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  The effect of WTO and FTAA on agriculture and the rural sector in Latin America

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This paper examines two alternative versions of further trade liberalisation; one representing free trade world wide, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the other a Western hemisphere free trade bloc, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
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  The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This paper examines the advantages, disadvantages and impacts of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso from the early 1980s.The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice.
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  The role of agricultural technology in food and nutritional security in Africa

  Bioline, 2001

  This paper looks at some of the reasons for low productivity in African agriculture. It argues for increased investment in agricultural research and extension.The paper presents the argument that the development and utilization of profitable and environmentally friendly technology is an essential factor for the transformation of agriculture into a modern sector.
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  Underinvestment in agricultural research and development revisited

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2003

  This paper looks at the factors influencing the relatively low public agricultural research and development (R&D) investment in developing countries, and suggests ways in which more investment can be achieved.The paper presents a stylized model of the economic selection of agricultural R&D projects.
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  Effects of North American Free Trade Agreement on agriculture and the rural economy

  Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, USDA Economics and Statistics System, 2002

  This report evaluates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on U.S. agriculture and the rural economy. The report begins with a broad overview of the impact of NAFTA on U.S. agriculture, and follows with a more detailed account of the effects on a number of commodities.Findings include:U.S.
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  Gender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003

  With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia.
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  The profits of famine: Southern Africa's long decade of hunger

  Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2002

  This article explores the causes of famine and chronic malnutrition in Southern Africa.
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  The maze of maize: improving input and output market access for poor smallholders in southern African region: the experience of Zambia and Malawi

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises.The study differentiates causes of the crisis (the maize harvest shortfall in 2001, as well as to why the shortfall caused a food emergency) between: immediate causes, such as reduced plantings due to low food prices the p
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  The adoption and impact of agricultural biotechnology innovations in South Africa

  Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2002

  South Africa is one of the few developing countries and probably the only one in Africa that has adopted some new biotechnology inputs, largely maize and cotton seeds, but what research is being performed to investigate the effects?
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  Ensuring food security via improvement in crop water productivity

  Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2003

  This first background paper from the CGIAR Water for Food Program seeks to identify research needs to increase crop water productivity, such that food security can be ensured and farmers’ livelihoods enhanced without increasing water diverted for agriculture.The paper proposes a number of priority topics for research on crop water management in the challenge Program on Water and Food, which wi

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