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GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL. By the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), March 2009. This policy brief presents three broad objectives. In the short term, it expects to make a major contribution to reviving the world economy, saving and creating jobs, and protecting vulnerable groups. In the medium term, it should promote sustainable and inclusive growth and the achievement of the MDGs, especially ending extreme poverty by 2025. Also in the medium term, focus on reducing carbon dependency and ecosystem degradation - these are key risks along a path to a sustainable world economy. This report also recognises the lack of resources in many developing countries, incurring reliance on foreign aid and support, both financial and non-financial. The research summarised in the policy brief aims to make a strong case for the active ‘greening’ of proposed fiscal stimulus packages, although necessary changes in international and domestic policy architectures must be made for this to be possible, as the current framework is biased in favour of resurrecting an unsustainable ‘brown economy’. To access this report refer to http://www.unep.org/pdf/A_Global_Green_New_Deal_Policy_Brief.pdf
LOCAL VARIETIES: RISING FOOD PRICES AND SMALL FARMERS’ ACCESS TO SEED COUTNRY STUDIES IN MALI, KENYA, AND INDIA. By the Environment and Production Technology Division International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009. There are no easy solutions to the ongoing food price crisis. To address the complex causes of this phenomenon, IFPRI has recommended a combination of ‘emergency’ and ‘resilience’ actions. This emergency agriculture package requires carefully targeted subsidies to boost production of major food crops (rice, wheat, and maize) in favorable environments with good soils, moisture, and market infrastructure. As part of the resilience package, IFPRI proposes scaled-up investment in agricultural growth to bolster production responses over the longer term. However, less research has been committed to more arid, less favorable environments, which has been compounded by a prolonged decline in agricultural investment by aid donors and developing-country governments. For more information and to access this policy brief refer to http://www.ifpri.org/PUBS/ib/ib59.asp.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NON-TRANSGENIC BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF PLANT MICROPRIOPAGATION IN AFRICA. By The Food an Agricultural Organization (FAO), March 2009. In the first chapter of this 75-page book the author discusses some approaches used in impact assessment of innovations and presents a general overview of the literature about the impact of non-transgenic biotechnologies. In the following chapters the authors survey the extent of micropropagation application in Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and ends with reports of the findings in two field studies on micropropagation of banana in Uganda and sweet potato in Zimbabwe; aiming to better understand the process of adoption of micropropagated planting materials and its impacts on livelihoods. To access this book refer to http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0340e/i0340e00.htm
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