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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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Aflatoxins: Finding solutions for improved food safety
Unnevehr, Laurian; Grace, Delia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Procurement by Stéphane Méaux, Eleni Pantiora, and Sheryl Schneider 10. Reducing Aflatoxins in Africa’s Crops: Experiences from … 15. Mobilizing Political Support: Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa by Amare Ayalew, Wezi Chunga, and Winta …
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How to build resilience to conflict: The role of food security
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This Food Policy Report explains why there is a need to place even higher priority on food security-related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries, and offers insights for policymakers regarding how to do so. To understand the relationship between conflict and food security, this...
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Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This paper therefore analyzes agriculture and nutrition linkages in Bangladesh, a country that achieved rapid growth in rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against undernutrition. To do so the authors create a synthetic...
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Institutions and economic policies for pro-poor agricultural growth
Dorward, Andrew; Fan, Shenggen; Kydd, Jonathan; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
-poor agricultural growth and of policies that can promote such growth in poor rural economies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa … difficulties in today's poor rural areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of these difficulties are endogenous to these … Africa, new thinking is urgently needed to find alternative ways of 'kick starting' markets ways which reduce rent seeking …
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Improving diagnostics for aflatoxin detection:
Harvey, Jagger; Gnonlonfin, Benoit; Fletcher, Mary; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
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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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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:
Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and quality of maternal and child care to carry out a cluster analysis of country typologies. The purpose is to identify where agriculture-led interventions might address binding...
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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
efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved … highest GHI scores—and therefore the highest hunger levels—are in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia, which have …
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