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Who will be fed in the 21st century? Challenges for science and policy
Wiebe, Keith D. (contributor); Ballenger, Nicole (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Global food production has more than doubled over the past 40 years, growing faster than population, and will likely keep pace in the 21st century. Yet today one-eighth of the world's people lack secure access to the food they need to live active and healthy lives. This volume describes how...
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers … nutrition security. It reviews what happened in food policy and why, examines key challenges and opportunities, shares new …
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to … experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 …) the role of rural community engagement, (2) the importance of value chains, (3) the intricacies of scaling up nutrition …
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Agriculture, Income, and Nutrition Linkages in India: Insights from a Nationally Representative Survey:
Bhagowalia, Priya; Headey, Derek D.; Kadiyala, Suneetha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
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Exchange rate misalignment and its effects on agricultural producer support estimates
Cheng, Fuzhi; Orden, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"There have been different degrees of exchange rate disequilibrium in the developing countries during transition or reform periods since the mid 1980s. The level of the exchange rate and its misalignment can have significant impacts on agricultural policy measures such as Producer Support...
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Agricultural policies in India
Mullen, Kathleen; Orden, David; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Since the early 1990s, India has undergone substantial economic policy reform and economic growth. Though reforms in agricultural policy have lagged those in other sectors, they have nonetheless created a somewhat more open economic orientation. In this study, we evaluate the protection and...
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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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)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:
Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
agriculture-led interventions might address binding constraints to progress in improving nutrition outcomes and to identify how … existing research on the links between agriculture and nutrition in particular country contexts may or may not be …
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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