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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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Articles de presse, 2004
As the income and the average caloric intake of developing country populations increase, a relative shift in diets is taking place. The general pattern of change can be described as a shift towards more “westernized”...
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ESA Working Paper 04-04
Document de travail, 2004
This paper outlines a methodological approach for use by FAO to collect, analyze and monitor agricultural policy indicators (API) for developing countries. The aim is to establish a consistent and comparable set of policy indicators,...
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ESA Working Paper 04-03
Document de travail, 2004
The negative correlation between resource endowments and GDP growth remains one of the most robust findings in the empirical growth literature, and has been coined the “resource curse hypothesis”. The policy consequences of this result...
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ESA Working Paper 04-02
Document de travail, 2004
This paper examines food security in the context of conflict in West Africa. The analysis developed in the paper recognises the importance of defining conflict type and the trends in conflict so that conflict and...
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