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    Review of agricultural policies and support instruments in South Africa 1994-2009

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    This review has three objectives. The first is to document the performance of the agricultural sector, with special emphasis on the period 2004-2007. The second is to identify the main agricultural policies and support instruments introduced since 1994, and to assess their impact on the structure and performance of the sector.
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    Market challenges for the restoration of the environment

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    Over the past century South Africa has become increasingly reliant on the manufacturing and services industries for its economic development and growth. However, the natural environment continues to play an important role in the livelihoods of particularly the poor, those in rural areas and the agriculture sector – the latter being essential for urban living.
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    Land, biodiversity and the extractive industries in southern Africa. How effective are legal and institutional frameworks in protecting people and the environment?

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    In the natural resources sector, laws are often formulated to regulate the relationship between men and the environment. Ideally, the law can play a vital role in regulating and protecting communities from adverse environmental and social impacts of mining, loss of land, biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as other human rights violations.
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    National Agricultural Marketing Council, South Africa (NAMC)

    The NAMC is a statutory body established in terms of the Act to advise the Minister of Agriculture and the South African Agriculture Industry on matters relating to the marketing of agricultural produ
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    South Africa and Chile - agricultural trade relationship

    National Agricultural Marketing Council, South Africa, 2010
    The objective of this paper is to uncover areas where South Africa could potentially increase its trade with Chile and what policy lessons can be taken from the Chilean experience. The paper indicates that South Africa and Chile followed similar paths in terms of the evolution of their agricultural policy, where both countries underwent significant liberalisation in their agricultural sectors.
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    Import/export parity price analysis

    Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 2008
    This manual focuses on the role parity prices play in food security and early warning analysis. Parity prices are used to compare prices of a commodity in two different locations, when the two locations are in different countries.
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    Meso-level restructuring of the food industry in developing countries: synthesis report - meso study

    Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008
    Rapid changes are taking place in the structure and governance of national and regional agrifood markets in developing countries, affecting the agricultural sector's ability to contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable rural development.
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    South Africa and China: the agricultural and fisheries trading relationship

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008
    A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China's trade with the world.  This paper examines the agricultural component of Chinese trade with South Africa, which it aims to place in broader perspective of China's global trading relationships.
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    Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa

    African Development Bank, 2008
    This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using the United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study performs two specific scenarios that capture the magnitude of both:
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    Regoverning markets programme: innovative practice series

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared for these changes.

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