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Le rôle des organisations de productrices dans les chaînes de valeur des produits agricoles: Enseignements prati ques tirés d’expériences en afrique et en inde
Elbehri and Lee, 2011
Le présent rapport s’appuie sur les résultats du Programme d’échanges et de visite d’étude (PEE) qui a été hébergé durant une semaine par l’Association indienne des femmes exerçant une activité indépendante (SEWA) et auquel ont participé des dirigeantes d’organisations de producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre.

A contribution to the analyses of the effects of foreign agricultural investment on the food sector and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
Policy Research Working Paper Nr 33, FAO, Rome, 2011
This paper analyzes the likely effects of foreign agricultural investment in Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on the impacts on the food sector by simulating the effects of the reduction of investment risks triggering an entry of foreign investment flow.

Why has Africa become a net food importer?
November 2011
High-income countries in Africa had high net food imports per capita, but they did not have problems paying for their large food imports because they had ample sources of foreign currencies. [...] Conversely, low-income countries imported less food per capita, but their agricultural export revenues, or even sometimes, their total merchandise export revenues, could not cover their relatively small food import bills.

Agricultural import surges in developing countries, analytical framework and insights from case studies
August 2011
The main purpose of this book is to increase the level of understanding of the phenomenon of agricultural and mostly food import surges including their sources and consequences drawing upon the series of FAO country case studies and other work.

Articulating and mainstreaming agricultural trade policy and support measures
July 2011
This book is an output of the FAO project, Articulating and mainstreaming agricultural trade policy and support measures, implemented during 2008-2010. The study is based on case studies for five countries - Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. 

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020
June 2011

Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay, says OECD-FAO report. The risk of high prices and volatility will likely be a central element of commodity markets over the coming decade, according to this report published by the OECD and FAO.

Safeguarding food security in volatile global markets
June 2011
Safeguarding food security in volatile global markets is a comprehensive book which provides a fresh approach to the multiple challenges facing the world’s agricultural policy designers.