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Seven reasons why the Doha round will not solve the food crisis
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008Leaders of the world’s trade and financial institutions - the World Trade Organisation (WTO), World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - are pushing for the completion of the WTO’s Doha Round of trade agreements as a way to solve the current food crisis.DocumentThe state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007Drawing on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organisations and twelve specially commissioned thematic studies, this report presents an analysis of the state of agricultural biodiversity in the livestock sector.DocumentPlan B 2.0: Rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble
Earth Policy Institute, 2006Update of the original Plan B book. Discusses, among other things, whether an earth restoration budget that parallels the budget for poverty eradication is a viable and/or effective approach to dealing with environmental degradation.Documentid21 natural resources highlights 6: Rural livelihoods
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008This bi-annual addition of id21 Natural Resources Highlights looks specifically at rural livelihoods. It contains the following three articles:DocumentRising food prices: drivers and implications for development
Child Rights Information Network, 2008Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for international development. It assesses the drivers of rising prices, discusses the implications of higher prices for developing countries, and surveys implications for development policy.DocumentFood sovereignty comes of age: Africa leads efforts to rethink our food system
UK Food Group, 2007The article focuses on the debates and discussions that took place at the Nyéléni 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty, which was held in Mali, representing organisations across various sectors of food providers from across the globe.DocumentDeveloping women’s entrepreneurship and e-business in green cooperatives in the Asian and Pacific region.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2007This document explores the potential for women in entrepreneurship and e-business in the niche area of green or “organic” cooperatives.DocumentRegoverning markets programme: innovative practice series
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared for these changes.DocumentA value chain task force approach for managing private-public partnerships: Zambia's task force on acceleration of cassava utilisation
US Agency for International Development, 2007Smallholder farmers operate in vertical supply chains, so an understanding of key opportunities and constraints up through the value chain becomes necessary for sustaining smallholder growth. Yet market analysis is of little value unless key private and public sector stakeholders agree to implement necessary reforms.DocumentLooking a gift horse in the mouth: the case of Zambia’s refusal to accept american food aid
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the example of Zambia's refusal of American GM maize as food aid in 2002 to illustrate this point. It discusses:Pages