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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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Indice de la faim dans le monde 2013: Le defi de la faim: Construire la resilience pour une sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle durabl
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755496
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Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia:
Hoddinott, John F.; Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to … have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any indirect effects via income. We test this hypothesis for the … an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762101
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the eighth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made some progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go. The 2013 GHI report focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700929
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2013 Welthunger-Index: Herausforderung Hunger: Widerstandsfähigkeit stärken Ernährung sichern
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Ungleichheit und der schlechte Ernährungszustand, das geringe Bildungsniveau und der niedrige gesellschaftliche Status von Frauen …
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Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia:
Hirvonen, Kalle; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production. Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children’s diet...
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The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F.; Ali, Disha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper...
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001-2011:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 rounds of Nepal’s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132707
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Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia:
Hoddinott, John F.; Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to … have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any indirect effects via income. We test this hypothesis for the … an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children. We find that cow ownership raises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132775