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   The state of food and agriculture, 2009

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2009

   France, Switzerland, United States of America, Denmark, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Malawi, Thailand, Nigeria, Kenya, Japan, Malaysia, Madagascar, Italy, Ecuador, India, China, Brazil

   land use

   poverty

   The livestock sector is transforming rapidly in response to shifts in the global economy and changing societal expectations. Society expects the livestock sector to provide safe and plentiful food and fibre for growing urban populations, livelihoods for more than a billion poor producers and traders as well as global public goods related to food security, environmental sustainability and animal-borne diseases. However, the rapid pace of change has led to unbalanced growth of the sector.

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   La Situation Mondiale de l'Alimentation et de l'Agriculture, 2009

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2009

   Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Mali, Samoa, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Pakistan, France, Uruguay, Panama, Kenya, Philippines, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Botswana, India, Kazakhstan

   land use

   poverty

   Le secteur de l’élevage subit une mutation rapide pour répondre aux bouleversements de l’économie mondiale et XXIe siècle, le secteur à l’évolution des attentes de la société.

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   La situation mondiale de l'alimentation et l'agriculture, 2008

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2008

   France, Bangladesh, Honduras, Belize, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Mozambique, Philippines, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Myanmar, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Canada

   land use

   poverty

   La situation mondiale de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture 2008 examine les conséquences de la croissance rapide de la production de biocarburants à base de produits agricoles. L’essor des biocarburants liquides a été largement favorisé par les politiques adoptées dans les pays développés, qui ont considéré que cette nouvelle forme d’énergie pouvait atténuer les effets négatifs du changement climatique et contribuer à la sécurité énergétique et au développement de l’agriculture.

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   Rural Poverty and Natural Resources: Improving Access and Sustainable Management

   Reports & Research

   December, 2009

   Egypt, Bangladesh, Zambia, Chile, Samoa, Peru, Indonesia, Bolivia, China, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Malawi, Panama, Kenya, South Africa, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Madagascar, Italy, Cambodia, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Oceania, Asia, Africa, Americas

   natural resources management

   land rights

   poverty

   This paper was prepared as a Background Paper for Chapter 2 of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s 2009 Rural Poverty Report. It begins by providing an overview discussion of the diversity of natural resources in developing countries, and rights of access, tenure and governance relevant to the rural poor, who are disproportionately dependent on natural resources.