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Policy brief, 2009
This article argues that there is a gap in current Mexican rural development policy that could be filled by a smallholder-targeted programme. The gap exists because agricultural programmes tend to benefit better-off farmers, while social...
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Journal articles, 2009
We examine the relationship between participation in non-agricultural labor activities and farming production decisions, focusing on the use of inputs. In particular, we are interested in the hypothesis that income from non-agricultural labor relaxes credit...
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Journal articles, 2009
This paper examines the links between household assets and the economic activities of rural households in order to identify the role of certain assets on creating a pathway out of poverty. Nationally representative data from...
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Manual/guidelines, 2009
The purpose of this right to adequate food curriculum outline is to contribute to strengthening in-country capacity to implement the right to adequate food by different state duty bearers and by others with responsibilities to...
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Economic crises – impacts and lessons learned
Major report, 2009
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009 presents the latest statistics on global undernourishment and concludes that structural problems of underinvestment have impeded progress toward the World Food Summit goal and the first...
Many a slip...
Manual/guidelines, 2009
Recognition in the law does not, in itself, ensure that food will be available and accessible to all. To ensure that the right to food really means something, governments (in collaboration with civil society) need...
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Manual/guidelines, 2009
In recent years, a number of countries have begun drafting specific legislation aimed at ensuring or promoting the realization of the right to food; these include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Malawi, Mali,...
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Policy brief, 2009
This policy brief seeks to inform negotiators where agriculture is situated in the current negotiations and provides some proposals on how it might be addressed in a global climate change agreement. It builds on the...
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Policy brief, 2009
When emergency situations continue for years or even decades achieving food security becomes an overwhelming challenge. This policy brief aims at sharing insights, based on concrete evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia...
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Policy brief, 2009
Farming practices, which capture carbon and store it in agricultural soils, offer some of the
most promising options for cost effective, early action on climate change in developing
countries. These practices are already available and can have...
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