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October 2017

Blue Growth: Savior or Ocean Grabbing?

Routledge
This paper Blue Growth: Savior or Ocean Grabbing? critically interrogates these policy proposals and situates them within broader neoliberalization of nature debates.

Bhutan 2020: A vision for peace, prosperity and happiness I

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Bhutan
Bhutan 2020: A vision for peace, prosperity and happiness I is a vision statement that seeks to review the current situation. It looks back at the path Bhutan has travelled as a nation in the past three decades and notes the progress the nation has recorded in a number of fields. It also examines the reasons that help to explain the achievements, and draws conclusions on the distinctive Bhutanese path of development.
November 2014

Food Security: Challenges and Prospects

Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
This report Food Security: Challenges and Prospects highlights the need for more efficient management of the agriculture and water sectors, enhancing the prospects of food security.
June 2018

Measuring What Matters in Agriculture and Food Systems

Measuring what matters in agriculture and food systems presents a synthesis of the results and recommendations of the TEEB for Agriculture and Food’s Scientific and Economic Foundations report, including an overview of the TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework.

A Sustainable Diversified Agri Food Strategy for Mauritius 2008-2015

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Mauritius

The strengths of Mauritius' Agriculture sector lie in Mauritius' historical attachment to agriculture; national ingenuity; resilience of the small agriculture sector in food production; and relatively good public infrastructure and institutional system.

February 2019

The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture provides an assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture (BFA) and its management worldwide, and describes the many contributions that BFA makes to food security and nutrition, livelihoods, and the resilience of production systems; the major drivers of change affecting BFA; the status and trends of various components of BFA; and needs and challenges in BFA management.
August 2013

The Status of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
This report traces the debate, analysis and action on the water, food and energy (WFE) security nexus.
December 2017

Irrigation, Food Security and Poverty – Lessons from three large dams in West Africa

GWI West Africa

This report presents field evidence from three major public financing schemes for large-scale rice irrigation in West Africa. The report assesses the cost-effectiveness of the schemes, the quality of their management, and the persistence of poverty and food insecurity.

November 2016

Bioenergy and Food Security Assessment for Turkey: Sustainable bioenergy options from crop and livestock residues

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The report Bioenergy and Food Security Assessment for Turkey is structured in five parts and covers a country overview of the agriculture and energy sectors, the assessment of the biomass potential, a techno-economic assessment of the energy end use options, the assessment of the availability of agro-processing residues, and a set of conclusions and recommendations for next steps based on the outcome of the analysis.
September 2013

Trade and Environment Review 2013: Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable Now for Food Security in a Changing Climate

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Trade and Environment Review 2013 highlights that the required transformation is much more profound than simply tweaking the existing industrial agricultural system.

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