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  Perspectives on agricultural transformation: a view from Africa

  Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, 2004

  This book provides a predominantly African perspective on the nature of the agricultural development crisis, and the challenges posed by globalisation, biotechnology, policy reform, and widespread poverty.
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  Dialogue on agricultural trade reform, subsidies and the future of small and family farms and farmers

  UK Food Group, 2004

  This paper presents the main inputs to a conference on agricultural trade reform, subsidies and the future of small and family farms and farmers held in May 2004. It reports on a survey conducted for the U.K.
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  Creating a policy environment for pro-poor agricultural extension: The Who? What? and How?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2004

  Agricultural extension policy in many countries over recent decades has been exclusively production-focused, institutionally monolithic, centrally directed, and organised on the premise that public sector extension structures can effectively reach down to village level.
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  Water: more nutrition per drop: towards sustainable food production and consumption patterns in a rapidly changing world

  Stockholm International Water Institute, 2004

  The report highlights key facts, conditions and trends regarding water internationally. It explores water's relationship to sustainable food production and consumption patterns. It also highlights key water-food-nutrition-environment-livelihood trends, provides response options, and illustrates important policy directions. Five key issues for policy debate are identified within the report:
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  Fighting poverty through agriculture: Norwegian plan of action for agriculture in Norwegian development policy

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  Under this Norwegian strategy, development assistance for agricultural development will be scaled up considerably. The plan sets out 50 measures for promoting agricultural development in developing countries.It takes a holistic approach in which agricultural development is part of a broader strategy for private sector development that considers the entire production chain from field to table.
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  Agricultural biotechnology: meeting the needs of the poor?

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004

  This annual FAO State of Food and Agriculture report attempts to unravel the contrasting views on agricultural biotechnology as a tool to address food insecurity and malnutrition in developing countries.
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  Establishment and development of a regional agricultural policy network in the Caribbean

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This study from the University of the West Indies for CTA, aims to develop a networking strategy geared towards improving access to relevant information by regional agricultural policy stakeholders in the CARIFORUM/CARICOM countries of the Caribbean. It presents:an assessment of the environment in which Caribbean regional agricultural policies are being conducted.
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  Building on success in African agriculture: are Kenya's horticultural exports a replicable success story?

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  Summarising a background paper presented at the 'Successes in African Agriculture: Building for the Future' conference, this brief examines some of the factors that have contributed to the over six percent growth in Kenyan horticulture exports over the last 30 years.
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  Malaria and agriculture in Kenya: a new perspective on the links between health and ecosystems

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This article, produced by the International Development Research Centre, Canada, highlights research on the link between irrigated tropical agriculture and malaria, in particular findings which have shown that certain species of malaria-bearing mosquitoes prefer the blood of cattle to that of humans.
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  Agriculture in the city: a key to sustainability in Havana, Cuba

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This book presents the results of a three year research project on the history and state of urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba. A multidisciplinary team of 15 professionals, coordinated by the authors, assess the long-term potential for including urban agriculture in the local economy of two areas of Havana, as well as in city-wide environmental management programs.

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