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Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes:
Newton, Peter; Agrawal, Arun; Wollenberg, Lini - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity supply chains that support higher agricultural...
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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 mitigation options for three agricultural sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008482043
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Agriculture and climate change: An agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen
Nelson, Gerald C. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
by M. Herrero and P. K. Thornton •The Role of Nutrient Management in Mitigation by Helen C. Flynn •Monitoring, Reporting …, and Verification Methodologies for Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use by Sean Smukler and Cheryl Palm •Synergies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996518
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Potential of carbon payments for bioenergy: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges
Knudsen, Odin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This next regime of climate change rules must be targeted toward reducing GHGs as cheaply and quickly as possible. Developing countries and their farmers are key to meeting this objective. First, land-use changes and practices in developing countries must be included in mechanisms for reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996925
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Science and technology options for harnessing bioenergy's potential: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges
Woods, Jeremy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Much of the technology development for bioenergy to date has been geared toward competing with cheap fossil fuels. Bioenergy technologies have focused on reducing the cost per unit of energy produced, often exclusively by exploiting very cheap feedstocks and processing them on a large scale....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996890
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Environmental effects of bioenergy: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges
Kartha, Sivan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Bioenergy crop systems can—if properly designed—yield significant benefits, both environmental and social. The right choice of biomass crops and production methods can lead to favorable carbon and energy balances and a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. But bioenergy production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996929
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Improving the measurement of food security:
Headey, Derek D.; Ecker, Olivier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Although food security measurement has been substantially expanded in recent decades, there persists significant … dissatisfaction with existing measurement systems, especially in the wake of the global food and financial crisis. In this paper we … first set out a list of criteria that an ideal food security measurement system should satisfy. We then benchmark existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850572
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Are poor, remote areas left behind in agricultural development
Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"In Tanzania, as in many other developing countries, the conventional wisdom is that economic reforms may have stimulated economic growth, but that the benefits of this growth have been uneven, favoring urban households and farmers with good market access. This idea, although quite plausible,...
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The challenge of hunger: The 2008 Global Hunger Index
von Grebmer, Klaus; Fritschel, Heidi; Nestorova, Bella; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households around the world, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines. The world is making only slow progress in reducing food insecurity, according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI). Some regions—in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997062
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The challenge of hunger 2007: Global Hunger Index: Facts, determinants, and trends
Wiesmann, Doris; Sost, Ann Kathrin; Schöninger, Iris; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997103