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Aflatoxins: Finding solutions for improved food safety
Unnevehr, Laurian; Grace, Delia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
. Aflatoxicosis: Evidence from Kenya by Abigael Obura 3. Aflatoxin Exposure and Chronic Human Diseases: Estimates of Burden of Disease …: Implications for Intervention in Kenya by Sophie Walker and Bryn Davies 8. Market-led Aflatoxin Interventions: Smallholder … Groundnut Value Chains in Malawi by Andrew Emmott 9. Aflatoxin Management in the World Food Programme through P4P Local …
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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report
Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132826
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Demand for complementary financial and technological tools for managing drought risk:
Ward, Patrick S.; Spielman, David J.; Ortega, David L.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
developing world. Financial and technological innovations that mitigate these risks have the potential to greatly benefit farmers … independently and in a bundled package. Findings indicate that farmers are generally unwilling to pay for drought-tolerant rice …€™ valuation of the rice increases. Farmers value insurance on its own, but even more so when bundled with the drought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272213
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The quiet revolution in India's food supply chains:
Reardon, Thomas; Minten, Bart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
There has been a rapid transformation of food supply chains in India over the past two decades. Modern retail sales are growing at 49 percent per year and quickly penetrating urban food markets and even rural markets. The food-processing sector is growing quickly while also concentrating and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366808
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea,...
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Rural banking in Africa
van Empel, Gerard - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Many people in the vast rural areas of Africa lack access to financial services, and most commercial banks are not interested in moving into these areas due to their low income levels, lack of scale economies, and poor infrastructure. Also, few banks actually understand the most common economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523837
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New approaches for index insurance
Skees, Jerry R.; Collier, Benjamin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a climate event associated with warming sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. In years of extreme El Niño events, areas in northern Peru experience catastrophic flooding. As of 2010, it is possible for stakeholders in northern Peru to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523839
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Crisis alimentaria mundial: Monitoreo y evaluación de impacto para formular acciones de política
Benson, Todd; Minot, Nicholas; Pender, John; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"La creciente variabilidad y la fuerte tendencia al alza en los precios mundiales de alimentos durante los últimos dos años han sido motivo de preocupación debido a que pueden aumentar la pobreza y el hambre a nivel mundial. Al mismo tiempo, el aumento en los precios de alimentos es un...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987170
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Global food crises: Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses
Benson, Todd; Minot, Nicholas; Pender, John; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
for many developing countries to strengthen the contribution their farmers make to national economic growth and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996769
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The role of government in agricultural innovation: Lessons from Bolivia
Hartwich, Frank; Jansen, Heinz-Gerhard - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
the demands of small farmers, set priorities, and provide transparency and accountability with regard to funding and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996778