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  Embedding gender and diversity in the Plantwise Programme: overview of findings

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  It is widely assumed that women are not heavily engaged in agriculture, however data from around the world highlights the critical role that women play in agricultural production, especially in less-developed countries. In spite of the significant contribution they make female farmers often lack equal access to productive resources and opportunities.
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  Higher Boro production for food security: an integrated strategy

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2010

  The structure of rice production in Bangladesh has changed remarkably over time. With the development of rice cultivars for the Boro season and expansion of irrigation systems, both area and production of Boro rice increased over time.
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  The Hong Kong Declaration and agriculture: implications for Bangladesh

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2007

  The Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Hong Kong, China during 13-18 December 2005, was concluded with a Ministerial Declaration (WTO, 2005). Through this Declaration, WTO members agreed on various negotiating issues including agriculture and this is going to guide the final set of discussions towards the successful conclusion of the Doha Round.
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  Technological upgradation in the jute mills of Bangladesh: challenges and way out

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2012

  The jute manufacturing sector of Bangladesh has recently started to revitalise with the rise in global demand for jute goods, thanks to the environment-friendly nature of jute, and the price hike of petroleum products, an essential raw material for its substitute, polypropylene.
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  Chronic poverty in the Southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh

  Solidarités International, 2013

  Where the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh was once a prosperous agricultural hub, today it is an
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  Achieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012

  This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.
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  Vulnerability and poverty in Bangladesh

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2009

  Poverty reduction will continue to be a principal objective of development policy. Despite the wealth of information on poverty in Bangladesh, rigorous quantitative studies to address the risks and poverty are scarce. This paper attempts to fill the gap by examining quantitatively the linkage between risks and movement in and out of poverty using nationally representative cross-section data.
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  Changing organisations for agricultural extension in Bangladesh: strategies for change

  Eldis Document Store, 2002

  This booklet is a case study to accompany “Changing Organisations for Sustainable Livelihoods: A Map to Guide Change".
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  Effects of climate change on the sustainability of capture and enhancement fisheries important to the poor: analysis of the vulnerability and adaptability of fisherfolk living in poverty

  Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004

  Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities have seldom been investigated.
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  Impact of sustainable livelihoods approaches on poverty reduction

  Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2005

  This paper identifies specific examples where applications of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) had succeeded in reducing rural poverty.The study focused on whether the 12 country cases studies (in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, and Zambia) achieved positive changes in indicators of poverty reduction such as increa

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