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Soaring food prices and the rural poor: feedback from the field
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008The prices of basic food commodities have increased rapidly over the past three years and, as a result, the threat to food security in developing countries has increased significantly. This paper by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), examines what soaring food prices at the global level mean for poor rural people across the developing world.DocumentFueling disaster: a community food security perspective on agrofuels
Community Food Security Coalition, 2007As the United States’ appetite for agrofuels continues to grow and other countries join this trend, the ecological and social footprint of agrofuel consumption will be increasingly felt throughout the world.DocumentThe state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007Drawing on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organisations and twelve specially commissioned thematic studies, this report presents an analysis of the state of agricultural biodiversity in the livestock sector.DocumentTurning high prices into an opportunity: what is needed?
WTO Watch Trade Observatory, IATP, 2008Over the past two years commodity prices have risen unexpectedly. This paper argues that high prices are likely to remain high and volatile. To some extent, this is a development opportunity as it might increase incomes and reduce poverty. In the short term, however, import expenses are rising while inefficient agricultural sectors prevent poor countries from benefiting from high prices.OrganisationAgros International
US-based international CSO working to combat rural poverty in Central America and Mexico.DocumentIncreasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007The objective of this paper is to highlight the contribution that inland and coastal small-scale fisheries can make to poverty alleviation and food security and to make practical suggestions on ways that this contribution can be maximised. In particular the paper discusses:DocumentExecutive summary of the synthesis report of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, 2008How can agricultural knowledge, science and technology (AKST) be used to reduce hunger and poverty, improve rural livelihoods, and facilitate equitable environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable development? The paper from the IAASTD programme synthesies research a series of global and regional reports in an attempt to answer this question.DocumentStriving for growth, bypassing the poor? A critical review of Rwanda’s rural sector policies
Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, 2007This paper critically analyses the challenges and priorities for Rwanda’s rural sector policies in the fight against poverty. The lessons drawn are important, the author asserts, as this sector will be at the forefront of Rwanda’s new Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS or PRSP-2).DocumentTen reasons why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for another green revolution will not solve the problems of poverty and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2008This article analyses the effectiveness of the investment that the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced - a joint ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’ (AGRA). The authors argue that, based on the first Green Revolution experience, this initiative will not succeed because:DocumentEconomic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008Examines the region’s key short and medium term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas and studies long-term development issues for the developing countries in the region.Pages