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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2012
    Armenia, Europe, Central Asia

    This country note for Armenia is part of a series of country briefs that summarize information relevant to climate change and agriculture for three pilot countries in the Southern Caucasus Region, with a particular focus on climate and crop projections, adaptation options, policy development and institutional involvement. The note series has been developed to provide a baseline of knowledge on climate change and agriculture for the countries participating in the regional program on reducing vulnerability to climate change in Southern Caucasus Agricultural systems.

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    Ethiopia

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2012
    Ethiopia, Africa

    Because agriculture is the economic backbone of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, any meaningful sustainable development program in the continent must therefore be anchored in the sector. The concept for this study on agribusiness indicators was based on the vital role that agribusiness plays in agricultural development. The study focuses on agribusiness indicators (ABI) to identify and isolate the determining factors that lead private investors and other stakeholders to participate in agribusiness and to engage in discourse regarding its development.

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    Mozambique

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2012
    Mozambique, Africa

    Mozambique, the only Lusophone country covered in the agribusiness indicators initiative, has had a turbulent history since independence. Civil unrest over some 20 years and frequent drought in southern Mozambique, coupled with floods near the many waterways that transect the country (mainly east-west), have inhibited an agricultural transformation. Even so, Mozambique could be a regional breadbasket. The country has much potentially usable arable land, along with access to river water for irrigation in many agricultural production zones, particularly in central and northern Mozambique.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Pakistan

    The primary data used for the investigation were obtained through a questionnaire. One hundred and twenty (120) farmers were randomly selected; their education level, area of cultivation, time of planting, intercropping, varieties grown, fertilizer used, time of picking, packing, transportation and processing were looked at. It was found that out of 120 respondents, 52% were literate, and 48% were

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    ? This article outlines the role that
    the World Bank will play in supporting a modified rural
    development strategy for the Sub-Saharan Africa region: The
    Bank will be more selective in targeting countries for
    assistance in rural development programs, focusing on those
    that demonstrate commitment to appropriate agricultural
    policy and investment. It will expand its information,
    education and communication initiatives to help governments

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2012

    Food production is not keeping pace with
    Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the
    1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the
    most appalling famines, but Africa's food shortage
    appears to be worsening. This paper discusses the reasons
    for this situation and ways to address it. African
    policymakers should consider intensifying and diversifying
    local production and establishing systems for marketing and

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Uganda

    In Uganda, efforts to decentralize the
    management of the extension service and to launch the
    village participation in land development exercise have led
    to a number of issues, outcomes and expectations. This
    overview looks at what can be realistically expected from
    the extension service (in terms of contact with farmers),
    from decentralization (in terms of management improvement),
    and from the village participation exercise (in terms of

  8. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Uganda

    The note aims to prompt policy makers,
    and development managers to reassess, and give more weight
    to neglected production, and consumption of traditional
    vegetables, so as to enhance nutrition, income generation,
    and food security for small scale households. Though the
    views expressed herewith are the results of interviews in
    several African countries, it focuses mainly on the Uganda
    situation. The contribution of indigenous vegetables to

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Albania

    Recent trends in Albania suggest that it
    has the potential for a modern and competitive agricultural
    sector, provided there is sufficient private investment and
    the right policy environment. This chapter looks at the role
    of agriculture in the economy and the current status of the
    sector, and outlines the implications of modernization and
    transformation of agriculture for rural areas. It also
    identifies trends and sources of growth for agriculture, and

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Central America

    A major objective of this report is to provide a deeper, more policy relevant understanding of the welfare impacts of the coffee crisis - including the effects of the crisis on household income, consumption, poverty, as well as on basic human development outcomes, such as education and child nutrition. To do this, the study has generated a body of new empirical evidence, drawing from an unusually rich collection of household survey data from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

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