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Agriculture, food, and health perspectives on a long relationship: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Lang, Tim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Agriculture produces food fundamental for human health. It therefore seems obvious that agriculture, food, and health are related! Agriculture affects whether people have enough food to eat, whether it is of sufficient nutritional value, and whether it is safe, all of which affect human health....

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Revisiting the palm oil boom in Southeast Asia: The role of fuel versus food demand drivers

Sanders, Daniel J.; Balagtas, Joseph V.; Gruere, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

in Malaysia and Indonesia. Several public reports have associated the palm oil boom with extensive deforestation, often …

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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture

Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …

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Governance decentralization and local infrastructure provision in Indonesia:

Chowdhury, Shyamnal; Yamauchi, Futoshi; Dewina, Reno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

This paper examines the recent decentralization of governance in Indonesia and its impact on local infrastructure … provision. The decentralization of decisionmaking power to local jurisdictions in Indonesia may have improved the matching of …

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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)

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that highÂlights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interdeÂpendencies among...

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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, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...

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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:

Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …

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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence:

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

In order to distinguish the impacts of technology adoption at the extensive margin from those at the intensive margin, in the empirical analyses we tested these hypotheses focusing on the differences among marginal adopters of tractor hiring services and nonadopters of similar characteristics....

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2013 Global Food Policy Report

Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third 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 and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...

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Improved dairy cows in Uganda: Pathways to poverty alleviation and improved child nutrition:

Kabunga, Nassul S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

milk productivity, milk commercialization, and food expenditure. …

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