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The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities

Cilliers, Jakkie - 2021

a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization … – A Revolution in Agriculture -- 6. Boosting Education -- 7. Poverty, Inequality and Growth -- 8. Changing Productive …

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The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities

Cilliers, Jakkie - 2021

a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477416

Food Security Assessment: Why Countries Are at Risk

Shapouri, Shahla; Rosen, Stacey L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1999

Food insecurity in many low-income, developing countries is projected to intensify unless steps are taken to reverse the performance trend of key contributing factors: agricultural productivity, foreign exchange earnings, and population growth. For the poorest countries, an increase in...

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Increased Productivity and Food Security, Enhanced Resilience and Reduced Carbon Emissions for Sustainable Development : Opportunities and Challenges for a Converging Agenda - Coun...

World Bank - 2011

countries are experiencing in moving towards 'climate-smart' agriculture while also meeting the food requirements of a growing … two additional papers produced for a meeting of African Ministers of Agriculture which took place in Johannesburg in …-smart agriculture' into broader development and growth programs. Several countries are supporting policy measures and programs to …

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World - Climate Services Operational Pathways : Pathways for Transforming Weather, Water, and Climate Services in Mozambique

World Bank - 2022

This study was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot program on climate resilience (PPCR) support in identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate services investments. It seeks to generate learning and...

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Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of SNAP Benefits From 2009 to 2011

Nord, Mark - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

The value of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits has declined due to inflation since the increase in benefit size in April 2009 mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Earlier Economic Research Service (ERS) research documented improvements in food...

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Food Insecurity Among Households With Working-Age Adults With Disabilities

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Nord, Mark - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

Prior research has shown that food insecurity is more common among U.S households with an adult who has a work-limiting disability than among other households. To provide more detail on the prevalence of food insecurity by a range of types of disabilities, we analyzed data from the Current...

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Household Food Security in the United States in 2013

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Gregory, Christian; Singh, Anita - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

An estimated 85.7 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2013, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.3 percent) were food insecure at least some time...

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THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - FINDINGS FROM THE CLIENT SURVEY; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Briefel, Ronette; Jacobson, Jonathan; Clusen, Nancy; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

During a typical month in 2001, food pantries served about 12.5 million people, and emergency kitchens served about 1.1 million people. Food pantries and emergency kitchens play an important role in feeding America's low-income and needy populations. These organizations are part of the Emergency...

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POLICY OPTIONS TO STABILIZE FOOD SUPPLIES: A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Trueblood, Michael A.; Shapouri, Shahla; Henneberry, … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001

For the southern Africa region, both a grain stocking program and an import insurance program would have reduced food supply variability more than historical food aid during 1970-95. The stocking program and the import insurance program would have been less expensive than food aid from a donor...

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