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moral hazard and imperfect consumer monitoring. In deciding whether to maintain information regarding product origin, firms …
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policies and other institutions. Formal and informal knowledge and innovation must therefore be linked to accelerate …, organizations, institutions, or policies. Innovation means putting ideas, knowledge, and technology to work in a manner that brings … pursuit of innovation. For innovation to occur, knowledge must be created, accumulated, shared, and used. Innovations …
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This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.
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The purpose of the paper is to identify how climate change affects how we should approach the process of transforming agricultural systems (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) to support global food security and poverty reduction in a sustainable way. We also identify...
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review of relevant literature and a more detailed survey of institutions and individuals. A sample of relevant institutions … institutions surveyed) amounted to an average cost of US$76.98 per person per day for the 1-3 weeks training provided. While the … practice of strategic planning was widespread, mission statements were widely used in only two-fifths of selected institutions …
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In the wake of the food and financial crises of 2007–2008 and 2011, building resilient food systems to achieve food security for all has become one of the top goals of the development agenda.
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categorized into three subsystems: a policy system; markets, trade, and institutions; and a production system. Within each of …
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institutions in promoting inclusivity, providing information, enabling local level innovation, encouraging investment, and offering …This paper reviews the central role of institutions for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), focusing on the role of … role of state, collective action, and market institutions at multiple levels, with particular attention to the importance …
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complementary institutions and coordination mechanisms to exploit scale economies. The effectiveness of PMGs was determined by the …
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only from legal institutions that mediate property rights, but also from social institutions that determine and distribute … rights, and how these legal and social institutions interface. The three-tiered model presented in this paper ideological …
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