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TB Control
World Bank - 2012
Despite the discovery fifty years ago, of drugs that can cure tuberculosis (TB), the disease still remains a top killer worldwide. The note stipulates that one third of the world's population is infected by Mycrobacterium Tuberculosis, and while ninety percent of infected individuals never...
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Reshaping the Agrifood Sector for Healthier Diets
World Bank - 2025
This Knowledge Note presents two sets of analytical work to further our understanding of the links between public support in the agrifood sector and healthy diets. While the analytical work here is mostly suggestive, it paves the way for more in-depth research to unpack the relationship of...
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Southern African agribusiness : gaining through regional collaboration
Jaffee, Steven (contributor) - 1999
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Agribusiness Indicators : Kenya
World Bank - 2014
development of agribusiness indicators (ABIs) is to construct indicators for specific factors to support successful, effective … countries to engender change and reform in areas where investment is needed to leverage agribusiness and economic development … interviews focused on the factors that the agribusiness indicators team determined to be the most critical for agribusiness …
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Zambia - Commercial Value Chains in Zambian Agriculture : Do Smallholders Benefit?
World Bank - 2012
Agriculture and agroprocessing are important in Zambia's economy, representing more than 40 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and contributing about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs some 67 percent of the labor force and supplies raw materials to agricultural...
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Cameroon - Agricultural Value Chain : Competitiveness Study
World Bank - 2012
This study, competitiveness of the value chain of the agricultural sector in Cameroon, aims to help the Government achieve its objectives for the rural sector. The main objective of this study was to provide information on the potentials, investment and growth policies of commercial agriculture...
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The Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agrifood Chains in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : Implications for Policy and World Bank Operations
World Bank - 2012
public institutions, private contractual initiatives, often from large food and agribusiness companies, are emerging to … rapidly in ECA agriculture and rural areas. This report pinpoints unresolved issues related to efficiency, equity, and …
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Afghanistan Unlocking the Potential of Horticulture : Discussion Note and Input to Agribusiness Jobs Charter
World Bank - 2017
Afghanistan possesses a rich horticultural history, with a number of unique products, such as dried fruit, that are still renowned in various parts of the world. The period of conflict that has plagued Afghanistan for the past 40 years has, however, severely disrupted supply chains and markets...
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The Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agrifood Chains in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : Implications for Policy and World Bank Operations
World Bank - 2011
A major problem in the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) during the transition was the breakdown of the relationships of farms with input suppliers and output markets. The simultaneous privatization and restructuring of the farms and of the up- and downstream companies in the...
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