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Getting out of the food crisis
GRAIN, 2008The 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.DocumentTrading up: building cooperation between farmers and traders in Africa
Royal Tropical Institute, 2008Value chains provide potential benefits for both rural producers and urban consumers. This book focuses on the role of traders, which it argues are not the villains that producers often paint them as, but play an equally important role within value chains.DocumentMeso-level restructuring of the food industry in developing countries: synthesis report - meso study
Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008Rapid 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.DocumentAgricultural trade: planting the seeds of regional liberalization in Asia
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2007This publication brings together papers prepared for the “Regional Agricultural Trade Liberalization” project, which was implemented by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) researchers between May 2005 and December 2006.DocumentRising food prices: drivers and implications for development
Child Rights Information Network, 2008Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for international development. It assesses the drivers of rising prices, discusses the implications of higher prices for developing countries, and surveys implications for development policy.DocumentFood sovereignty comes of age: Africa leads efforts to rethink our food system
UK Food Group, 2007The article focuses on the debates and discussions that took place at the Nyéléni 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty, which was held in Mali, representing organisations across various sectors of food providers from across the globe.DocumentChanges in global value chains of fresh fruit and vegetables: opportunities and challenges for producers in Sub-Saharan Africa
South Centre, 2007The governance of the global value chain in fresh fruit and vegetables no longer consists of an arm’s-length relationship between African (in the context of this document) smallholder producers and retailers with the links along the chain including agents and wholesalers.DocumentPolicy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).DocumentPower in global value chains: implications for employment and livelihoods in the cashew nut industry in India
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India.DocumentThe impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the experience of Ghana
Third World Network, 2006This study is part of a research project on the impact of globalisation and liberalisation on poor rural producers in developing countries. It takes as a case study the experience of Ghana and its agricultural sector.Pages