Agriculture plays a crucial role in food security and poverty reduction in Mozambique, contributing around 25 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, despite the considerable agro-ecological potential and the need for increased production, agricultural productivity remains low. The prevailing gap between domestic food production and demand, as well as lagging exports, continue to pose significant challenges.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013Mozambique, Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2002Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
This paper presents a method for stratifying villages into Development domains using multivariate analysis of a broad community-based survey. The results from the analysis are used to draw conclusions in terms of policy implications. Topics of discussion include Development domains and policy implications. The paper ends with comment by Samuel Benin.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2005
This paper is part of the follow-up to the workshop “Managing Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development” organized by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) for the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) and hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya (23-25 October, 2003, Nairobi, Kenya).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2009South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2008South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2009Africa, Eastern Africa
During the past 70 years, concerted efforts by the national veterinary services of affected countries from Senegal to China and Russia to South Africa—aided by international organizations—have brought the once-dreaded rinderpest virus to the point of extinction. In the near future, we can expect to see a global declaration of freedom from rinderpest, the first time this has been achieved for a livestock disease. The devastation wrought by rinderpest stimulated the founding of veterinary schools in many countries, and provided the basis for the development of the veterinary profession.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2011Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Poverty and vulnerability are among the major problems in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA). To design appropriate poverty reduction initiatives for the region, it is not only important to understand the distribution of poverty but also the determinants. Various reports have documented information on the status, distribution and determinants of poverty in each of the countries.
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