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  The annual FANRPAN high level regional food security policy dialogue Advocating for the active engagement of the youth in the agricultural value chain

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2011

  Africa has a unique population profile with 44 percent of its population under the age of 15 in 2006 making SSA the youngest region of the world. Today two out of three inhabitants of SSA are under 25 years of age. SSA is home to over 200 million young people who are employed primarily in agriculture where they account for 65 percent of the total employment.
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  Using input vouchers for improving access to agricultural in-puts - who are the winners and losers?

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2008

  Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most ambitious and successful assaults on hunger in the history of the African continent. Through a national input subsidy programme, coinciding with better rainfall conditions, maize production doubled in 2006 and almost tripled in 2007 and 2008.
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  True contribution of agriculture to economic development and poverty reduction in Malawi: who needs to know what?

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2009

  The contribution of agriculture to economic development is enormous, as evidenced by the favourable direct and indirect impacts of agricultural growth and investment on Malawi’s economy, in terms of national income, inflation, interest rates, exchange rates and other macro economic variables.
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  The role of targeting in service delivery to vulnerable populations – the FANRPAN Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) - a synthesis of three country reports

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2009

  The objective of the Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) pilot study, conducted in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, was to further develop and test the HVI as a statistical tool for quantifying household vulnerability resulting from shocks such as HIV and AIDS. Key outputs from the study were a refined method for constructing the HVI and a computerised tool for its computation.
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  Pro-Poor Value Chain Development for High ValueProducts in Mountain Regions: Indian Bay Leaf

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011

  Production of high value products and services can help reduce poverty in mountain regions. Value chains can be used to describe the activities and benefits involved in bringing such a product from the producer to the market, and analysed to identify improvements along the chain which, if addressed, yield the highest positive outcome for small producers, traders, and processors.
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  Towards a framework for achieving food security in the mountains of Pakistan

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014

  This working paper outlines a mountain-specific framework for addressing food security in the mountains of Pakistan. It builds on efforts by ICIMOD together with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) to understand the special issues of food security and find solutions in the mountain areas of Pakistan.
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  Trade and poverty in Mauritius: impact of European Union sugar reforms on the livelihood of sugar cane workers

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011

  Sugar cane remains a major contributor to the Mauritian economy.  Over the last 30 years Mauritius has benefited from the EU Sugar Protocol with net sugar revenues estimated at €4 billion over this period. However, the success of the industry and its revenue contribution to socio-economic development is under threat due to EU sugar reform.
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  The effects of the European Union-imposed livestock identification and traceback system on Botswana’s beef exports and rural poverty

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011

  In 1997 the EU introduced a requirement that beef imports be traceable through a computerised system. To ensure continued access to the EU market, Botswana introduced the livestock identification and traceback system (LITS).
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  India-Africa cooperation in agriculture science, technology and innovation: new avenues and opportunities

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014

  India is now a key trading partner of Sub-Saharan Africa, importing almost US$ 21 billion worth of goods and commodities and exporting goods of over US$ 10 billion to Africa in 2010. India’s development cooperation with Africa expanded significantly in 2005, when India became the first Asian country to become a full member of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).
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  Agriculture and child under-nutrition in India: a state level analysis

  Madras School of Economics, India, 2014

  The basic rationale for exploring agriculture-nutrition linkage in developing countries is the existence of high level of undernutrition among rural population and a high level of their dependence on agriculture for livelihood.

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