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Information and communication technologies for the poor:
Torero, Maximo; von Braun, Joachim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
, Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications, published …This brief is based on Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential … of Telecommunications, ed. Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (Johns Hopkins University Press and IFPRI, 2006) "The …
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Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications
Torero, Maximo (contributor); von Braun, Joachim (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
evidence of their impact-and little research has been conducted on the direct and indirect links between ICTs and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132822
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact
Zeller, Manfred (contributor); Meyer, Richard L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
simultaneously the problems of outreach (reaching the poor both in terms of numbers and depth of poverty), financial sustainability …
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Promoting a strong seed sector in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Given that Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of poverty and malnutrition in the world, the stagnation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038277
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: Scaling up agricultural value chains for pro-poor development:
Hartmann, Arntraud - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736367
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Public sector agricultural research priorities for sustainable food security: Perspectives from plausible scenarios:
Nelson, Gerald C.; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
There is widespread agreement that our ability to deliver sustainable food security for all will be challenged in three dimensions—population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are essential to dealing with these challenges....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781474
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Toward an integrated approach for addressing malnutrition in Zambia: a literature review and institutional analysis:
Harris, Jody; Drimie, Scott - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Due to the predominance of direct, specific interventions in nutrition for development, the health sector tends to own nutrition, with interventions customarily implemented through health programs. The premise that the agriculture sector should also be a vehicle for improved nutrition is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593566
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
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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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