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  Livestock production: the twenty first century's food revolution

  Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2004

  This paper discusses the donor community's role in securing a poverty oriented commercialisation of livestock production in the developing world.The author notes that the global food market is undergoing major changes, especially in the developing world.
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  Community integrated pest management in Indonesia: institutionalising participation and people centred approaches

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This report assesses the extent to which community integrated pest management (IPM) has been institutionalised in Java, Indonesia, by examining three areas of change, namely:policy reforms at national and local levelssocial and environmental impacts of community IPM in a variety of local settingsorganisational changes within government bureaucracies, FAO and other support agencies.
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  Pastoralism on the margin

  Minority Rights Group International, 2004

  This report focuses on the sustainability of pastoralism in the lowlands of the Great Rift of East Africa and the Horn, arguing that pastoralism as a mode of production and a way of life has entered a phase of decline, often accompanied by conflict, drought, famine and flooding.The report details the historic evolution and chief characteristics of pastoralism, discussing the eras of colonialism
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  Agricultural trade reform and poverty reduction in developing countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2004

  This paper assesses the opportunities and challenges provided by the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda, particularly with regards to agricultural trade liberalisation and its impact on trade of low-income countries. Observations of the study include:consumers in developed countries are more concerned with food safety and the environment than with the price-raising effect of agricultural pro
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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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  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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  Agricultural dynamics in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines

  Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Israel, 2004

  This paper analyses the determinants of agricultural growth and dynamics in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines from the 1960s to the late 1990s.The introduction of new high-yielding varieties of cereals in the 1960s, known as the green revolution, dramatically changed the food supply in Asia, as well as in other countries.
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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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  Targeted food assistance in the context of HIV/AIDS

  Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency, 2004

  This paper from the Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE) reviews C-SAFE targeted food assistance programmes. The paper aims to understand the opportunities, constraints and practices associated with targeted food assistance, with particular emphasis on HIV and AIDS-affected individuals and households.
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  Food for work manual

  Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency, 2004

  The food for work (FFW) manual, produced by CARE Indonesia, details how the food for work programme is used to pay workers whose families face a nutrition deficit.

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