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DocumentOther documentDeveloping sustainable, green and inclusive agricultural value chains in the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands 2014
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No results found.In 2012 the ACP/EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) commissioned studies of agricultural value chains in West, Central and East Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.1 These studies, which were commissioned at the request of and funded by FAO, focused on issues relating to green and inclusive chains that were established through private sector initiative and which have proved to be sustainable or have the potential to be sustainable. A report for each region was pre pared in early 2013. This report summarises and integrates the findings of the reports that cover the Caribbean and Pacific regions, focusing on innovative and otherwise interesting aspects of chain structure and development. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyDairy Development in Kenya 2011
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No results found.Over the last five decades the global dairy sector has seen substantive changes with major intensification, scaling-up and efficiency of production driven by demand from a growing human population and disposal incomes. This growth was achievable through the developments in animal breeding, nutrition, feed efficiency, animal health, housing and automation and supporting policies, strategies and organizations. Such changes are not however reflected across the whole dairy sector and while some deve loping countries have seen a major expansion in small-scale milk production, small-scale dairying in other countries has largely stagnated. Dairying contributes positively to human wellbeing in a variety of different ways: nutrition through quality food products, income and employment, organic fertilizer as well as assets and savings. There are however negative aspects associated with dairying including its contribution to Green House Gases, pollution and waste disposal, food safety and human he alth, use of grains for feed, animal welfare and erosion of biodiversity. In order to inform the public and to make rational policy and investment decisions related to the dairy sector, it is essential to fully understand these complex interactions and their consequences. This paper provides a review of these issues for the dairy sector of Kenya. We hope this paper will provide accurate and useful information to its readers and any feedback is welcome by the author and the Livestock Production Systems Branch (AGAS) or to the Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division (AGS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe successes and shortcoming of Costa Rica exports diversification policies
Background paper to the UNCTAD-FAO Commodities and Development Report 2017 Commodity Markets, Economic Growth and Development
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No results found.Costa Rica is often cited as an example of a small and open economy that is lauded for its relative economic stability and a long democratic tradition. In the wake of a severe economic crisis in the 1980s, Costa Rica abandoned a development model based on import substitution industrialization, and started implementing new policies fomenting export growth, export diversification and the attraction of foreign direct investment. The results of this economic transformation were quite visible in the industrial sector, with major international investments from capital–intensive firms (e.g. Intel), and the significant increase of the share of the manufactured goods exports to total exports. There were also very visible changes in the agricultural sector, namely the loss of economic importance of traditional export commodities (e.g. coffee and bananas), and the emergence of the pineapple and food processing industries. This new export–oriented economic development model has resulted in economic development and increases in the average income of the overall population; however, while there was a reduction in poverty for the past decades, income inequality has persisted. The latter fact may be an indicator that future export fomenting policies need to be more inclusive and take into account the distribution of future economic prosperity.