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Understanding the links between agriculture and health:

Hawkes, Corinna; Ruel, Marie T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

CONTENTS: 1.Overview / Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel; 2. Agriculture, Food, and Health: Perspectives on a Long Relationship / Tim Lang; 3. Agricultural Technology and Health / Michael Lipton, Saurabh Sinha, and Rachel Blackman; 4. Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages: Old Lessons and New...

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Overview: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Hawkes, Corinna; Ruel, Marie T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Good health and productive agriculture are both essential in the fight against poverty. In a rapidly changing world, agriculture faces many challenges, both old (natural resource constraints, extreme weather conditions, and agricultural pests) and new (globalization, environmental degradation,...

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Managing conflicts over land and natural resources through collective action: A case study from rural communities in Zambia

Clifford Ajayi, Oluyede; Akinnifesi, Festus Kehinde; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

Seasonal changes and ambiguity in property rights over land and natural resources create conflicts in rural communities in eastern Zambia. This study describes how rural households have minimized such conflicts and protect the economic interests of the poor members of the community through...

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Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of “Green Revolution"

Reij, Chris; Tappan, Gary; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

John W. Bruce.

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Acción colectiva y derechos de propiedad para el desarrollo sostenible:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

John W. Bruce.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996504

Building on successes in African agriculture:

Haggblade, Steven - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

CONTENTS: 1. African Agriculture: Past Performance, Future Imperatives / Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, Ingrid Kirsten, and Richard Mkandawire; 2. Generalizing from Past Successes / Steven Haggblade; 3. Recent Growth in African Cassava / Felix Nweke, Steven Haggblade, and Ballard Zulu; 4. Maize...

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Agroforestry, nutrition, and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Swallow, Brent M.; Ochola, Sophie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"For the practice of agroforestry to yield its full potential, it needs to bring health and nutrition to the fore. The … figure presents a simple conceptual framework of agroforestry, health, and nutrition linkages that focuses on five pathways … between agroforestry and health, dubbed the MINER pathways: M—medicinal plant conservation, domestication, and propagation; I …

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On-site and off-Site long-term economic impacts of soil fertility management practices: The case of maize-based cropping systems in Kenya

Nkonya, Ephraim; Gicheru, Patrick; Woelcke, Johannes; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"This article analyzes the on-site and off-site economic impacts of various sustainable land management (SLM) practices in Kenya. Long-term trial data are used to establish the relationship between SLM practices and maize yield. The analysis of on-site effects focuses on the profitability of...

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Agrobiodiversity, nutrition, and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Johns, Timothy; Smith, Ifeyironwa Francisca; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Biodiversity provides essential components of healthy environments and sustainable livelihoods. One key component of … biodiversity is agrobiodiversity—that is, the cultivated plants and animals that form the raw material of agriculture, the wild …

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