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    Getting out of the food crisis

    GRAIN, 2008
    The current food crisis is focusing attention on the way food reaches some of the most disadvantaged people in the world. In this edition of GRAIN's Seedling magazine, a collection of articles highlight the less discussed aspects of the food crisis and responses to it.
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    Trading up: building cooperation between farmers and traders in Africa

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2008
    Value chains provide potential benefits for both rural producers and urban consumers. This book focuses on the role of traders, which it argues are not the villains that producers often paint them as, but play an equally important role within value chains.
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    Meso-level restructuring of the food industry in developing countries: synthesis report - meso study

    Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008
    Rapid changes are taking place in the structure and governance of national and regional agrifood markets in developing countries, affecting the agricultural sector's ability to contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable rural development.
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    Behind agrarian distress

    Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, 2006
    Based a survey conducted in three villages in the Indian state of Orissa, this article suggests that apart from the production failures and risks encountered in the increasingly volatile output markets, access to credit and terms of borrowing have emerged as main causes of the agrarian crisis in India.
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    The food crisis: national and global challenges

    Jadavpur University, India, 2008
    This short paper considers what steps need to be taken to address the recent food crisis. It argues that, while emergency measures such as the ones by the World Food Programme have to be supported, it is essential to investigate the nature, the root causes, and the long term solutions of the food crisis.
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    High food prices: impact and recommendations

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
    Prepared by the FAO, IFAD and WEP for the meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 28-29 April in Berne, Switzerland, this paper argues that the rapid price increase of basic food commodities internationally poses a serious threat to food security in developing countries.
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    High food prices: the what, who, and how of proposed policy actions

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    The sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years has led to increasingly serious concerns about the situation of people around the world. This policy brief aims to identify what needs to be done now to address the problem.
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    What will higher global food prices mean for poor consumers and small farmers in southern Africa?

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
    Rising food prices present a very real threat to ongoing efforts to combat poverty and hunger in southern Africa. However, this brief produced by the Regional Hunger & Vulnerability Programme (RHVP), argues that this is not necessarily the full picture.
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    Rising food prices: drivers and implications for development

    Child Rights Information Network, 2008
    Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for international development. It assesses the drivers of rising prices, discusses the implications of higher prices for developing countries, and surveys implications for development policy.
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    Sudan food assistance transition study

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2007
    This study provides an assessment of the key issues related to the impact that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has had on the most insecure food and nutritionally vulnerable areas and people in southern Sudan and the Three Areas - Abyei, Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile.The objectives of the report are:

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