Publications: Agriculture

Programme Publications

Cassava is Key for Food Security in Mozambique: New strategy for tapping cassava's potential to spur growth and improve livelihoods (February 2008) > Read article > Download Cassava Development Strategy for Mozambique - Volume 1 (2.4 Mb)

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Formulating and Implementing Sector-wide Approaches in Agriculture and Rural Development: A Synthesis Report (2007) Alison Evans, Lidia Cabral, Steve Wiggins, Martin Greeley and Nanki Kaur Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) have been an important part of the global effort to deliver sustainable development results for more than a decade now. However, SWAps are relatively new in agriculture and rural development (A&RD). This study takes a first and comprehensive look at some of the ways in which SWAps and SWAp-type approaches have evolved in A&RD. It includes case studies from seven countries.

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Study on "Sector Wide Approaches for Agriculture and Rural Development": The EC-FAO Food Security Programme's GDPRD Facility funds new study (February 2006)

> Elements of a National Integrated Strategy for Plant Genetic Resources Management and Use in Armenia

> Bio-fuel energy feasibility study for food security and income generation of rural poor in Cambodia

Suggested Readings

>	A Conceptual Framework for National Agricultural, Rural Development, and Food Security Strategies and Policies Kostas Stamoulis and Alberto Zezza