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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 â€” Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea,...

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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

This paper introduces a modeling method which simulates a village's response to population and market pressure. The method combines a linear programming model with a biophysical model of soil condition and plant growth. The linear programming model simulates farmers' plans aggregated at the...

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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, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia,...

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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 …

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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...

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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)

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Estimating utility-consistent poverty lines

Arndt, Channing; Simler, Kenneth R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

reliable empirical estimates of poverty levels has grown dramatically... This paper contributes to the poverty measurement …

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Estimating utility-consistent poverty lines

Arndt, Channing; Simler, Kenneth R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

attractiveness of the CBN approach for practical poverty measurement problems." Authors' Abstract …

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Rethinking the measurement of undernutrition in a broader health context: Should we look at possible causes or actual effects:

Stein, Alexander J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

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