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Policy barriers to a healthier diet : the case of trade and agriculture
Alta, Aditya; Auliya, Rachma; Fauzi, Azizah Nazzala - 2023
Improving nourishment and diets has become a priority for Indonesia. The stunting rate among under-five children in … Indonesia at 24% is considered high and deserving of serious attention.Improving dietary diversity among children is essential … Stunting Reduction in Indonesia 2021- 2024 (RAN-PASTI), and National Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2020-2024 (RAN …
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Evolution and critique of buffer stocking policy of India
Saini, Shweta; Kozicka, Marta - 2014
India's economic standing and its policy landscape have come a long way since the 1943 Bengal famine. History saw …-scarce, food-importing country, India has emerged as a grain-surplus and a net grain-exporting country. The production base is … in the godowns of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and its nominated state agencies, raising questions about the …
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Structural transformation and food security : their mutual interdependence
Timmer, Charles Peter - 2017
A mutual, two-way dependence of structural transformation and food security has bedeviled the development profession for decades, which has often ignored the critical role of agricultural development and food price stability as the underlying foundations to both structural transformation and...
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Safety nets and food programs in Asia : a comparative perspective
Jha, Shikha; Kotwal, Ashok; Ramaswami, Bharat - 2013
success. We examine the performance of safety net programs in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in terms of …
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The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 : challenges, buffer stocking and the way forward
Saini, Shweta; Gulati, Ashok - 2015
The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 combines and expands the scope of some existing food-based welfare schemes. It will be distributing raw rations, meal(s) and/or cash. Approximately 81.35 crore persons or 16.57 crore households are to benefit under the targeted public distribution...
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Food inflation and food price volatility in India : trends and determinants
Sekhar, C. S. C.; Roy, Devesh; Bhatt, Yogesh - 2017
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Food Security : The Challenges of Agricultural Management in India
Rajeev, S.; Rajendran, P.G - 2012
-investment in agriculture and neglect of the poor.” Here too, India is guilty as charged: despite rhetoric, agriculture has been the … Cinderella in the Indian policy-maker's agenda since independence. India has proved Malthus wrong by achieving a record four …. If India applies sound long-term management principles and makes the right political decisions, it may well gain food …
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Improving the equity and effectiveness of Nepal's fertilizer subsidy program
Kyle, Jordan; Resnick, Danielle; Karkee, Madhab - 2017
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Conceptualizing drivers of policy change in agriculture, nutrition, and food security : the kaleidoscope model
Resnick, Danielle; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Haggblade, Steven - 2015
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Food and nutrition security in Eurasia: evolution, shocks and policies
Burkitbayeva, Saule; Swinnen, Johan F. M.; Warrinnier, Nele - In: Russian journal of economics 6 (2020) 1, pp. 6-25
Food and nutrition security is at the forefront of policy making around the globe. This study focuses on a number of Eurasian countries, namely the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. From under-nutrition to various forms of malnutrition and obesity,...
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