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Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation
International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.DocumentGoverning the grasslands of Western China
Case Western Reserve University, 2003The paper begins by outlining Chinese grassland policy in the reform period and then describes key aspects of actual local level arrangements for grassland management. This description is based on the authors’ field studies at different sites on the Tibetan plateau (within Sichuan and Yunnan Province and the Tibetan Autonomous Region) and Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region1.DocumentPast, present and future: rangelands in China
Case Western Reserve University, 2002Overview of the rangelands of the Jianshe region of China which discusses the environmental and social issues associated with the pastoralist land use in the area.DocumentTechnical consultation on the integration of statistical and agricultural market information services. Proceedings of a CTA workshop
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003This technical consultation tackled issues around the sustainability and effectiveness of market information services (MIS) at the local, national and regional level in the ACP region.DocumentBridging information gaps between farmers, policymakers, researchers and development agents
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003Information is a prerequisite for development, both in agriculture and more broadly. Information gaps are direct impediments to development and need to be overcome. On the other hand, it is not just any kind of information that is required. Information overload is quickly becoming a problem not only for policy-makers and researchers in the North, but to anyone with access to the Internet.DocumentThe fight to feed the world
SciDev.Net, 2003SciDev.Net summary (linking to the full article) of a Science editorial looking at how scientists are gearing up to challenges of securing food production in developing countries in the coming years.The article reveals both good news and bad. On the positive side, the World Bank and other big donor agencies have been galvanised into action.DocumentFarmer Field schools: from IPM to platforms for learning and empowerment
Centro Internacional de la Papa / International Potato Center (CIP), 2003This publication features highlights of the International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field Schools (FFS): Emerging Issues and Challenges, held in Indonesia on 21- 25 October 2002.DocumentGlobal economic prospects 2004: realising the development promise of the Doha agenda
Prospects for Development [World Bank], 2003This report presents a detailed overview of the world economy, and the near-term outlook. It also analyses central elements of the Doha Agenda that are important to developing countries.The overview of the world economy projects anaemic growth of 1.5 percent in 2003 in the industrialised world. It foresees better performance next year, as industrial countries' growth rises to 2.5 percent.DocumentThe farm scale evaluations of spring-sown genetically modified crops
Royal Society, 2003This Royal Society study of the impact of GMCs reveals significant differences in the effect on biodiversity when managing genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) crops as compared to conventional varieties.