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ESA Working Paper 04-06
Document de travail, 2004
This paper considers how the design of agricultural policies and programmes might be modified to better achieve policy objectives in the context of severe HIV epidemics and underscores the central role of agricultural policy in...
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Articles de presse, 2004
The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of reducing and/or eliminating EU export subsidies within the next WTO round, both on the enlarged EU and on a selected countries and country group...
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Articles de presse, 2004
Transformations in the food processing sectors of developing countries are increasingly seen as strategic from the point of view of export earnings, domestic industry restructuring and dietary issues. This article reviews a selection of the...
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Articles de presse, 2004
This paper examines the role of supermarkets in developing countries from a “food policy” perspective. The entire food system is being affected by supermarkets, from supply chains impacting small farmers, through traditional marketing channels, to...
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Les biotechnologies agricoles: une réponse aux besoins des plus démunis?
Publication phare, 2004
La presente édition de La situation mondiale de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture examine comment les biotechnologies agricoles pourront répondre aux besoins des populations pauvres qui souffrent d'insécurité alimentaire. L'agriculture reste confronte de graves difficultés, en particulier...
Articles de presse, 2004
The last few decades have seen fundamental changes in food consumption patterns around the world. These changes were characterized not only by an increase in overall calorie intakes but also by a shift in the...
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Articles de presse, 2004
In this paper we discuss the wide disparities that exist in childhood malnutrition, food insecurity and livelihoods within urban areas which, when combined with the mobility of urban residents, add to the complexity of designing,...
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ESA Working Paper 04-05
Document de travail, 2004
This paper examines the change in the nature of food demand in India in the last twenty years. It identifies two distinct stages of diet transition associated with the period of economic growth. During the...
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Articles de presse, 2004
There has been extremely rapid transformation of the food retail sector in developing regions in the past 5 to10 years, accompanied by a further consolidation and multi-nationalization of the supermarket sector itself. This organizational change,...
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Étude de cas par pays, 2004
One major step towards achieving food security in developing countries is to improve their ability to achieve seed security. While seed supply channels of commercial agriculture are usually operational even during emergencies, the seed system...
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