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This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second 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 security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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income from irrigated crops. Results from sales-monitoring data show that women purchase less than 10 percent of the pumps … and men continue to make most of the major decisions on crop choices and income use. These findings vary by type of crop …, with men making major decisions on high-income crops such as tomatoes and women having relatively more autonomy on crops …
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will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate …
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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the...
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This report has been prepared in response to growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on Latin American economies, agriculture, and people. Findings suggest that because of the climate change impacts on agricultural production (yield change) and international food prices, unless...
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Assets are an important means of coping with adverse events in developing countries but the role of gendered ownership is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates changes in assets owned by the household head, his spouse, or jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural...
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youth in Africa south of the Sahara. This disillusionment raises concerns for the future of agriculture for the developing … youth in agricultural policy formulation processes is seen as one avenue for motivating youth engagement in agriculture …. This research seeks to develop a contextual understanding of the level of engagement of youth in agriculture thus providing …
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A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...
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Empirical evidence suggests that women are more vulnerable to chronic poverty and gender inequality is likely to … condition the impacts of policies on the rest of the economy and consequently on poverty itself. While gender … economically direct way by which governments can influence individual behavior, requests have been made for gender-responsive tax …
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