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Vulnerability and the impact of climate change in South Africa's Limpopo River Basin:
Shewmake, Sharon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
vulnerability, not just decreased expected income. This brief is based on a paper that uses farm households' responses to climate … vulnerability to future climate change by assessing their probability of falling below an income threshold as a result of future … climate-related shocks. Assessing household vulnerability is important because efficient social policy needs to go beyond …
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa
Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Framework for Analysis by Claudia Ringer Brief 2: Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River … Basin by Sharon Shewmake Brief 5: Measuring Ethiopian Farmers' Vulnerability to Climate Change Across Regional States by …
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Vulnerability and the impact of climate change in South Africa's Limpopo River Basin:
Shewmake, Sharon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
farmers are apt to respond to future climate change-induced shocks, in particular drought. Droughts are expected to increase … in both frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. This study examines the costs of drought today and who it … estimates household vulnerability. After controlling for household heterogeneity using propensity score matching, it is noted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038120
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
870 million people going hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations …
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
still “serious,†with 805 million people continuing to go hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture …
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
still “serious,†with 805 million people continuing to go hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960211
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Indice Globale della Fame 2014: La sfida della fame nascosta
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi...
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Indice de la faim dans le monde 2013: Le defi de la faim: Construire la resilience pour une sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle durabl
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755496
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
has far to go. The 2013 GHI report focuses on resilience in theory and in practice. The relief and development communities … world hunger remains “serious†according to the index, resilience-building efforts are much needed to help poor and …-term. Building resilience will involve boosting food and nutrition security. In order to achieve that goal, the humanitarian and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700929