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The Beijing Consensus on the future of global agriculture and rural areas: a blueprint for action
Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2005In the coming century agriculture and rural development will face significant challenges as a result of urbanisation and its impacts to food supply, trade liberalisation, resource competition and degradation, and critical need for more investment in research and technology.DocumentA territorial based approach to agro-enterprise development
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2005Global commodity and consumption trends are increasingly marginalising rural agricultural producers, with particularly negative effects on those distant from markets.DocumentPrioritising farmers' extension needs in a publicly-funded contract system of extension: a case study from Mukono district, Uganda
Overseas Development Institute, 2005How competent will Uganda’s new privatised extension system be? This paper reports on a case study conducted in Mukono District to assess the effectiveness of the "private service provider advisory system" in motivating farmer participation and control of the extension agenda.DocumentAlternative approaches for promoting fertiliser use in Africa, with particular reference to the role of fertiliser subsidies
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005Promoting sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will require massive increases in the amounts of fertilisers used in agriculture.DocumentStrategy options for the maize and fertiliser sectors of Eastern and Southern Africa
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005There is a global consensus that there is an urgent need for a “big push” agricultural strategy for Africa, acoording to this presentation given at DFID in July 2005. However, there is significant disagreement about how this should be accomplished, particularly with regard to food price support, price stabilisation, and input subsidies.DocumentFarmers' demand for fertiliser in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005Agricultural productivity growth in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) is currently well below that required to meet food security and poverty reduction goals.DocumentSmallholder farming in difficult circumstances: policy issues for Africa
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005Is the small farm in Africa is becoming increasingly unviable as a sustainable economic and social unit?DocumentOpportunities for Norwegian support to agricultural development in Malawi
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2005Following a decision by the government of Norway to increase it's support to the Malawian agricultural sector, this report presents the findings of a study into how Norway can help contribute to the alleviation of poverty.DocumentAgriculture and pro-poor growth: an Asian perspective
Center for Global Development, USA, 2005After two decades of neglect, interest in agriculture is returning. This paper explores the reasons why agriculture is back on the policy agenda for donors and poor countries alike.DocumentLong-term agricultural growth and agricultural policy in India and Pakistan
Global Development Network, 2003Agriculture plays important roles in economic development, such as provision of food to the nation, enlarging exports, transfer of manpower to nonagricultural sectors, contribution to capital formation, and securing markets for industrialisation. Improvement in agricultural productivity is a key to the realisation of each of these roles and where the importance of agricultural policies lies.Pages