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Resource-Rich Yet Malnourished: Analysis of the demand for food nutrients in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ulimwengu, John M.; Roberts, Cleo; Randriamamonjy, Josee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Endowed with 80 million hectares of arable land (of which only 10 percent are used), diverse climatic conditions, and abundant water resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the potential to become the breadbasket of the entire African continent. Instead, the country is one of the...
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Impact of soaring food price in Ethiopia: Does location matter?
Ulimwengu, John M.; Workneh, Sindu; Paulos, Zelekawork - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
-term price effects between the world maize market and some Ethiopian regional markets. Using the Almost Ideal Demand System, we … characteristics of household demand across locations are more likely to induce misleading policy recommendations. " from authors …
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Targeted Subsidies and Private Market Participation: An Assessment of Fertilizer Demand in Nigeria:
Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Though input vouchers are being publicized as a mechanism to simultaneously target subsidies and develop demand in … private markets, limited empirical evidence of their effect on private input demand exists. Few empirical studies, if any …, exist on the effect of targeted subsidies on private input demand in Nigeria or West Africa . Consequently this study begins …
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The value of customized insurance for farmers in rural Bangladesh:
Clarke, Danielle; Das, Narayan C.; de Nicola, Francesca; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
this paper, we present results from an experimental demand-elicitation exercise in rural Bangladesh to shed light on … evenly split their endowment between life and disability insurance and agricultural insurance. Demand for area … group savings does not alter demand for insurance, though group savings is found to be a particularly popular risk …
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Using elicitation mechanisms to estimate the demand for nutritious maize: Evidence from experiments in rural Ghana
Banerji, A.; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; de Groote, Hugo; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
In this paper we assess (a) consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a recently developed variety of maize that is high in provitamin A in the context of a public health intervention and (b) the performance of three elicitation mechanisms in estimating WTP in a field experiment in Ghana....
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960211
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Indice Globale della Fame 2014: La sfida della fame nascosta
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi...
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