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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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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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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 be authored by an independent expert group, in...
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Synopsis: Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the worlds progress on nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
impairment to brains and immune systems being particular problems. Malnourished women of childbearing age do not have enough iron …
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The impact of shocks on gender-differentiated asset dynamics in Bangladesh:
Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Assets are an important means of coping with adverse events in developing countries but the role of gendered ownership is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates changes in assets owned by the household head, his spouse, or jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural...
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Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda:
Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kumar, Neha; McNiven, Scott; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being … promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an … agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child …
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Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in West Africa:
Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance … whether benefits affect men and women equally. Using a randomized field experiment in Senegal and Burkina Faso, we compare … hypothesize that this difference results from the fact that although men and women are equally exposed to yield risk, women face …
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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara:
Domènech, Laia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
that should be taken into account in irrigation development to address nutrition and gender gaps with a focus on Africa …
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