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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)

Global food production has more than doubled over the past 40 years, growing faster than population, and will likely keep pace in the 21st century. Yet today one-eighth of the world's people lack secure access to the food they need to live active and healthy lives. This volume describes how...

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The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh:

Hossain, Mahabub - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

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Drivers of change in Ghana's cocoa sector:

Vigneri, Marcella - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"Using a two year panel dataset, this paper offers an empirical investigation of the unprecedented production boom episode observed in Ghana's cocoa sector between 2002 and 2004. We look at the technology of production underlying the years of the boom, and suggest that most of the rise was due...

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Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications

Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

""This paper sets out to identify avenues for pro-poor growth in Ghana, focussing on agricultural opportunities, particularly in northern Ghana. Using an economywide, multimarket model and based on time series production data between 1991 and 2000 and Ghana Living Standards Survey data of...

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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...

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A partial equilibrium model of the Malawi maize commodity market:

Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Meyer, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This paper presents a model of the Malawi maize commodity market that is developed for use as a policy analysis tool. The model captures national and local maize market dynamics and the linkages existing within the maize market in the country. This research has been undertaken in order to...

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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...

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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

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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 …

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Agricultural policies in India

Mullen, Kathleen; Orden, David; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"Since the early 1990s, India has undergone substantial economic policy reform and economic growth. Though reforms in agricultural policy have lagged those in other sectors, they have nonetheless created a somewhat more open economic orientation. In this study, we evaluate the protection and...

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