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  2. Not your average job: measuring farm labor in Tanzania

    This Analysis and Policy Brief published in November 2016 by the Institute of Development Policy Analysis (IOB) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, considers the extent of bias in smallholder farm labour data by conducting a randomized survey experiment amongst farming households in rural...
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  4. Structural transformation to boost youth labour demand in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of agriculture, rural areas and territorial development

    This paper, published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in November 2016, explores the opportunities that economic diversification offers to foster structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) while absorbing the growing youth labour force and providing them with the requisite...
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  5. Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?

    The paper Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa? has been published in Novemcer 2016 by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-...
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  6. The governance of farming and natural resource management

    Published in November 2016, the scientific article The governance of farming and natural resource management has been written by the Development Policy and Practice, Open University (DPP), and published in Outlook on Agriculture . It looks at the role of green jobs and skills for the transition of...
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  8. Land for life. Create wealth, transform lives

    The publication Land for Life: create wealth, transform lives collects stories of communities' sustainable land management initiatives which succeeded to reverse the degrading situation of their land, enhancing the resilience of both ecosystems and livelihoods and creating wealth from their...
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  9. A new emerging rural world: an overview of rural change in Africa

    The revised and supplemented 2 nd edition of the atlas A new emerging rural world: an overview of rural change in Africa takes stock of rural restructuring in Africa, both North and sub-Saharan. Prepared as background to the 2 nd Africa Rural Development Forum which endorsed the Yaoundé’...
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  17. CHATHAM HOUSE Annual Conference: A Sustainable Food Future

    International agreements, increasing urbanization and climate change are putting pressure on the global food system. The annual Chatham House food conference will address the specific challenges that need to be overcome to improve sustainability and food security and deliver carbon reductions in...
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  19. Editorial: Launch of ROSA News in your inbox

    This issue No. 53 of ‘ROSA News’ which arrived directly to your email inboxes focuses with the zoom article " Global action to address the climate change-agriculture-food security nexus " on the 22 nd Conference of Parties (COP22) which is taking place in Marrakech, Morocco. This issue's EC latest...
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  24. Moving herds, changing paradigms: about pastoralism in East Africa

    The InfoPoint Lunch-time conference on Moving herds, changing paradigms: about pastoralism in East Africa took place on 11 October 2016. Pastoralism or (semi-) mobile livestock keeping is increasingly under threat in many African countries due to changes in land use and management, climate change...
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  27. 2016 Global hunger index: Getting to zero hunger

    Produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and published in October 2016, the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report – the elevents in an annual series – presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional and global hunger. The IFPRI institute calculates GHI scores...
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  31. Climate change and food security: risks and responses

    By adopting the Sustainable Development Goals, the world has committed to ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition by 2030. But climate change is already undermining the livelihoods and food security of the most vulnerable populations. Ensuring food security and good nutrition...
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  32. Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture

    The Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture was launched in March 2016 before the COP22 organized in Morocco. It aims to reduce the vulnerability of Africa and its agriculture to climate change. It promotes and fosters the implementation of specific projects to improve soil management...
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  33. Africa seeks to adapt its agriculture to climate change ahead of COP22

    An article , published in Moroccan World News on 2 October 2016, reports that 20 African ministers, together with representatives from international institutions, scientists and experts, gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, on 29-30 September 2016 for a high-level meeting ahead of the upcoming COP22...
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  36. Videos: Improved Coffee Varieties in Tanzania

    Coffee is Tanzania’s largest export crop and most of the beans that leave the country are grown by smallholder farmers. But since the 1990s, coffee output has declined largely due to a series of diseases that slashed yields, increased operating costs for farmers and saw quality and coffee prices...
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  38. Brussels Briefing 46: Agribusiness Development & Tourism Markets in SIDS

    The next Brussels Development Briefing n.46 on the subject of “Agribusiness development in SIDs: the potential of tourism-related markets” will be held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 21st September 2016 at the ACP Secretariat (Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels). This Briefing will be organised...
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  40. Case study: Sharing the fruits of our labour in Cape Verde

    Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Sharing the fruits of our labour in Cape Verde is paired to the project overview of Recovery of banana production and diversification of agricultural production on Santiago Island, Cape Verde . In the past, Cape Verde's horticulture sector was...
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  41. Case study: Sustainable fishing catching on in Madagascar

    Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Sustainable fishing catching on in Madagascar is paired to the project overview of Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Regional Fisheries Strategy for the Eastern, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (ESA-IO) region . Despite...
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  42. Promoting a maize-to-livestock feed value chain in the Indian Ocean Islands

    Published on June 2016, this briefing note examines the potential for developing a maize-to-livestock feed value chain in the Indian Ocean Islands (IOI) region of Eastern and Southern Africa (defined here as comprising the countries of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles and the French...
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  43. Agrimonde-Terra: Foresight land use and food security in 2050

    Published on June 2016 in the framework of a broader work launched in 2012 by CIRAD and INRA, the summary report “ Agrimonde-Terra: Foresight land use and food security in 2050 ” provides the main findings of a global analysis on the linkage between land use exploitation, food security and climate...
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  46. UNIDO publishes report on industrialization in Africa and least developed countries for G20 Summit

    VIENNA, 1 September 2016 - In the run-up to the 11th G20 Summit taking place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, on 4 and 5 September, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has published a new report " Industrialization in Africa and Least Developed Countries. Boosting growth,...
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  47. Story: Speaking up for the next generation of farmers in Niger

    Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Speaking up for the next generation of farmers in Niger is paired to the project overview of Improved global governance for hunger reduction . The story describes the context, objectives, results and partners. It includes a testimony from...
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  48. Story: Scaling up conservation agriculture in Zambia

    Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Scaling up conservation agriculture in Zambia is paired to the project overview of Conservation Agriculture Scaling Up Project (CASU ). The CASU Project aims to scale up conservation agriculture in 31 districts of Zambia in order to increase...
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  49. Framework of on-going EU support to rural development in South Sudan

    South Sudan Rural Development Group: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/sorudev/dashboard After the independence of South Sudan in 2011, the challenge was building new institutions and policies. International assistance was directed towards infrastructure development and livelihoods support. Then a...
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