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WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries

The Case of Ethiopia

By: Michiel Keyzer,Max Merbis,Geert Overbosch

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WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries

The Case of Ethiopia

By: Michiel Keyzer,Max Merbis,Geert Overbosch

The 3rd Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at Seattle was not able to launch a new and comprehensive round of multilateral trade negotiations, but it is expected that in the coming years the WTO will be the forum of these negotiations, commonly referred to as the Millenium Round. Developing countries are currently greatly involved in the WTO process and seek active participation in this round. In relation to least developed countries in Africa, and with Ethiopia as country for a case study, the present paper argues that the Agreement on Agriculture, part of the Uruguay Round, has put a system of basic mechanisms into place but not led to significant agricultural trade liberalization. At the same time, a new host of issues have emerged that relate directly or indirectly to food and agriculture. The report highlights the various interactions between these subjects from the perspective of Ethiopia.

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Food & Agriculture Org.

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9251044236

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9789251044230

Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security

By: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security

By: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Accessibility to clean and sufficient water resources for agriculture is key in feeding the steadily increasing world population in a sustainable manner. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) offer a promising contribution to enhance availability and quality of water for productive purposes and human consumption, while simultaneously striving to preserve the integrity and intrinsic value of the ecosystems. Implementing successful NBS for water management, however, is not an easy task, since many ecosystems are already severely degraded and exploited beyond their regenerative capacity. Furthermore, ecosystems are large and complex and the many stakeholders involved may have conflicting interests. Hence, implementation of NBS requires a structured and comprehensive approach that starts with the valuation of the services provided by the ecosystem. The whole set of use and non-use values, in monetary terms, provides a factual basis to guide the implementation of NBS, which is ideally based on transdisciplinary principles, i.e. complemented with scientific and case-specific knowledge of the ecosystem in an adaptive decision-making process that involves the relevant stakeholders. This discussion paper evaluated twenty-one NBS case studies using a non-representative sample, to learn from successful and failed experiences and to identify possible causalities among factors that characterize the implementation of NBS. The case studies give a minor role to valuation of ecosystem services, an area for which the literature is still developing guidance. Less successful water management projects tend to suffer from inadequate factual and scientific basis and uncoordinated or insufficient stakeholder involvement and lack of long term planning. Successful case studies point to satisfactory understanding of the functioning of ecosystems and importance of multi-stakeholder platforms, well-identified funding schemes, realistic monitoring and evaluation systems and endurance of its promoters.

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Food & Agriculture Org.

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9251311250

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9789251311257

Max Gets Mad

By: Max Haladay

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Max Gets Mad

By: Max Haladay

Max is a little alien with so much unhappiness. His pals tell him he can't play with them because he's too small. Finally they find something they can all do together; play soccer.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1448835828

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WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries

WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries

Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security

Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security

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