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Participatory techniques useful in selecting appropriate crop breeds

Plant breeding and agricultural promotion programmes in Malawi continue to be patterned after those in western industrialised countries - heavily dependent ...
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Is contract farming good for India's small farmers?

This paper focuses on the socio-economic implications of corporate-led initiatives in agriculture, mainly contract farming, in the Indian state of Punjab, ...
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How to accelerate agricultural performance in Indian states?

This paper argues that it is important to recognise that agriculture in India is extremely heterogeneous and the trajectory for agricultural development ...
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Should EU untargeted support to agriculture be abolished?

While the European Commission has tabled a proposal for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) might necessitate ...
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Improving land and water management

Following from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture project, this book examines the relationships and linkages between land ...
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Is corporate farming good for Indian agriculture?

This paper profiles cases of corporate farming practices and examines the rationale for allowing corporate farming in India in the context of its agriculture ...
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Liberalilsation boosts Rwandan coffee industry

This policy brief focuses on the recent developments in the Rwandan coffee industry. It says while the highly regulated conditions of the past stifled ...
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The status of biofuels in Malaysia

Focusing on government support policies, this report examines the history and status of the biofuel industry in Malaysia. It forms part of a multi-country ...
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The role of public research community in achieving open access to technology

The development of new technologies, together with changes in institutional environments toward privatisation of research outputs, has given scientists ...
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Have low-income producers benefited from Burley tobacco production liberalisation?

This paper carries out an assessment of the impact of tobacco production liberalisation on smallholders in Malawi. It shows which smallholders began producing ...
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