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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 6
Policy brief, 2018
Agriculture remains the single most important employer in many developing country, as there are about 200 million unemployed nowadays and many more underemployed. Opportunities arise in agriculture and food systems thanks to a growing middle...
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Technical study, 2018
Grâce à l’adaptation d'un modèle économique récursif dynamique pour le Burkina Faso, nous examinons et comparons les sous-secteurs agricoles porteurs de croissance au Burkina Faso. Nous évaluons également si le programme budgétaire du PNSR II...
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A joint FAO/WFP update for the United Nations Security Council ( January 2018)
Technical study, 2018
The report covers country briefs for 17 countries in four regions: Latin America: Haiti • Africa: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Lake Chad Basin (northeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger), Liberia,...
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FSN Forum in Africa
Country case study, 2018
This document summarizes the online discussion “The 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) and its significance for food security in Africa”, held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (FSN Forum...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 18-01
Working paper, 2018
Good institutions are a fundamental pre-requisite to successfully achieve structural transformation in growing developing countries (UNECA, 2016). Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a rapid growth but a weak and slow structural transformation process, which is mainly...
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FSN Forum in Africa
Country case study, 2018
This document summarizes the online discussion Sustaining the impact of capacity development initiatives for African youth in agriculture, which was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (FSN Forum...
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Technical study, 2018
The present technical note aims to analyse the level and composition of Public Expenditures in support of Food and Agriculture (PEA) in Rwanda for the 2011/12-2015/16 period. Further, it aims to assess the coherence of...
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Information product, 2018
In contract farming schemes, the process of developing the contract is very important for building long-lasting trust between farmers and buyers. As a common best practice, the whole contract formation process should be carried out...
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FSN Forum summary
Country case study, 2017
This document summarises the online discussion held on the FSN Forum in July / August 2017. The discussion invited reflections on the current understanding of gender dynamics of rural livelihoods as well as information, views...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 17-07
Working paper, 2017
El Salvador is a peculiar case in that over three decades it has faced two different types of violence consecutively (the civil war and widespread post-war violence), which have had different impacts on food security....
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