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Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam
Journal articles, 2009
This paper assesses the current rural development practice against the main trends in recent rural development thinking, based on evidence from four country case studies. While much progress has been made in understanding the need...
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Book/book chapter, 2009
Two key challenges facing humanity today stem from changes within global food and climate systems. The 2008 food price crisis and global warming have brought food security and climate change to the top of the...
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How can the right to food benefit indigenous peoples?
Country case study, 2009
This paper analyses how right to food is relevant to indigenous peoples and how the implementation of the right to food can benefit them. It provides an overview on the international legal framework of indigenous...
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Book/book chapter, 2009
Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector. Markets also...
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Journal articles, 2009
Droughts are common recurring natural hazards in Asia, and El Niño events are particularly severe in the Philippines. This paper explores responses by farm households, irrigation system managers, and macro policymakers in the Philippines to...
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Manual/guidelines, 2009
This guide has been written to assist countries in undertaking a right to adequate food assessment as a first step in the process of developing a right to adequate food strategy and in implementing specific...
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Policy brief, 2009
Malian farmers have accumulated knowledge about managing millet and sorghum seed over thousands of years in the Sahel. In response to climatic changes in this harsh environment, they have selected the varieties that continue to...
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Policy brief, 2009
There are no easy solutions to the ongoing food price crisis. Maize and wheat prices doubled between 2003 and 2008, and the price of rice doubled in the first four months of 2008, rising 33...
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Country case study, 2009
The annual reports of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) indicate little progress in the struggle against the epidemic: the numbers continue to increase – the latest report states that 38.6 million people...
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Policy brief, 2009
Minor millets are a group of annual grasses found mainly in arid and semi-arid regions. They are cultivated on 29.1 million hectares in India, accounting for nearly 25 percent of the total acreage under cereal...
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