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Working for change: Implementing the Beijing Platform for Action– IFAD's Approach

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to combating hunger and rural poverty in the most disadvantaged regions of the world, where agriculture is becoming increasingly women’s work. IFAD works to create the conditions to enable rural poor people to integrate themselves into the mainstream of social and economic development, and to overcome poverty by improving their access to, and control over fundamental assets such as water, land, financial capital, knowledge and technology. Special effort is made to remove the material, institutional and policy obstacles that prevent rural poor, women in particular, from harnessing their potential. Rural poverty is deeply rooted in the imbalance between what women do and what they have. Building women’s capabilities and addressing gender inequalities are crucial factors in enabling them to transform their lives and the lives of their families and communities. Table of contents: 1.       The why and how of gender in IFAD 2.       What IFAD has learned 3.      IFAD’s future priorities  

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Published 2005 by: International Fund for Agricultural Development

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When Food Makes Fuel: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuels– Keynote Address

A comprehensive policy framework will be fundamental to developing biofuels in such a way that they contribute towards energy security and environmental sustainability, and are pro-poor.

Such a framework requires three pillars:

Science and technology policy strategy, which calls for accelerated agricultural productivity to maintain and improve food security, accompanied by an expanded focus on agricultural and biofuel technologies and close coordination with biofuel users — for example, the automobile industry. Markets and trade policy strategy, which calls for building a global system for biofuel markets and trade that is undistorted and operates with low transaction costs. Transparent standards are also needed, including sustainability and performancebased standards rather than technology-based standards that will quickly become outdated. An insurance and social protection strategy for the food-insecure poor is a necessity given existing large-scale food and nutrition insecurity and the growing complexities of food system changes with the expansion of biofuels. Such protection could include employment programs, conditional and unconditional cash transfer programs, and social security systems for the poorest. …

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Published 2007 by: International Food Policy Research Institute

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Author: Joachim von Braun

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What's different about agricultural SWAps?

What's different about agricultural SWAps?

This paper argues that there are fundamental characteristics of the agriculture sector which make developing and implementing a sector wide approach (SWAp) more difficult than in more homogenous sectors.

 

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Published 2000 by: Overseas Development Institute

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Author: Mick Foster, Adrienne Brown, and Felix Naschold, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE)

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Voluntary Carbon Standard: Guidance for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Projects

This document provides guidance and additional context for users of the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), the VCS Program Guidelines, and the VCS Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) project tools.

 

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Published 2008 by:

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Author: Voluntary Carbon Standard

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Value ChaIn/Enterprise Development Implementation Checklist

Objectives: This checklist presents a methodology for selecting and incorporating, in projects and initiatives that especially emphasize enterprise development and the role of business, individual value chain approaches described in the World Bank Value Chain Guide, Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture: A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications. The Guide discusses numerous value chain implementation tools and approaches that can foster value chain development and upgrading initiatives. This checklist complements the tools described in the Guide by providing a methodology to make decisions regarding the use of the tool: Whether to apply the tool in a particular situation, Practicality of using the tool and likelihood of success, Results that should be expected, Issues to be mitigated, and Impact on enterprise development 

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Published 2008 by: United States Agency for Intenational Development

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Using the Rural Economic and Enterprise Development Framework for analysis and joint action: implications for spatial development

The paper" Using the Rural Economic and Enterprise Development (REED) framework for analysis and joint action: implications for spatial development" was presented at the International Conference on Local Development. Session entitled " Bringing rural and urban development together for local development." World Bank, June 2004.

Most development practitioners now recognise the need to have an integrated spatial perspective on rural livelihoods and development, which take into account social and economic links between rural areas and urban centres. Households use assets and resources that flow from rural to urban and vice versa and many households are multi-locational operating livelihood strategies that utilise both rural and urban resources. Understanding linkages can offer insights into different policy entry points whereby complementarities can be exploited and potentially negative impacts minimised. This paper sets out to review selected aspects of the use of the REED framework within this dynaimic context and explores some of the emerging policy implications relating to rural-urban interaction. The framework itself is outlined.

 

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Published 2004 by: Natural Resources Institute

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Author: Junior Davis

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USAID Agriculture Strategy: Linking Producers to Markets

In August 2001, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) approved an interim agricultural development strategy, signalling the intent to raise the profile of the Agency’s agricultural development assistance efforts. The strategy focused on four themes: mobilizing science and technology to reduce poverty and hunger; developing global trade opportunities for farmers; reducing the knowledge divide with training, outreach, and adaptive research at the local level; and taking the long view by promoting sustainable agriculture and sound environmental management.Table of Contents: 1.       Foreword 2.       Executive Summary 3.       The Agriculture Challenge 4.       Conceptual Framework 5.       A Renewed Commitment 6.       Strategic Themes 7.       Implementation 8.       Regional Bureau Strategies 9.       Next Steps 

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Published 2004 by: United States Agency for Intenational Development

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Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies

The study analyzes the SME upgrading process in the context of clusters and value chains as well as in different economic sectors. The analysis is based on the collection of original data from twelve new clusters in Latin America, and on an extensive literature review of cluster studies. These cases are the largest selection available on which comparative exercises have been carried out. Based on the empirical analysis, the authors explain how small and medium enterprises located in clusters can innovate as a consequence of external economies and joint actions (collective efficiency). They also point out that collective efficiency and upgrading may vary according to patterns of governance within the value chain and the economic sector. Using this findings, the authors propose a menu of policies, some of them whit a general scope and others sector specific. Table of contents: 1.       Introduction 2.       The Theoretical Framework 3.       The Empirical Evidence 4.      Conclusions and Lessons Learned  

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Published 2004 by: Inter-American Development Bank

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Author: Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti

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Understanding the regional impacts of climate change– Research Report prepared for the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

This research report prepared for the Stern Review examines the global impacts of climate change at different degrees of temperature rise (up to 5°C where possible), identifying vulnerable sectors in different parts of the world. The document includes a set of impacts matrices showing impacts in various sectors and regions.

 

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Published 2006 by:

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Author: Rachel Warren, Nigel Arnell, Robert Nicholls,Peter Levy and Jeff Price, Tyndall Centre

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Understanding the Decline in Donor Investment in Agriculture

Donors have spent considerable amounts of public monies in agriculture and rural development, but the impact and sustainability of these investments has been questionable.

 

 

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Published 2005 by: Food and Agriculture Organization

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Author: Francisco Proenza

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