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World Development Report 2008: agriculture for development
World Development Report, World Bank, 2007Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. This year’s edition of the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) highlights the importance of agriculture for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.DocumentRural employment and migration: in search of decent work
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2007A further 106 million will have joined the rural labour force in the developing world between 2005 and 2015, but what work will they find, and where? This paper argues that new thinking on rural employment is needed to create more and better rural jobs.DocumentBiofuels, agriculture and poverty reduction
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2007The development of biofuels has generated vigorous debate on economic and environmental grounds. This paper assesses the potential impacts of biofuels on poverty reduction. It argues that the potential is large, whether through employment, wider growth multipliers or energy price effects.DocumentOverview of recent development in the Sub-Saharan African rice trends
Africa Rice Center (WARDA), Benin, 2007Among the major cereals, rice is the most rapdily growing food source in Africa. However, the self-sufficiency ratio in rice (production over consumption) has been steadily declining since the 1960s, which means the continent is increasingly relying on the international rice market to satisfy its rice consumption needs.DocumentAfghanistan opium survey 2007
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2007This paper summarises the results of the Afghanistan Opium Survey for 2007. The survey reveals a dramatic increase in poppy cultivation in 2007. Primary findings of the report include:DocumentU.S. food aid: time to get it right
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005This paper takes a critical look at food aid, particularly U.S. food aid. It argues that much U.S. food aid, especially non-emergency food aid, is not nearly as effective as it could be and some of it is unacceptable. The paper concludes by recommending fundamental changes to U.S. food aid practices and a stronger rules-based approach to food aid in the multilateral system.DocumentAfrica fertilizer policy toolkit
World Bank in Africa, 2007The Africa fertiliser policy toolkit is intended to support better decision making by those interested in promoting fertilisers as a way of stimulating growth in agriculture. The toolkit is targeted at policy analysts and programme designers, and is intended to help establish:DocumentOECD agricultural trade reforms: impact on India's prices and producers' welfare
2007This paper examines the possible impact of liberalisation of agriculture trade on small holder farmers in India. The paper analyses the impacts of removing agriculture subsidies in the European Union and United States and of import trade tariffs in India.DocumentPoverty in Sri-Lanka: issues and options
Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka, 2007This paper discusses the methodology that is being used by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in computing Official Poverty Line (OPL).. It also gives the definitions of various measures used in measuring poverty for researchers, planners and policy makers who maintain an interest in the poverty situation in Sri-Lanka.DocumentApproaches to linking producers to markets : a review of experiences to date.
Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2007This paper examines experiences of linking farmers to markets, in order to reach some tentative conclusions regarding success factors. It mainly considers examples of linkages promoted by organizations such as NGOs.Pages