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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009Eastern Asia, China
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009Europe
Agriculture and climate change are inextricably linked. Agriculture is part of the climate change problem, contributing about 13.5 percent of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (with forestry contributing an additional 19 percent), compared with 13.1 percent from transportation. Agriculture is, however, also part of the solution, offering promising opportunities for mitigating GHG emissions through carbon sequestration, soil and land use management, and biomass production.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2009
In 2008, a year in which the global population—particularly the world’s poor—was confronted by both the financial and food-price crises, agricultural systems faced changes that led to market disruptions, reduced growth, mass protests, and a string of political efforts to reshape the design and governance of food systems.
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IFPRI 2007-2008 Annual Report Essay
Policy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2009El dramático aumento y la volatilidad de los precios de los alimentos durante el último año han sacudido al sistema alimentario mundial. Por lo general, tanto los gobiernos como la comunidad dedicada al desarrollo internacional han respondido ante diversos aspectos de la crisis alimentaria, pero todavía permanecen las preguntas sobre si se han tomado o no las acciones más adecuadas, cuál es la mejor forma de responder y qué nos aguarda en el futuro.
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Exploring cases from East Africa and Latin America
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Land characteristics cause differences in park impacts across Costa Rica
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Evidence from Madagascar
Peer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009Eastern Africa, Madagascar -
Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2010Ghana
Providing safe drinking water in rural areas is a major challenge because it is not easy to establish institutional arrangements that will ensure that drinking water facilities are provided, maintained, and managed in an efficient, equitable, and sustainable way. Like many other countries, Ghana has adopted a community-based approach to meet this challenge. Community-based water and sanitation committees (WATSANs) are in charge of managing drinking water facilities at the local level.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2009Ghana
Decentralization is expected to lead to greater efficiency in the allocation of public resources, as subnational governments are said to have better information than central government about the needs for and requirements of public services in their jurisdictions, especially in agricultural and rural areas, where information about rural residents' priorities is more limited. This purported benefit of decentralization rests strongly on the assumption that local governments can in fact exercise fiscal discretion to allocate resources.
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