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    Fighting against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU): successes from ACP countries

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2014
    Combatting illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU) has emerged as a regional and national priority in the European Union and the ACP, and is increasingly the subject of collaboration in the context of both EU and ACP relations, and intra-regional or bilateral relations between countries.
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    Building resilience of SIDS through agricultural trade and agribusiness development

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2014
    Small islands face a greater risk of marginalisation due to the combined adverse consequences of their small size, remoteness from large markets and high economic vulnerability to economic and natural shocks beyond domestic control. This reader gives an overview of the main challenges and opportunities for agribusiness development in SIDS.
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    Farmer-driven research to improve food and nutrition security

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2015
    The recent evolution of agricultural research systems in developing countries has shown a change in focus from national public sector research organisations to one that emphasises a diversified public-private system, in which clients, especially farmers, are key partners in financing, planning, implementing and assessing research.
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    Agricultural transformation in Africa: building on successes

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2014
    Agriculture remains the major sector in African economies. Even if accounting for only about one-fifth of African GDP, a great number of Africans make their living out of the primary sector. Agriculture in Africa is characterized by an high degree of diversity where big exploitation co-exist with a large share of small scale producers.
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    Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2013
    Disaster risk can increase or decrease over time according to a country’s ability to manage its vulnerability and risk governance capacities. In recent decades, countries in all regions have strengthened their capacities to reduce mortality risks associated with major weather-related hazards such as tropical cyclones and floods.
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    Climate change, agriculture and food security: proven approaches and new investments

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2015
    This reader presents the key concepts, challenges and opportunities for agriculture and food security in relation to climate change. It gives an overview of the international negotiations on climate change and how they feature agriculture, especially in the context of ACP countries, and the farmers’ perspective on how progress can best be achieved.
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    Energetic dialogues in South Africa: the Inga example

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Studies of major hydropower projects such as that at the Grand Inga Dam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stress generation capacity and call for regional integration. Concentrating on the Inga site’s existing and future dams, this paper identifies several challenges to an emerging energy dialogue between Inga’s regional stakeholders.
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    To protect or to intervene?: contesting R2P as a norm in South Africa’s foreign policy

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    The “responsibility to protect” (R2P) allows international community to intervene when states are unable or unwilling to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
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    Silk, cinnamon and cotton: emerging power strategies for the Indian Ocean and the implications for Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    This paper sheds light on the growing array of strategic visions for the Indian Ocean from an African lens, focusing particularly on the role that South Africa could play in this area.
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    Co-operation in the South Atlantic Zone: amplifying the African agenda

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    South Africa’s foreign policy prioritises peaceful and sustainable growth in Africa by maximising its external engagements in increasingly strategic ways.

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