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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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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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Synthese: Rapport 2014 Sur La Nutrition Mondiale: Mesures et redevabilite en vue daccelerer les progres mondiaux en matiere de nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Une alimentation équilibrée est le socle sur lequel reposent des vies saines, des moyens de subsistance solides et durables et des économies prospères. En l’absence de ce socle, leur construction s’appuie sur des sables mouvants. Les enfants souffrant d’un retard de croissance ne...
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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,...
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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development:
Tan, Chih Ming; Tan, Zhibo; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data. In this paper, we exploit a natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, and employ a novel dataset, the China...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132691
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
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Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the world’s progress on nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
At the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit in London, 96 signatories (governments, civil society organizations, donors …, United Nations’ agencies, and businesses) agreed to support the creation of an annual report on global nutrition that would … report, the Global Nutrition Report 2014, puts a spotlight on worldwide progress by the 193 member countries of the United …
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How to build resilience to conflict: The role of food security
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This Food Policy Report explains why there is a need to place even higher priority on food security-related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries, and offers insights for policymakers regarding how to do so. To understand the relationship between conflict and food security, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114824
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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption … side pathway) or (3) through increased nutrition value-addition in the chain transactions. These three pathways are …
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