WHO/Europe collaborates with the WHO Country office in Croatia and with the Croatian Ministries of Education and of Health and Social Welfare in promoting food safety by arranging workshops on this topic.Efficient prevention and control of food safety hazards rely on integrated and holistic food safety systems with a farm-to-fork approach and intersectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration. This workshop aims to:
1.increase awareness among and provide relevant information to school teachers, more...
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Reforming the Agricultural Extension System in India:What Do We Know About What Works Where and Why?
This paper reviews existing reform programs and strategies currently existing in agricultural extension in India. It distinguishes strategies that have been employed to strengthen both the supply and demand sides of service provision in the area of agricultural extension, and it reviews the effects of the demand- and supply-side strategies on the access to and the quality of agricultural extension services. The ultimate objectives are (1) to gain a view on what works where and why in improving t more...
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This brief presents revised investment trends in global agricultural R&D previously published by the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative. This revision has been prompted by major World Bank adjustments to its comparative pricing of goods and services across countries, expressed in internationally comparable exchange rates known as purchasing power parity (PPP) indexes. These index adjustments have in turn led to downward revisions of global economic growth figures by more...
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This report provides a first broad assessment of the impact of the surge in food and fuel prices on the balance of payments, budgets, prices, and poverty of a large sample of countries. It reviews countries’ macroeconomic policy responses to date and also discusses Fund advice for managing the price increases. Policies should (i) ensure that food and finance reaches the most affected countries as quickly as possible, (ii) include targeted and scaled-up social measures, and (iii) avoid high cos more...
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'This report outlines the root causes of the global food crisis and addresses problems, such as trade conditions, biofuel production and financial speculation. Further, the report points out that many people participate in “riots” against the conditions of the global food system.'
Source: Institute for Food and Development Policy
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This paper summarizes the findings of a 2007 workshop on Enhancing Agricultural Innovation Systems was organized by the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank and held during March 22–23, 2007, in Washington, DC.in which about 80 experts took stock of recent experiences with innovation systems in agriculture and reconsidered strategies for their future development.
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A framework for guiding research projects aimed at creating empirical evidence on designing effective pluralistic agricultural advisory services is presented. Elements include performance measurement and impact assessment.
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