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    Analysis of fishing ports in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    This paper investigates fishing port development in the Philippines in light of the perceived problems of port underutilization, marine resource depletion and other issues. It notes that most of the existing regional ports were underutilized and the existing municipal ports were grossly inadequate to serve the coastal communities.
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    Agricultural biotechnology: opportunities and challenges for the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Developing countries, still heavily dependent on agriculture, must now harness biotechnology to modernize agricultural production and diversify product outputs. The Philippines was one of the first Asian countries to establish a biotechnology research and development program.
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    The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2013

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013
    Ever since the increase in food prices in 2007-2008 raised the alarm about the sustainability of global food security, agriculture has been a major focus of public attention.
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    Financing agricultural value chains in Latin America: barriers and opportunities in Mexico, Peru and Honduras

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2014
    Small and medium commercial family farms in Latin America represent a large and important portion of the agricultural sector, with significant potential for catalyzing economic growth in the region. Despite this potential, small and medium producers often face several key constraints when looking to traditional lenders for credit.
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    The next global breadbasket: how Latin America can feed the world: a call to action for addressing challenges & developing solutions

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2014
    Addressing humanity’s great challenge — finding sustainable ways to feed rapidly increasing numbers of people around the world — is Latin America’s great opportunity.
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    Collective land access rights for enhancing smallholder livelihoods

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2015
    Land liberalisation policies and programmes based on giving individual property rights implemented in the last decades have not produced the expected results in improving rural peasant and/or native livelihoods in Andean and African countries.
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    Indigenous peoples’ rights and climate policies in Guyana: a special report

    Forest Peoples Programme, 2014
    Guyana is a high forest cover and low deforestation country with tropical forests covering up to 85% of the national land area. The vast majority of Guyana’s forests are found on lands traditionally used and occupied by Amerindian families and communities.
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    Land accumulation dynamics in developing country agriculture

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2014
    Understanding land accumulation dynamics is relevant for policymakers interested in the economic effects of land inequality in developing country agriculture. This Working Paper explores and simultaneously tests the leading theories of microlevel land accumulation dynamics using unique panel data from Paraguay.
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    Policy for promotion of agricultural mechanization and technology development

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    Until the 1950s, farming in Korea was carried out by using manual and animal-drawn implements such as shovel, plow, and sickle. These agricultural implements were mainly
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    Korean legislation on rural development and land reform

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    The main objectives of this research report are to outline the various policies that have been implemented through statutes in the past, and to introduce the legislation regarding rural development and land reform. This report will document each economic turning point and each stage of development since Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, to the present.

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