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Agriculture and HIV/AIDS: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Gillespie, Stuart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the majority of people affected by HIV and AIDS globally, and it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996995
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Constraints to increasing agricultural productivity in Nigeria: A review
Phillip, Dayo; Nkonya, Ephraim; Pender, John L.; Oni, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects productivity improvement, and proposing lessons relevant for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762139
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752679
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Promoting sustainable development in less-favored areas:
Pender, John L.; Hazell, P. B. R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
/ Sushil Pandey Brief 5. Returns to public investment: Evidence from India and China / Shenggen Fan and Peter Hazell Brief 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996507
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Fomentar el desarrollo sustentable en las zonas poco favorecidas:
Pender, John L.; Hazell, P. B. R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
Andes; Tecnologias para las tierras altas del sudeste de Asia; Utilidades de la inversion publica: datos de la India y China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996514
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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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Who will be fed in the 21st century? Challenges for science and policy
Wiebe, Keith D. (contributor); Ballenger, Nicole (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
operation of markets in three critical areas: protecting the natural resources on which agriculture depends; focusing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752691
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Impact assessment of food policy research a stocktaking workshop: synthesis report
Anderson, Jock R.; Bos, Maria Soledad; Cohen, Marc J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"This stocktaking workshop provided an opportunity for several groups with active interest in impact assessment relating to agricultural policy research to share experiences and views about what constitutes good practice in this field. The sponsoring organizations have had a long-standing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996478
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Reducing poverty and hunger in Asia:
Islam, Nurul ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Investment Priorities for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia Shenggen Fan, Joanna Brzeska, and Ghada Shields
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996513
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Exchange rate misalignment and its effects on agricultural producer support estimates
Cheng, Fuzhi; Orden, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
India and China from the 1970s to 2002 as determined by real economic fundamentals. The relevance and usefulness of the … by the PSEs (from 1985-2002 for India and from 1995-2001 for China) are sensitive to alternative exchange rate …-specific policies. In India, such indirect effects are relatively small and mostly dominated by the direct effects. But in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996566