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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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Livestock in the balance
Major report, 2009
Livestock contributes 40 percent of the global value of agricultural output and support the livelihoods and food security of almost a billion people. Rapidly rising incomes and urbanization, combined with underlying population growth, are driving...
Country case study, 2009
The fisheries sector is a source of employment and income for more than 43 million fishers and fish farmers in the world, and the great majority of these live in developing countries, principally in Asia....
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Making the case for rights-focused and rights-based monitoring
Manual/guidelines, 2009
These Methods to Monitor the Human Right to Adequate Food are intended to assist countries that are committed to the protection and realisation for all of the human right to adequate food. The focus is...
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