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Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture

Nelson, Gerald C.; Robertson, Richard; Msangi, Siwa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"By some estimates, agricultural practices account for 20 percent of India's total greenhouse gas (GSG) emissions; thus …, cost-effective reductions in agricultural emissions could significantly lower India's overall emissions. We explore … to pump groundwater for irrigation. We also examine how changes in land use would affect carbon sequestration. We find …

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Generating food security in the year 2020

Brown, Lynn R.; Feldstein, Hilary Sims; Haddad, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995

Meeting world food needs in the year 2020 will depend even more than it does now on the capabilities and resources of women. Women are responsible for generating food security for their families in many developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Women not only process, purchase,...

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Development pathways and land management in Uganda: causes and implications

Pender, John L.; Jagger, Pamela; Nkonya, Ephraim M.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

This paper investigates the patterns and determinants of change in livelihood strategies (“development pathways”), land management practices, agricultural productivity, resource and human welfare conditions in Uganda since 1990, based upon a community- level survey conducted in 107 villages....

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The case of smallholder dairying in Eastern Africa:

Ngigi, Margaret - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"Agriculture plays a crucial role in the economy of sub-Saharan Africa. A feature of particular significance about the region is that the majority of households are heavily dependent on agriculture as their major source of livelihood. Smallholder agriculture is the principal producer of staple...

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Economic growth and development

Pandya-Lorch, Rajul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1994

Developing countries as a group have experienced rapid economic growth in the last three decades: between 1965 and 1990, their gross national product (GNP) per capita grew at an average annual rate of 2.5 percent to reach US$840 in 1990. However, economic performance has been uneven across...

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Population density, migration, and the returns to human capital and land: Highlights from Indonesia

Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Rapid population growth in many developing countries has raised concerns regarding food security and household welfare. To understand the consequences of population growth on in the general equilibrium setting, we examine the dynamics of population density and its impacts on household outcomes...

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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 dimensionsâ€”population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are essential to dealing with these challenges....

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Fertility, agricultural labor supply, and production: Instrumental variable evidence from Uganda:

Van Campenhout, Bjorn - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Human fertility is likely to affect agricultural production through its effect on the supply of agricultural labor. Using the fact that in traditional, patriarchal societies sons are often preferred to daughters, we isolated exogenous variation in the number of children born to a mother and...

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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)

The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...

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