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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 - Country Examples
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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The Indus Basin of Pakistan : the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture
Yu, Winston H. - 2013
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Prospects for Irrigated Agriculture : Whether Irrigated Area and Irrigation Water Must Increase to Meet Food Needs in the Future
World Bank - 2013
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provide … global projections of agriculture-water supply and demand. The validation exercise provides a review of the existing model …
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Is skill-biased technological change here yet? : evidence from Indian manufacturing in the 1990
Berman, Eli - 2005
"Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of technologies from abroad. However the economy underwent a sharp...
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Credit constraints as a barrier to technology adoption by the poor : lessons from South Indian small-scale fishery
Giné, Xavier - 2005
"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the...
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Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in India : How Likely and What Will It Take to Reduce Infant Mortality, Child Malnutrition, Gender Disparities and Hunger-Poverty and to Increase School Enrollment and Completion?
World Bank - 2013
Since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000, the MDGs have become the most widely-accepted yardstick of development efforts by governments, donors and NGOs. The MDGs are a set of numerical and time-bound targets related to...
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Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services be more effective?
Das Gupta, Monica - 2005
"Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which the major component is supplementary feeding for malnourished children. To unravel this...
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Using Public Food Grain Stocks to Enhance Food Security
World Bank - 2012
The recurrent global food price spikes in 2008 and 2010 rekindled interest in the use of national food grain stockpiles ('stocks') to enhance food security. They were a commonly used instrument in government responses to these food prices spikes. They were also widely considered as a useful tool...
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India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2013
This report focuses on the performance of, and future challenges for, the Government of India's primary "direct food and nutrition safety nets" or food-based transfer programs designed to alleviate short-term food and nutrition insecurity and improve caring behavior within households. This study...
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India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 2. Annexes
World Bank - 2013
This report focuses on the performance of, and future challenges for, the Government of India's primary "direct food and nutrition safety nets" or food-based transfer programs designed to alleviate short-term food and nutrition insecurity and improve caring behavior within households. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558616