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Understanding farmers' perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa
Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts on South Africa. In particular, rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bear the brunt of adverse impacts. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996803
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Understanding farmers' perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa
Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts on South Africa. In particular, rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bear the brunt of adverse impacts. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038101
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Communities’ perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services: Evidence from rural communities in Nigeria:
Zhang, Wei; Kato, Edward; Bhandary, Prapti; Nkonya, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This research has been undertaken to improve our understanding of stakeholders’ knowledge and perception about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200219
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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
respect to prices, an increase in own price is expected to have a nonpositive effect on all nutrients. Our results also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395602
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Rice production responses in Cambodia:
Yu, Bingxin; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476191
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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
"Previous studies implicitly assume uniform price-effects across regions or provinces within countries. They also do … transmission of changes in world food prices to local food prices. In this paper, we first establish evidence of regional price …-term price effects between the world maize market and some Ethiopian regional markets. Using the Almost Ideal Demand System, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037995
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Improving the measurement of food security:
Headey, Derek D.; Ecker, Olivier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Although food security measurement has been substantially expanded in recent decades, there persists significant … dissatisfaction with existing measurement systems, especially in the wake of the global food and financial crisis. In this paper we … first set out a list of criteria that an ideal food security measurement system should satisfy. We then benchmark existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850572
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Are poor, remote areas left behind in agricultural development
Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"In Tanzania, as in many other developing countries, the conventional wisdom is that economic reforms may have stimulated economic growth, but that the benefits of this growth have been uneven, favoring urban households and farmers with good market access. This idea, although quite plausible,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996579
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The challenge of hunger: The 2008 Global Hunger Index
von Grebmer, Klaus; Fritschel, Heidi; Nestorova, Bella; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households around the world, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines. The world is making only slow progress in reducing food insecurity, according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI). Some regions—in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997062
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The challenge of hunger 2007: Global Hunger Index: Facts, determinants, and trends
Wiesmann, Doris; Sost, Ann Kathrin; Schöninger, Iris; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997103