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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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livelihoods and environmental sustainability, and explored alternative policies and institutional strategies in light of their … capacity to reduce poverty and enhance food security. " Author's Abstract …
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-urban interdependence / Ceclia Tacoli Brief 4. Urban livelihoods and labor markets / Arjan de Haan Brief 5. Feeding the cities: food supply …
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policies address conservation of the natural resource base, protection of farmers' livelihoods, basic needs of the poor …
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Accra offers a compelling case study of the contemporary impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and … Institute of Medical Research, and the World Health Organization to assess the nature of urban poverty and the relationship … between urban poverty and food insecurity or malnutrition in Accra, Ghana, in 1996–97. By exploring the major determinants of …
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The Nigerian Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an in-depth assessment of the food security situation within Nigeria. This is very important as it equips policymakers with timely and relevant information that will aid the targeting of interventions.
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The Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods, and Food Security (RENEWAL) was officially launched in 2001 as a joint … consequences of AIDS. RENEWAL’s three main objectives are: (1) to reduce critical gaps in understanding how livelihoods …
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crucial to understand the implications of these extreme climate events. Not only are rural livelihoods affected due to the …
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and their livelihoods? Under what circumstances, and for what types of households, will shocks push households into … poverty traps from which recovery is not possible? In an effort to answer these questions, this paper analyses the asset … poverty traps and that they tend to militate against any tendency of the poor to catch up with wealthier households. Policy …
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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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