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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina … change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755479
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Impact of market and population pressure on production, incomes and natural resources in the dryland savannas of West Africa: bioeconomic modeling at the village level
Barbier, Bruno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
-arid and a sub-humid savanna region in Burkina Faso in West Africa. Several simulations are carried out to the year 2030 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101359
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145651
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Taking successful development interventions to scale is critical if the world is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to support scaling up in these three areas, however, is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735452
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Toward a typology of food security in developing countries:
Yu, Bingxin; You, Liangzhi; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The recent global food and financial crises have reversed the last decade's progress in reducing hunger and poverty. This paper conducts a factor and sequential typology analysis to identify groups of countries categorized according to five measures of food security—consumption, production,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521822
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How safe is my food?: Assessing the effect of information and credible certification on consumer demand for food safety in developing countries
Birol, Ekin; Roy, Devesh; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The literature regarding consumer demand for safer food in developing countries is scant, and the general assumption is that these consumers' willingness to pay (WTP, as an indicator of their demand) is constrained by their low ability to pay (ATP). There are, however, a number of developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862329
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The quiet revolution in India's food supply chains:
Reardon, Thomas; Minten, Bart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
increase in employment. A modern segment is emerging in the wholesale sector, with the penetration of modern logistics firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366808
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact
Zeller, Manfred (contributor); Meyer, Richard L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the poor might be resolved by access to credit alone -- the ability to acquire assets, to start businesses, to finance emergency needs and to insure against illness and disaster. Part...
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