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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries
Adato, Michelle (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...
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Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
Xing, Li; Fan, Shenggen; Luo, Xiaopeng; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
accounts for the largest share of overall income inequality. But agriculture is still the rural people's major source of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037963
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Kevin Cleaver •Moving Local- and Community-Driven Development from Boutique to Large … Network: Expanding Rural Support Programs in South Asia by Henri Suter, Leanne Sedowski, and Joanne Trotter •SEWA: Supporting …
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The quiet revolution in staple food value chains: Enter the dragon, the elephant, and the tiger
Reardon, Thomas (contributor); Chen, Kevin Z. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
. This task is especially formidable in Asia, where more than two-thirds of the world’s poor and malnourished people live …. Food prices in Asia are projected to remain high and volatile, and food production is likely to be challenged by the … requires urgent actions to improve the productivity and climate resilience of agriculture and to upgrade the food value chains …
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Farmer management of production risk on degraded lands: the role of wheat genetic diversity in Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Di Falco, Salvatore; Chavas, Jean-Paul; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper investigates the effects of wheat genetic diversity and land degradation on risk and agricultural productivity in less favored production environments of a developing agricultural economy. Drawing production data from household survey conducted in the highlands of Ethiopia, we...
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Impact of global warming on Chinese wheat productivity:
You, Liangzhi; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Fang, Cheng; Wood, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Climate change continues to have major impact on crop productivity all over the world. While many researchers have evaluated the possible impact of global warming on crop yields using mainly indirect crop simulation models, there are relatively few direct assessments on the impact of observed...
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Transaction costs and agricultural productivity
Dorosh, Paul A.; Stifel, David; Minten, Bart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
combined with a census of administrative communes. Given the importance of agriculture to the rural poor, where nine out of ten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038180
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Cluster-based industrialization in China: Financing and performance
Long, Cheryl; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476187
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The evolution of an industrial cluster in China:
Fleisher, Belton; Hu, Dinghuan; McGuire, William; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"We use two rounds of surveys, taken in 2000 and 2008 in the Zhili Township children's garment cluster in Zhejiang Province, to examine in depth the evolution of this industrial cluster. Firm size has grown on average in terms of output and employment, and increasing divergence in firm sizes has...
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