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    Global financial and food crisis: a Malysian perspective

    Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia, 2009
    High food prices from 2007 through mid-2008 spawned serious implications for food security, macroeconomic stability and even political stability in many countries, especially developing ones.
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    The Terrestrial Carbon Group (n/a)

    The Terrestrial Carbon Group develops policy recommendations to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon.
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    How to include terrestrial carbon in developing nations in the overall climate change solution

    The Terrestrial Carbon Group, 2008
    This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial carbon and provides guiding principles for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change, which would support:
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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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    Getting out of the food crisis

    GRAIN, 2008
    The current food crisis is focusing attention on the way food reaches some of the most disadvantaged people in the world. In this edition of GRAIN's Seedling magazine, a collection of articles highlight the less discussed aspects of the food crisis and responses to it.
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    Who will China feed?

    Economic Research Service, USDA, 2008
    In recent years, China has emerged as the world’s leading importer of soybeans, vegetable oil, cotton, wool, rubber, and animal hides. However, it has also been surprisingly successful at meeting the basic food needs of its population of more than 1.3 billion people, and it has stepped up as a major food exporter. This article asks: how long can China sustain this momentum?
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    Small boats, big problems

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2008
    This paper argues that small boats can cause as much damage in fisheries around the world as big trawlers. While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and over capacity, many demand the right to continue subsidising 'small' vessels.
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    The state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    Drawing 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.
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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:
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    Sustainability standards and coffee exports from Tanzania

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2008
    One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countries. This paper aims to identify critical areas to facilitate compliance with sustainability standards in coffee, which is the major traditional export crop for Tanzania.

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