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Fish and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Roos, Nanna; Wahab, Md. Abdul; Chamnan, Chhoun; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
biotechnology) to raise productivity and requires large private and public sector investments... [T]he overexploitation of fish and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996951
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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 high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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Agriculture, incomes, and gender in Latin America by 2050: An assessment of climate change impacts and household resilience for Brazil, Mexico, and Peru:
Andersen, Lykke E.; Breisinger, Clemens; Mason d'Croz, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This report has been prepared in response to growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on Latin American economies, agriculture, and people. Findings suggest that because of the climate change impacts on agricultural production (yield change) and international food prices, unless...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114772
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Simulating the impact of climate change and adaptation strategies on farm productivity and income: A bioeconomic analysis
Fofana, Ismael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
productivity and income in Africa. Possible future climates are presented through different climate scenarios. The latter combines … economic model run sequentially. The study reveals that land productivity and farm income decline under climate change …. Depending on the changes in precipitation, farm productivity falls by 15 to 20 percent and farm income 5 to 20 percent when the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189424
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Public sector agricultural research priorities for sustainable food security: Perspectives from plausible scenarios:
Nelson, Gerald C.; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
dimensions—population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781474
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Impacts of climate change on agriculture and policy options for adaptation
Yu, Bingxin; Zhu, Tingju; Breisinger, Clemens; Hai, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
productivity and mitigate the impact of climate change, using a multilevel mixed effects model. This two-pronged approach allows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519785
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Innovation in natural resource management: The role of property rights and collective action in developing countries
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International agricultural research is expanding beyond the development of annual crop technologies for individual farms to the development of longer-tern natural resource management techniques for entire landscapes. But technologies of practices with a long lag time between investment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752688
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Unmaking the commons: Collective action, property rights and resource appropriation among (agro-) pastoralists in eastern Ethiopia
Beyene, Fekadu; Korf, Benedikt - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"In Ethiopian development policies, pastoralist areas have recently attracted more attention. However, much debate and policy advice is still based on assumptions that see a sedentary lifestyle as the desirable development outcome for pastoralist communities. This paper investigates current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970633
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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
John W. Bruce.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996499