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In Pakistan, where agriculture is heavily dependent on irrigation, informal water markets are an increasingly important way to provide small farmers and tenant farmers with access to ground- water.
This paper explores the determinants of farmers' investments in indigenous soil and water conservation measures in the semi-arid tropics of India.
Commentary: Agriculture Can Give a Helping Hand to Cities; Roundtable Workshop Marks Beginning of Urban Food and Nutrition Study in Ghana; Research in North Africa and West Asia to Benefit Farmers on Fragile Lands; Ecoregional Mapping Helps Pinpoint Areas Prone to Malnutrition; Why Are Diets Chan
Table of Contents:; a) Urbanization and Agriculture to the Year 2020; b) Poster Spreads Word of 2020 Vision; c) New 2020 Vision Resources Reach Out to Wider Audiences; d) 2020 In Brief; e) Is There Hope for Peace over Water in the Middle East?; f) Fish and Food Security; g) 2020 Views; h) IFAD: F
This paper uses income decomposition techniques to demonstrate the importance of livestock income in improving rural income distribution. It is based on three-year household panel data (1986 to 1989) from rural Pakistan.
In the next 25 years, South Asia's food requirements are likely to double, while its natural resource base is likely to shrink.
This paper examines the current status of HIV/AIDS infection, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and reviews existing models that look at the future impact that the disease is likely to have on population growth, economic growth, and food security, especially as it spreads to rural areas.
This paper introduces a modeling method which simulates a village's response to population and market pressure. The method combines a linear programming model with a biophysical model of soil condition and plant growth.
Using a mathematical-programming agricultural-sector model of Egypt, this paper analyzes mechanisms for allocating scarce water and for charging the farmers the Operation and Management (O&M) costs of irrigation and drainage, currently covered by the government.