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Estudio de casos de país, 2023
The dairy sector accounts for 6.5 percent of Uganda’s agricultural gross domestic product and is a key industry outlined in Uganda’s Third National Development Plan. Dairy export revenues reached a record high of UGX 358.6...
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Nota de política, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 59.
This policy brief introduces a working paper conducted by FAO that sheds light on the household-level relationship between poverty and food insecurity in various countries of sub-Saharan Africa...
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A cross-country analysis using national household survey data
Documento de trabajo, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-14.
This paper analyses national household surveys from ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to shed light on the household-level relationship between monetary poverty and food insecurity....
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What is the role of adjusting livelihood strategies?
Documento de trabajo, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-13.
This paper assesses the food security impacts of widespread agricultural interventions, aiming at increasing agricultural yields, and explores the role played by adjustments in rural households’ livelihood strategies...
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Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Estudio técnico, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 24.
Digital and automation solutions for precision agriculture can improve efficiency, productivity, product quality and sustainability. Nevertheless, barriers to adoption of such solutions – including their cost, lack of...
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Nota de política, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 55.
Motorized mechanization is an important form of agricultural automation and has the capacity to transform agriculture and rural livelihoods. Its benefits have resulted in a substantial increase in...
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Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Documento de trabajo, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-11.
This paper provides an overview of the state of agricultural mechanization across the Global South – i.e. Eastern and South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and...
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Nota de política, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 54.
The adoption of digital automation technologies in agriculture has been slow despite its potential to enhance the precision of agricultural operations, improve working conditions, and address environmental challenges,...
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Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Documento de trabajo, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-10.
This working paper investigates the appropriateness of a wide range of digital solutions for agriculture, including in low- and middle-income countries, and, based on available evidence, summarizes the...
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Nota de política, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 53.
Agricultural automation reshapes the labour market. In situations of rising wages and labour scarcity, agricultural automation can stimulate employment by allowing producers to expand production and by creating...
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