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Promising approaches to address the needs of poor female farmers: Resources, constraints, and interventions
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Pandolfelli, Lauren - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Recognizing that “gender matters,” many development interventions have aimed to close the gender gap in access to resources, both human and physical, and to address the specific needs of female farmers. This paper critically reviews attempts to increase poor female farmers' access to, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967161
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health:
Hawkes, Corinna; Ruel, Marie T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
CONTENTS: 1.Overview / Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel; 2. Agriculture, Food, and Health: Perspectives on a Long … Relationship / Tim Lang; 3. Agricultural Technology and Health / Michael Lipton, Saurabh Sinha, and Rachel Blackman; 4. Agriculture … and Nutrition Linkages: Old Lessons and New Paradigms / Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel; 5. Agriculture, Food Safety, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996502
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Overview: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Hawkes, Corinna; Ruel, Marie T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Good health and productive agriculture are both essential in the fight against poverty. In a rapidly changing world …, agriculture faces many challenges, both old (natural resource constraints, extreme weather conditions, and agricultural pests) and … world faces... The briefs in this series aim to communicate what is known about the linkages between agriculture and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996899
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Occupational health hazards of agriculture: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Cole, Donald - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
agriculture, presents a case study on the trade-offs between their health and economic impacts, and proposes responses... To … effect change, the agriculture and health sectors should work together more closely. The agricultural sector should develop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996948
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Agriculture and nutrition linkages old lessons and new paradigms: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Hawkes, Corinna; Ruel, Marie T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Agriculture is fundamental to achieving nutrition goals: it produces the food, energy, and nutrients essential for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996949
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Agriculture, food, and health perspectives on a long relationship: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Lang, Tim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Agriculture produces food fundamental for human health. It therefore seems obvious that agriculture, food, and health … are related! Agriculture affects whether people have enough food to eat, whether it is of sufficient nutritional value … different ways of looking at the relationships between agriculture, food, and health. Agricultural connections to food and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996953
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Agriculture, food safety, and foodborne diseases: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Todd, Ewen C. D.; Narrod, Clare - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"To improve the ability of farmers in developing countries to reduce the burden of foodborne illness, government agencies need to take the following steps: (1) Implement a farm-to-table approach to agricultural health by focusing efforts on the prevention of potential food safety and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996967
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Agricultural technology and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Lipton, Michael; Sinha, Saurabh; Blackman, Rachel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Research, invention, and adoption of agrotechnology have played an important role in improving human nutrition and health. Agrotechnology has introduced more effective plant breeds (such as high-yielding varieties), enhanced land management techniques (such as terracing), and improved water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997014
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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations
Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The authors of this book identify the factors affecting land inheritance and schooling across generations in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Ghana-countries with very different social and cultural traditions. Based on household surveys at each site, the authors examine how these factors affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752677
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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