Publications
Publications récentes
Strategic research and policy issues for food security
Étude de cas par pays, 2010
Worldwide, rice is the most important food staple. It is grown on approximately 155
million hectares and accounts for one-fifth of the global calorie supply. Although traditionally an Asian crop, rice has long been a staple...
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Articles de presse, 2010
This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala to explore how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption...
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Livre/chapitre d’un livre, 2010
This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve climate-smart agriculture which sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes Greenhouse Gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security...
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ESA Working Paper 10-01
Document de travail, 2010
Households’ welfare in developing countries has been hit by dramatic food prices increases which occurred between 2005 and 2008. In this paper, we adopt a partial equilibrium approach to analyze the short-time effects of a...
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Étude de cas par pays, 2010
The Portuguese word – exigibilidade – which, in its Spanish form (‘exigibilidad’), is used by different human rights organizations in Latin America and means the possibility of claiming rights before competent public institutions –administrative, political...
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Articles de presse, 2009
This article introduces the articles in Agricultural Economics, vol. 40 no. 2 (March 2009). First, we introduce their objectives in a brief review of existing literature on developing country trends in rural income diversification, in...
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Articles de presse, 2009
Underutilized plant species are generally defined by their unexploited economic potential, making them an appropriate focus for market development. This paper analyses the role of collective action in the process of market development for minor...
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Articles de presse, 2009
Cet article s’intéresse à la multiplication des projets de mise en place de politiques agricoles communes en Afrique depuis le début des années 2000, qu’il propose d’aborder comme une forme de transfert de politique publique....
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Articles de presse, 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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Note de politique, 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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