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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second 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 security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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Reducing poverty and hunger in Asia:
Islam, Nurul ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Investment Priorities for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia Shenggen Fan, Joanna Brzeska, and Ghada Shields
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … to China and India’s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and …
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Asymmetric property rights in China's economic growth:
Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
drivers of China's rapid economic growth. But the same factor can veer those individuals being deprived of land into violence … and social unrest, which may undermine China's social stability and long-term sustainable growth." from Authors' Abstract …
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Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda:
Van Campenhout, Bjorn - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Rapidly increasing mobile phone coverage, cheaper technology, and an open platform that allows for the development of applications that extend the use of mobile devices provide new ways to reach farmers in isolated places. We investigate the impact of an intervention that uses information and...
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Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications
Torero, Maximo (contributor); von Braun, Joachim (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in development is unclear, especially without convincing evidence of their impact-and little research has been conducted on the direct and indirect links between ICTs and poverty reduction. This book, addresses several pressing questions...
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Information and communication technologies for the poor:
Torero, Maximo; von Braun, Joachim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
This brief is based on Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications, ed. Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (Johns Hopkins University Press and IFPRI, 2006) "The variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997052
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Climate risk management through sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Nkonya, Ephraim; Place, Frank; Pender, John; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Empirical evidence has shown that farmers can adapt to climate change by using sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices that provide local mitigation benefits, reducing or offsetting the negative effects of climate change at the level of the plot, farm, or even landscape. However,...
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Household and plot level impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management (SLWM) practices in the Blue Nile:
Schmidt, Emily; Tadesse, Fanaye - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762111
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Hydrological modeling of sustainable land management interventions in the Mizewa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin:
Schmidt, Emily; Zemadim, Birhanu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This analysis utilizes recent hydrological and meteorological data collected from the Mizewa watershed in order to better understand the physical impact of SLWM investments. The effectiveness of the simulated conservation practices (terraces, bunds, and residue management) are evaluated using...
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