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Donor Policy Narratives: What Role for Agriculture?
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007By Lidia Cabral and Ian ScoonesDocumentFarming’s climate smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011This paper places agriculture at the heart of climate change policy stating that climate change is already changing the face of farming. Increases in temperature, changing patterns of rainfall, more extreme droughts and floods, and the shifting distribution of pests and diseases can all be attributed in part to the increase in emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from human activities.DocumentAgriculture and climate change: a scoping report
Meridian Institute, 2011This scoping report provides context and analysis for addressing agriculture in international climate negotiations with the aim of informing climate negotiators and other stakeholders of different options and unpacking issues of interest.DocumentMechanisms for agricultural climate change mitigation incentives for smallholders
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011Smallholder farmers have an important role to play in the prevention of climate change by reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, they are not benefitting from international financial mechanisms established as a result of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).DocumentPreliminary study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on discrimination in the context of the right to food
UN Human Rights Council, 2010This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council held in February 2010.DocumentTracking results in agriculture and rural development in less-than-ideal conditions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009While donors and development practitioners still lack a common framework of results indicators to measure the effectiveness of development assistance, this sourcebook sets out a menu of core indicators that can be used to monitor agriculture and rural development (ARD) at the project, national regional and global levels.DocumentThe 2008/09 food price and food security situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for immediate and longer run responses
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2008This report examines the impact of recent world food price changes on domestic maize and fertilizer prices in the Eastern and Southern African region. It assesses the possible changes in cropping patterns, national food production, and consumers’ access to food in light of these price movements.DocumentLinking international agricultural research knowledge with action for sustainable poverty alleviation: what works?
Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2008How can knowledge better contribute to poverty reduction?DocumentLessons from the food crisis: patchwork will not mend our vulnerable system
South Centre, 2008In response to the global food crisis, world leaders around the globe are making pledges for rapid action. Governments are focusing on implementing short-term measures to muffle the immediate effects of the dramatic upward surge in commodity prices, particularly on the most vulnerable populations.DocumentChina’s response to dynamic change in agrifood markets
Regoverning Markets Programme, 2008China’s economy has experienced remarkable growth since economic reforms were initiated in 1978. Importantly, the growth rate of the agricultural sector has exceeded that of the growth of China’s population by nearly five times, transforming the country's food economy.Pages