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  Can an agricultural commodity be de-commodified, and if so, who is to gain?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  This paper stresses the imperative of directly enhancing agriculturally-based productive incomes of poor people, owing to the weaknesses of agricultural redistribution mechanisms both at a local and global level.The author uses the example of coffee farmers - generally located in the poorest countries - who have suffered badly in recent years, with the price of coffee beans at an all time low l
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  The livestock and poverty assessment methodology: a toolkit for practitioners

  Livestock Development Group, 2003

  This manual describes the Livestock and Poverty Assessment Methodology. The methodology is a collection of participatory tools to assess poverty and well-being among poor livestock keepers.
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  Smallholder identities and social networks: the challenge of improving productivity and welfare

  Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access, 2004

  This paper challenges economists’ general neglect of the social and psychological context in which smallholders make agricultural production decisions.
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  Cinderella's slipper: sondeo surveys and technology fairs for gauging demand

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper reports on the findings and recommendations of the INNOVA project (strengthening technology innovation systems in potato-based agriculture in Bolivia). Sondeo (informal) surveys were carried out in three smallholder communities in Bolivia, to gauge the implicit demand for agricultural technologies.
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  Society and the uncivil state: land tenure reform in Egypt and the crisis of rural livelihoods

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2004

  This paper examines the impact of recent changes in the relationship between landowners and tenants in Egypt.
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  The black sheep of Rajasthan

  GRAIN, 2004

  The Raika are a large pastoralist community predominantly found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, India, and are one of the largest groups of livestock herders in India, living in the semi-arid areas around the Thar Desert.
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  Comparing EU free trade agreements: agriculture

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  Free trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and its respective trading partners reinforce the Uruguay Round process on a bilateral basis.
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  India’s national agricultural policy: a critique

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2004

  The National Agricultural Policy (NAP) document released by the Government of Indian in 2000 aimed to attain an agricultural output growth rate in excess of 4 percent per annum, based on efficient use of resources, and sought to achieve this growth in a sustainable and equitable manner.This paper argues that (by 2004) no serious action had been initiated on most of the NAP’s proposals, and blam
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  Identifying policy determinants of food security response and recovery in the SADC Region: the case of the 2002 food emergency

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2003

  Many southern African countries faced a serious food security crises in mid-2002.
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  Investigating the impacts of climate change on Chinese agriculture

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2004

  This paper reports on a regional climate change model developed to predict the impacts of climate change of Chinese agriculture. The model, developed by the UK’s Hadley Centre for Climate Change Predication and Research, took into account climate and soil variables, and the influence of higher atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide on plant metabolism.

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