Highlights

Agriculture and Climate Change: An Agenda for Negotiation in Copenhagen

Gerald C. Nelson

Brief on how to put agriculture on the agenda of the United Nations Framework Convention in Copenhagen in December 2009.

http://www.ifpri.org/2020/focus/focus16/focus16br01.asp

Local Markets, Local Varieties: Rising Food Prices and Small Farmers' Access to Seed

Melinda Smale, Marc J. Cohen, and Latha Nagarajan

Farmers’ access to seed and the role of village markets with a focus on semi-arid environments.

http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/ib/ib59.asp

Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy: Opportunities and Threats in the Developing World

Steven Haggblade, Peter B. R. Hazell, and Thomas Reardon

Brief on the rural nonfarm economy growth and pathways out of poverty for the rural poor.

http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/ib/ib58.asp