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Food Price Spikes and Strategic Interactions between the Public and Private Sectors: Market Failures or Governance Failures.

Jayne, Thomas S.; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

governments. If markets behaved efficiently and in the absence of trade barriers, food prices should not exceed the price in world …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741303

Impact of School Feeding Programs on Educational, Nutritional, and Agricultural Development Goals: A Systematic Review of Literature

Lawson, Ty M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

the Millennium Development Goals. These programs are frequently targeted towards populations that are food insecure and … development. The study uses the technique of systematic review of the literature to assess the effectiveness of these programs in … achieving educational, nutritional and agricultural development goals. A protocol for finding studies that met the review …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010921480

Trends in Per Capita Food Availability in West Africa, 1980-2009

Me-Nsope, Nathalie Mongue; Staatz, John M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

The goal of this paper is to provide evidence of shifts in food consumption patterns in the ECOWAS countries of West Africa from 1980 through 2009.1 In particular, the analysis is intended to identify major contributors to diets, changes in the levels as well as in the composition of food supply...

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Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …

Livestock products and fish form an important component of urban consumers’ diet accounting for about one third of the total monthly budgetary expenditure on food. The budgetary share of livestock products increases with affluence or household income while the opposite is true for fish; 2) The...

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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems. Investment in these systems has been woefully inadequate for many decades, creating supply bottlenecks and health hazards that work against the interests of both farmers and...

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Cassava Commercialization in Malawi

Kambewa, Emma - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Malawi continues to rely on maize for household food security. Policies to enhance food security continue to target maize production. Traditionally production and use of cassava was localized in lakeshore areas until the past two decades when maize production was increasingly affected by...

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Medição do Impacto dos Activos Públicos e Privados Sobre a Renda de Culturas de Agregados Familiares em Moçambique Rural, 2002-2005

Mather, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

This paper aims to better understand the determinants of household crop income, by using the TIA panel household survey of 2002-2005 to measure the impact of various private and public assets on crop income. We build upon Walker et al.’s (2004) analysis of TIA02 crop income by utilizing the...

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Improving Food Security in Africa: Highlights of 25 Years of Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.

Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. A combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall (until the food crisis of 2007/08) in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from undernutrition...

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Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive For Urban Consumers In Eastern And Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,...

Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Donovan, Cynthia; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

The world food and financial crises threaten to undermine the real incomes of urban consumers in eastern and southern Africa. This study investigates patterns in staple food prices, wage rates, and marketing margins for urban consumers in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia between 1993 and...

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Trends in the Production, Trade, and Consumption of Food-Legume Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Akibode, Comlanvi Sitou - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

Food legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa play a vital role by being a source of livelihood for millions of people; and offer tremendous potential to contribute to the alleviation of malnutrition among resource-poor farmers. They contribute to the sustainability of cropping systems and soil fertility....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294267

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