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  Trade and environment briefings: export restrictions

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012

  Export restrictions are implemented nowadays with the aim of achieving a number of goals, such as food security, industrial development, environmental protection and natural resource conservation. Nevertheless, the current paper brings about a rethinking of the needs and policy objectives behind such measures.The document presents the following findings:
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  Promoting value chains of neglected and underutilized species for pro-poor growth and biodiversity conservation: guidelines and good practices

  Bioversity International, 2008

  Use of neglected and underutilised species (NUS) can play an important role in improving food security, conserving biodiversity and generating income and employment. Value chain development (VCD) can be a useful tool for realising these prospects, by linking supply capacities to market opportunities.
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  Cereal offenders: how the G8 has contributed to the global food crisis, and what they can do to stop it

  ActionAid International, 2008

  Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this policy brief, Actionaid calls on G8 leaders to take bold steps in Hokkaido to prevent world hunger spiralling further out of control.
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  id21 natural resources highlights 6: Rural livelihoods

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  This bi-annual addition of id21 Natural Resources Highlights looks specifically at rural livelihoods. It contains the following three articles: