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Impact of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Near East and North Africa
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007Some argue that free trade is good for poverty reduction. This report examines the impact of trade liberalisation on small farmers and other poor households in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. It combines a comprehensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation with four country case studies to examine the distributional impact in more depth.DocumentThe decline in public spending to agriculture: does it matter?
Oxford Policy Management, 2007Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultural spending is not being prioritised within current budgets and, in many cases, is actually falling.DocumentImproving food security analysis and response: some brief reflections
Feinstein International Center, USA, 2007This paper reflects on where the people termed a “community of practice” stand in the food security enterprise. That is, those people who have a common interest or problem, who collaborate to share ideas, find solutions and build innovations.DocumentGlobal value chains in the agrifood sector
United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2006This paper discusses agriculture and poverty reduction in the context of globalisation. Taking the global value chain perspective (GVC), it analyses the trends in agribusiness and their consequences for strategies to eradicate poverty through increasing export growth.DocumentMarkets for ecosystem services: a potential tool for multilateral environmental agreements
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2006This paper discusses markets for ecosystem services (MES), which is an alternative approach for dealing with the way ecosystem services are used.DocumentLand in Africa: market asset or secure livelihood?
Human Settlements Programme, 2004This document summarises the proceedings from a conference organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , Natural Resource insitute (NRI) and the Royal African Society in November 2004.The conference brought together a wide range of interest groups including, African policy makers, academics and civil society representatives, as well as representatives of the privateDocumentCase studies of agri-processing and contract agriculture in Africa
Latin American Center for Rural Development, 2006This paper presents specific experiences in Africa, involving small and medium farmers and agri-processors.DocumentPolicy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).DocumentPricing farmers out of cotton: the costs of World Bank reforms in Mali
Oxfam, 2007This paper argues that recent changes to the cotton price-setting mechanism in Mali promoted by the World Bank have wider repercussions for the Malian economy and are likely to jeopardise the existing poverty-reduction strategy. Falling prices are increasing poverty in cotton-growing areas and worsening food insecurity and indebtedness.DocumentConstraints and opportunities of horticulture production and marketing in Eastern Ethiopia
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007What are the major opportunities and constraints to improving horticultural production and . marketing in Ethopia?Pages