More than at any time in the past three decades, the world’s attention is focused this year on food and agriculture. A variety of factors have combined to raise food prices to the highest levels since the 1970s (in real terms), with serious implications for food security among poor populations around the world. One of …
The State Of Food And Agriculture: Biofuels: Prospects, Risks and Opportunities Read More »
This document is a compilation of papers authored by national officers with the collaboration of FAO professionals involved in food security using food security statistics from 11 countries in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. The document also includes papers reporting on methodological issues related to the estimation of food deprivation in countries in terms of …
Deriving Food Security Information From National Household Budget Surveys Read More »
Co-operatives, credit unions, and other forms of self-help organisations are an important, but sometimes overlooked, part of the institutional map in the economic and social sectors of developing nations. This How to note is relevant to development practitioners and partners active in the promotion of enterprise, employment and incomes, and seeks to indicate opportunities and …
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In this paper, we compile a historical dataset covering nearly 40 years of booms and busts in the commodity terms of trade of over 150 countries. We discuss the characteristics of these events and their effects on key macroeconomic variables and, in particular, compare the most recent commodity-price cycle with its historical precedents. Our focus …
Commodity Terms of Trade: The History of Booms and Busts Read More »
Global food prices have eased significantly from their record highs in the first part of 2008. As a worldwide economic downturn has gathered pace, commodity markets have weakened significantly. By October 2008, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index stood at 164, the same level as in August 2007, and 25% lower than …
The Feeding of the Nine Billion: Global Food Security for the 21st Century Read More »
L’Organisation des Nations Unies vient de créer un Comité de Coordination (COPAC) chargé de la planification et de la mise en oeuvre de l’Année Internationale des Nations Unies consacrée en 2012 au mouvement coopératif dans le monde. Au Cameroun, Chede Cooperative Union prépare déjà une campagne de sensibilisation et de promotion de cet événement historique. …
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Chede’s Robusta coffee washing station, financed by the World Bank and the European Union, became operational in January 2011. The photos below show the 2010 coffee crop ready for harvesting, our ecological coffee pulper, and coffee washing and drying facilities.
Chede’s food processing activities have received a major boost since last year with ever increasing orders from abroad for Chede’s African food delicacies.
This recent coffee market report from Chede commercial partner Falcon Commodities describes the many complex factors currently affecting supply and demand across the global coffee market. Download the “May 2011 Falcon Coffee Market Report” (PDF – 242Kb)
Chede has joined forces with SNV (The Netherlands Development Organization) in the establishment of LCDF (Local Capacity Development Facility) in Cameroon, a civil society organization designed to promote and support the building of the technical and operational capabilities of rural community groups. Read more about SNV – LCDF (in French, PDF – 2.2Mb)
The African Statistical Yearbook which is jointly produced by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) makes a key contribution to economic policy analysis and the monitoring of progress in vital economic and social sectors in the continent. Up-to-date and reliable statistics have …
This report, published by GIZ-HERA (Poverty-oriented Basic Energy Services) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, aims to highlight the important role played by modern energy services and related technologies in the modern agricultural production process for smallholders in developing countries. It focuses on energy input in agricultural production, processing …
The Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2010 is a joint undertaking between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC). ERA 2010 broadly assesses recent global economic developments, and economic and social conditions and emerging issues in Africa, including trade negotiations, financing development and climate change. The report then …
This publication focuses on the theme of macroeconomic policy convergence, monetary and financial integration in Africa’s Regional Economic Communities. Because it helps increase growth, trade and investments, the pursuit of macroeconomic stability and monetary integration is crucial for Africa’s integration efforts. At the core of these efforts are prudent fiscal, monetary, exchange rate and debt …
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA III) Read More »
Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 has an unprecedented opportunity for transformation and sustained growth. Until the outset of the global economic crisis, economic growth had averaged 5 percent a year for a decade. Even though growth declined as a consequence of the global financial crisis, it has rebounded in 2010 thanks to prudent macroeconomic policies and …
Africa’s Future and the World Bank’s Support to It Read More »
This paper investigates the potential of and constraints to a rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa’s large-scale irrigation schemes, using data from Uganda, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. The authors find that adequate irrigation, chemical fertilizer, and labor inputs are the key to high productivity. Chemical fertilizer is expensive in Uganda and Mozambique …
Two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the World Bank and IMF’s latest update on progress toward the 2015 targets. Click here to download the report
With the dramatic recent growth of aquaculture, the planning of its development has become increasingly important. Proper planning will stimulate and guide the evolution of the sector by providing incentives and safeguards, attracting investment and boosting development. Moreover, it will help to ensure the long-term economic, environmental and social sustainability of the sector, and its …
Mr. Emilio Rico, Coordinator for Central Africa for Manos Unidas, an international development NGO based in Spain, visited Cameroon in February 2011. Manos Unidas is a major development partner of Chede Muambong Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd (Chede Muafcoop), and in 2009 contributed significantly to the funding of a 15 km Muambong–Abang earth road link and …
Intitulé L’avenir des migrations : Renforcer les capacités face aux changements, le rapport Etat de la migration dans le monde 2010 est la cinquième édition de la série de rapports de l’OIM sur les migrations internationales. Il est plus particulièrement axé sur l’avenir des migrations et les capacités dont les Etats, les organisations régionales et …
