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Biotechnology applications in food processing: can developing countries benefit?
Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2004This document is the background paper for the 11th conference of the FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, 14 June to 11 July 2004.DocumentThe role of social relations in farmer seed systems and reconstruction of agricultural production in a post-disaster situation
LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often seed relief programmes are based on the assumption that farmers themselves are not able to rehabilitate their seeds in times of crisis.DocumentWater: more nutrition per drop: towards sustainable food production and consumption patterns in a rapidly changing world
Stockholm International Water Institute, 2004The report highlights key facts, conditions and trends regarding water internationally. It explores water's relationship to sustainable food production and consumption patterns. It also highlights key water-food-nutrition-environment-livelihood trends, provides response options, and illustrates important policy directions. Five key issues for policy debate are identified within the report:DocumentCompensation and cost of conservation payments for biodiversity
Cornell University Library, 2003Under innovative environmental policies, direct conservation payments to farmers are starting to be implemented to induce them to abandon slash-and-burn agriculture as well as the use of forest resources altogether.DocumentFighting poverty through agriculture: Norwegian plan of action for agriculture in Norwegian development policy
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004Under this Norwegian strategy, development assistance for agricultural development will be scaled up considerably. The plan sets out 50 measures for promoting agricultural development in developing countries.It takes a holistic approach in which agricultural development is part of a broader strategy for private sector development that considers the entire production chain from field to table.DocumentThe impacts of payments for watershed services in Ecuador: emerging lessons from Pimampiro and Cuenca
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004Payments for environmental services (PES) is a topic of increasing interest in Ecuador, particularly as a way to leverage funding for environmental protection.DocumentWater and development: experiences of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in the water sector
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2003The connections and interactions between water and health, hygiene, nutrition, methods of cultivation, the protection and sustainable use of natural resources, productivity, income generation, local governance, economic policy, legal systems and participation in political decisions are of central concern in sustainable development.This document provides background information on SDCs engagementDocumentAgricultural biotechnology development, policy and impacts in China
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002China is developing the largest plant biotechnology capacity outside North America and an impressive list of genetically modified (GM) crops under trial. However, underlying these achievements is a growing concern among policy-makers about the impact of the global biotechnology debate on China's agricultural trade.DocumentAfrican water development report
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003The African Water Development Report (AWDR) presents status reports prepared by African countries around eleven themes related to water, selected in consonance with the World Water Development Report (WWDR).DocumentNon-farm income, household welfare, and sustainable land management in a less-favoured area in the Ethiopian highlands
Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004This study looks at the impact of improved access to non-farm income on household welfare, agricultural production, conservation investments and land degradation in form of soil erosion.The results indicate that access to low-wage off-farm income is restricted by lack of employment opportunities since households otherwise would have engaged in more off-farm wage employment than observed.MainPages