Rwanda. Ministère des finances et de la planification économique’s scientific contributions

... Agro-processing increases shelf life, reduces wastage and has the potential to increase income of subsistence farmers [113]. Due to rising incomes and change in lifestyles, the demand for processed foods is increasing, creating opportunities for the agro-processing industry [153,154]. ...

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Expounding the Value of Grain Legumes in the Semi- and Arid Tropics

... The import and export route to Abidjan was closed in 2002, and dependence on imported petroleum products amounted to about 10 percent of the national energy balance in 2010. Most recently, the electrification rate in Mali dropped from 2009 to 2010 due to a rapid and unexpected growth in population (3.6 percent according to the last census) in areas unserved by the grid [17]. As an independent evaluation by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) concluded, " the challenge for Mali is to meet its energy demand growth with affordable, reliable, domestic and imported energy supplies. ...

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The energy-enterprise-gender nexus: Lessons from the Multifunctional Platform (MFP) in Mali

... In spite of its rich natural resource base, 36% of the Cambodian population lives below the poverty line and more tha n 70% of the population and 79% of the poor are involved in agriculture and/or fisheries (RGC, 2003). Between 12% and 15% of the people dependent on agriculture have no land and access to other natural resources, such as fisheries and forestry, is constrained due to limited, inequitable or ineffective management of these resources. ...

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Understanding the Factors that Support or Inhibit Livelihood Diversification in Coastal Cambodia