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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630750
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Closing the gender asset gap: Learning from value chain development in Africa and Asia:
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Rubin, Deborah; Manfre, Cristina; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper explores initial findings from four case studies in the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project on changes … in gender relations in different agricultural interventions. It documents the adaptive measures projects are taking to … encourage gender-equitable value chain projects. Findings suggest that the dairy and horticulture value chain cases have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132653
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Agriculture for development in Iraq?: Estimating the impacts of achieving the agricultural targets of the national development plan 2013–2017 on economic growth, incomes, and gen...
Al-Haboby, Azhr; Breisinger, Clemens; Debowicz, Darío; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper estimates the potential effects of achieving the agricultural goals set out in Iraq’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2013–2017 using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The findings suggest that raising agricultural productivity in accordance with the NDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132687
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811
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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report
Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132826
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Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Johnson, Nancy; Quisumbing, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
differential access to and control over assets by men and women. After reviewing the literature on gender and assets, this paper … of assets. The framework generates gender-specific hypotheses that can be tested empirically: i) Different types of … individual(s) who control that asset; and iv) Interventions and policies that reduce the gender gap in assets are better able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132845
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204459
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Understanding men’s and women’s access to and control of assets and the implications for agricultural development projects: A case study in rice-farming households in eastern U...
Paris, Thelma; Pede, Valerien; Luis, Joyce; Sharma, Raman; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This research was undertaken to understand gender issues on the distribution of, access to, and control over major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272214
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Poverty, food security, and the environment
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per; Pandya-Lorch, Rajul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995
The condition of the world's natural resource base in the year 2020 largely depends on whether poverty has been eradicated. Poverty and environmental degradation are closely linked, often in a self-perpetuating negative spiral in which poverty accelerates environmental degradation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105945
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Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa:
Omamo, Steven Were; Diao, Xinshen; Wood, Stanley; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
), focusing on Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037874