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Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities
Major report, 2008
The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the recent rapid growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely driven by policies in developed...
High food prices and food security – threats and opportunities
Major report, 2008
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008 represents FAO’s ninth progress report on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS). In previous editions, FAO has expressed deep concern over the lack...
ESA Working Paper 08-01
Working paper, 2008
In the light of an expanding rural non-farm (RNF) sector in developing rural economies, this paper explores the effects of this expansion within the household. Using rural Ghana as a case study this paper explores...
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An overview of approaches and tools
Manual/guidelines, 2008
The Right to Food Guidelines are intended to provide practical guidance and advice to states in establishing priorities and in implementing ways to promote, protect and fulfil the right to adequate food in their own...
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Putting it into practice
Manual/guidelines, 2008
This overview of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security is meant for users of the accompanying right-to-food briefs. The overview outlines...
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Country case study, 2008
This study examines the impact of biofuel production on the enjoyment of the human right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger. It follows from internationally recognised human...
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International law and state practice
Country case study, 2008
At the World Food Summit (WFS) in 1996, States set themselves the goal of reducing by half the number of people suffering from hunger by the year 2015. In 2000, ‘to eradicate extreme poverty and...
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Country case study, 2007
The links between land tenure and conflict have recently generated a considerable body of research. While environmentalists have pointed to the importance of land scarcity and demographic pressure as causes of land...
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Country case study, 2007
Energy has a crucial role in development in Cambodia. Demand of fossil fuel and thereby the import increased year by year. Cambodia faces energy price in the world and is often subjected to insecure supply....
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Country case study, 2007
Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) have been an important part of the global effort to deliver sustainable development results for more than a decade now. However, SWAps are relatively new in agriculture and rural development (A&RD). This...
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