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persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture …. Together with other investments in climate-smart agriculture, such as trees on farms, alternate wetting and drying rice systems …, conservation agriculture, and sustainable livestock, these technologies are part of a promising menu of solutions that can help …
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agriculture has the potential to address the challenges of productivity, sustainability, and food safety to deliver a "triple win … institutional reforms, improved governance of countries' agri-food systems, and efforts to build farmers' and firms' capacities to …
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climate change on Ukraine, with a focus on agriculture, a key driver of the economy and jobs. The analysis provides an insight …. This report is supported by four background technical reports on climate projections, impact on agriculture, impact on …
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-income status by 2025. The government recognizes agriculture as central to realizing its objectives of socioeconomic development …, which are well-articulated in the Second Agriculture Sector Development Program (ASDP II). Among the goals of ASDP II are to … transform agriculture by promoting commercialization, prioritizing high-potential commodity value chains, and mobilizing capital …
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productivity and its growth in Kosovo, and implied constraints on growth of agriculture, using farm-level data. The results of the … agriculture have been multiple and so have been policy responses …
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The report finds that repurposing a portion of government spending on agriculture each year to develop and disseminate … more emission-efficient technologies for crops and livestock could reduce overall emissions from agriculture by more than …
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's development strategy efforts were managed through a series of five-year development plans. In these, agriculture was described as … agriculture's role in the economy. A summary of the main agricultural policy incentives, interventions and reforms is then …
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Mozambique's economy has experienced strong growth over the last two decades, with GDP expanding at an annual average rate of 7.2 percent. However, this growth has been unequally shared and rural areas still lag far behind urban centers in both monetary and non-monetary dimensions of wellbeing....
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contribution of the agriculture sector to the country's economic growth and diversification, employment creation, poverty reduction …, however, requires an integrated set of multi-sectoral policies. Synergistic public and private investments in agriculture …, water, and land can lead to increased production and productivity by transitioning from low returns from agriculture to high …
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Low levels of agricultural productivity and investment hinder economic growth in developing countries. This paper presents results from a field experiment in Cote d'Ivoire, which randomized wives' participation in an agricultural extension training for rubber, a male-dominated export crop that...
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