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Climate change and floods in Yemen: Impacts on food security and options for adaptation

Wiebelt, Manfred; Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

percent of pre-flood agricultural value added. Due to the direct flood loss, farmers in the flooding areas suffer most in the … year of the flood occurrence, where the percentage of hungry people living from farming spiked by about 15 percentage … points as an immediate result of the flood. Action to mitigate the negative effects of climate change and variability should …

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Short- and long-term effects of the 1998 Bangladesh flood on rural wages

Mueller, Valerie; Quisumbing, Agnes - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

climate change increases the frequency of natural disasters. We use the Bangladesh Flood Impact panel household survey to … evaluate how the 1998 “flood of the century” affected wages in Bangladesh. We find long-term declines in wages where … economic activity are more vulnerable to flood-induced wage losses. Our findings suggest that future emergency relief and …

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Security analysis for agroterrorism: applying the threat, vulnerability, consequence framework to developing countries

Linacre, Nicholas A.; Koo, Bonwoo; Rosegrant, Mark W.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

invasive species. Currently new methodological approaches for terrorism risk assessments are being actively explored for …

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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

John W. Bruce.

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Acción colectiva y derechos de propiedad para el desarrollo sostenible:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

John W. Bruce.

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Building on successes in African agriculture:

Haggblade, Steven - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

CONTENTS: 1. African Agriculture: Past Performance, Future Imperatives / Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, Ingrid Kirsten, and Richard Mkandawire; 2. Generalizing from Past Successes / Steven Haggblade; 3. Recent Growth in African Cassava / Felix Nweke, Steven Haggblade, and Ballard Zulu; 4. Maize...

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Agriculture and health in the policymaking process: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Benson, Todd - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Earlier briefs in this series make the case that there is added value for the agricultural and health sectors in working more closely together to address problems of human well-being that fall at the intersection of the two sectors. Yet the divisions between the two sectors are wide and...

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Institutional options for managing rangelands

Ngaido, Tidiane; McCarthy, Nancy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

"This brief considers the benefits and costs of alternative tenure and institutional arrangements and the impact of existing legal and policy frameworks on the sustainability and equity of pastoral production systems under three categories of landownership: (1) state ownership; (2) individual...

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Collective action and property rights in fisheries management

Mahfuzuddin, Ahmed; Viswanathan, K. Kuperan; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

"Fisheries are complex and interdependent ecological and social systems that require integrated management approaches. The actions of one person or group of users affect the availability of the resource for others. Managing such common pool resources requires conscious efforts by a broad range...

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Property rights, collective action, and agroforestry

Place, Frank; Otsuka, Keijiro; Scherr, Sara J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

"In this brief, we explore the role that social institutions — specifically property rights and collective action — may play in the developmentment of agroforestry.... In the future, property rights and collective action will play increasingly pivotal roles in defining rights and...

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