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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

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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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 …

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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

"There have been different degrees of exchange rate disequilibrium in the developing countries during transition or reform periods since the mid 1980s. The level of the exchange rate and its misalignment can have significant impacts on agricultural policy measures such as Producer Support...

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Agricultural policies in India

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

this study, we evaluate the protection and support versus disprotection of agriculture in India. Our methodology involves … adjustments impact the results. Overall, our results indicate that support for agriculture in India has been counter …-cyclical. Support for agriculture has been rising when world prices are low (as in the mid 1980s and 1998-2002) and falling when world …

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Shifting ground: agricultural R&D worldwide

Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Piggot, Roley R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

This brief summarizes the book, Agricultural R&D in the Developing World: Too Little, Too Late?, edited by Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, and Roley R. Piggott. The authors of the brief look at topics such as: International spillovers of public agricultural R&D; patterns of worldwide public...

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Developed-country agricultural policies and developing-country food supplies: the case of wheat

Josling, Timothy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1980

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Policy options and their potential effects on Moroccan small farmers and the poor facing increased world food prices: A general equilibrium model analysis

Diao, Xinshen; Doukkali, Rachid; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

-term objective. Direct transfers to poor consumers, combined with increased public investment in agriculture to improve agricultural …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038082

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