An important new development in both rural and urban arenas in Latin America is the plethora of grassroots and ... economic relations they are engaged in , put existing resources to better uses , and mobilize the energies of the poor .

It should be borne in mind that over 50% of the poor population of Latin America and the Caribbean lives in and depends on the ... While rural producers should be paid more for their products, clear policies on the issue are essential, ...

Because the employment effects of such programs are frequently uncertain , and because higher food prices impact disproportionately on the poor , the poor , biomas energy programs may well affect these groups adversely .

Poor city - dwellers who have no access to conventional forms of commercial distribution frequently tend to pay much more by weight and calorie than consumers who are able to buy in supermarkets . Poor consumers end up paying higher ...

Further, the poverty rate is greater for children in families living in more sparsely settled rural areas. ... The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, popularly known as The Farm Bill, reauthorized many Federal programs that ...

This indicates that the poverty gap for unskilled wage labors more than doubled in 1992 compared to 1991 . 12 108 6 20 COST MINIMUM % OF WAGE COST 1983 FIGURE VI.4 POVERTY LINE US .

... the energy and the enterprise of the peoples of the Americas to promote food security and the modernization of the ... and a mechanism for forging strategic partnerships in the Hemisphere , IICA is more relevant today than at any ...

The first is the widening gap between rich and poor, particularly between rich and poor nations, since the levels of well-being needed to satisfy society are rising much more rapidly than the capacity of the poor to consume more.

The Congress was particularly concerned with the " poor man's energy crisis " , the growing " firewood shortage ... for fuelwood and not well endowed with forest resources to give the highest priority to its production in appropriate ...

The livestock sector, through methane emissions and deforestation, is the second major contributor to climate change after the energy sector in most countries of the region. But reducing methane emissions and increasing production ...