Designing Investments in Agricultural Research for Enhanced Poverty Impacts
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Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Knowledge and Institutions (SASKI) is a thematic group that promotes sustainable agricultural production, processing and marketing systems through gender-responsive knowledge institutions within the Rural Development Family of the World Bank. Agriculture is defined to include crop, livestock and aquaculture. iii Contents
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Reducing Poverty through Investments in Agricultural Water Management Poverty and Gender Issues and Synthesis of Sub-Saharan Africa Case Study Reports
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