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Quizzes, videos, reports and animations to test or develop your knowledge. Welcome to the e-encyclopedia on agriculture in developing countries.
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Le guayule
Video - 12/2011
Originaire du Mexique, le guayule permet de produire du caoutchouc naturel non allergique, qui pourrait être un substitut à l'hévéa menacé par un parasite. Restait à trouver un procédé d'extraction de ce latex qui ne s'écoule pas... Reportage sur ces recherches menées au Cirad, à Montpellier, dans le cadre du projet européen Eu-Pearls.Réalisation : François Demerliac
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n°13. Avian influenza in Africa: Targeting vigilance - Marie-Noël de Visscher, Véronique Chevalier, Nicolas Gaidet-Drapier
Perspective (Policy brief) - 11/2011
The GRIPAVI project provides keys to targetting avian influenza surveillance operations in Africa, by characterizing virus circulation among wildfowl and poultry.
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So you think you know all about tropical rainforests?
Quiz - 09/2011
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The products and services supplied by forests
Quiz - 09/2011
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No. 12. Managing agricultural price volatility in Africa - Context matters for policy effectiveness - Élodie Maître d’Hôtel, Arlène Alpha, Raphaël Beaujeu, Françoise Gérard, Laurent Levard
Perspective (Policy brief) - 09/2011
Many developing countries have implemented price stabilization policies, without always taking account of national specificities.
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No. 11. Regulating the globalised economy - Articulating private voluntary standards and public regulations - Marcel Djama
Perspective (Policy brief) - 09/2011
Private players are multiplying standards of good social and environmental practice. Far from reflecting the privatisation of sustainable development policy, these standards in fact complement public regulations.
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No. 10. Stabilising cereal prices? Adapting the response to the market - Franck Galtier
Perspective (Policy brief) - 08/2011
Should cereal prices be stabilised? The question, which has been prompted by recent food crises, calls for different responses depending on the type of market concerned (domestic markets in developing countries subject to food insecurity, domestic markets in developed countries, or international markets).
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Elinor Ostrom
Conférence - 07/2011
Conférence donnée par Elinor Ostrom le 20 juin 2011 lors de son séjour organisé à l'initiative de la communauté scientifique à Montpellier les 20 et 21 juin 2011.
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No. 9. Soaring world cereal prices: a boon for African farmers? - Frédéric Lançon, Hélène David-Benz, Véronique Meuriot, Ludovic Temple
Perspective (Policy brief) - 06/2011
The rise in global rice prices has not been uniformly or systematically passed on to food markets in five countries of sub-Saharan Africa. This needs to be taken into account when drafting food security policy.
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Les forêts tropicales humides, avenir de la planète
Expositions - 06/2011
Exposition réalisée par le Cirad et l’IRD avec le soutien de l’Institut français et du ministère français des Affaires étrangères et européennes.
