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The quiet revolution in staple food value chains: Enter the dragon, the elephant, and the tiger
Reardon, Thomas (contributor); Chen, Kevin Z. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
requires urgent actions to improve the productivity and climate resilience of agriculture and to upgrade the food value chains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132827
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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries
Adato, Michelle (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...
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Impact Assessment: IFPRI 2020 conference "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health":
Paarlberg, Robert L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The IFPRI 2020 Conference on “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health†was held in New Delhi …, India, February 10–12, 2011, and attracted more than 900 attendees. Conference activities included 12 plenary sessions, 15 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132597
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: Rehabilitating China’s loess plateau:
Mackedon, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132605
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Foreign exchange rationing, wheat markets and food security in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
In spite of remarkable growth in Ethiopia’s agricultural production and overall real incomes (GDP/capita) from 2004/05 to 2008/09, prices of major cereals (teff, maize, wheat and sorghum) have fluctuated sharply in both nominal and real terms. International prices of cereals also...
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What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana?:
Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132650
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?:
Sraboni, Esha; Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary … diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture …
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Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review:
van den Bold, Mara; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Gillespie, Stuart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact...
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Exploring the agriculture-nutrition disconnect in India:
Gillespie, Stuart; Kadiyala, Suneetha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
India is home to one-third of the world’s undernourished children, with rates of child undernutrition remaining …. At the same time, India is the second-fastest-growing economy in the world. Its economic growth, however, has been far … child undernutrition have been made during similar periods of economic growth. Why has such progress somehow eluded India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132782
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Gender dimensions of agriculture, poverty, nutrition and food security in Nigeria:
Ajani, Olubunmi Idowu Yetunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
their well-being in agriculture, nutrition and food security. Not surprisingly, women therefore comprise the majority of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132809