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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa
Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Table of Contents: Brief 1: The Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on Water and Food Outcomes: A Framework for Analysis by Claudia Ringer Brief 2: Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River Basin by Sharon Shewmake Brief 5: Measuring Ethiopian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996801
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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under climate variability and climate change hydropower and irrigation modeling: Hydropower and irrigation modeling [in Amh...
Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rajagopalan, Balaji - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Ethiopia possesses abundant water resources and hydropower potential, yet less than 5 percent of irrigable land in the …. Consequently, the Ethiopian government is pursuing plans to develop hydropower and irrigation along the Blue Nile River in an … analyzes potential hydropower generation and irrigation supply for four large-scale dams and reservoirs along the Blue Nile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996802
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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under climate variability and climate change hydropower and irrigation modeling: Hydropower and irrigation modeling
Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rajagopalan, Balaji - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Ethiopia possesses abundant water resources and hydropower potential, yet less than 5 percent of irrigable land in the …. Consequently, the Ethiopian government is pursuing plans to develop hydropower and irrigation along the Blue Nile River in an … analyzes potential hydropower generation and irrigation supply for four large-scale dams and reservoirs along the Blue Nile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996808
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Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi:
Phiri, Horace; Edris, Abdi Khalil - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
€“ systematic clientelism, a power concentration index, and control of corruption. All were negatively related to the level of …-induced disincentives to agricultural production due to worsening corruption, concentration of political power, and a crowding out of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132590
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An experimental inquiry into the effect of yardstick competition on corruption:
Viceisza, Angelino - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This study reports theory-testing laboratory experiments on the effect of yardstick competition on corruption. The … results reveal that on the incumbent's side, yardstick competition acts as a corruption-taming mechanism only if the incumbent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037981
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Sinopse: Relatorio Sobre A Nutricao Mundial De 2014: Medidas e responsabilizacao para acelerar o progresso mundial da nutricao
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145647
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Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014: Le défi de la faim invisible
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Alors qu’il ne reste plus qu’une année avant la date d’échéance de la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 (GHI) offre une analyse multidimensionnelle de la faim et présente de nouvelles données permettant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152382
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Opportunities and challenges of community-based rural drinking water supplies: An analysis of water and sanitation committees in Ghana
Sun, Yan; Asante, Felix; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Providing safe drinking water in rural areas is a major challenge because it is not easy to establish institutional arrangements that will ensure that drinking water facilities are provided, maintained, and managed in an efficient, equitable, and sustainable way. Like many other countries, Ghana...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862330
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2012 Global hunger index: the challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691975
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the eighth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made some progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go. The 2013 GHI report focuses...
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