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This paper aims to empirically infer potential causal linkages between fruit and vegetable (F&V) production, individual F&V intake, household food security, and anemia levels for individual women caregivers of childbearing age. Using a unique and rich dataset recently collected from rural...
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Rural household economies dependent on rainfed agriculture are increasingly turning to irrigation technology solutions …
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smallholders. The objective of this research is to understand how development organizations are conceptualizing and developing … agricultural value chains in Ghana to include smallholders. The study is based on case studies of five programs supported by … encourage the development of interlinked vertical contracts between smallholders and buyers and investments to improve the …
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removed at harvest. The sustainable intensification of agriculture is widely promoted as a means for achieving the Sustainable … Development Goals (SDGs) and transitioning toward a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive agriculture, particularity in …
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As the effects of climate change set in, and population and income growth exert increasing pressure on natural resources, food security is becoming a pressing challenge for countries worldwide. Awareness of these threats is critical to transforming concern into long-term planning, and modeling...
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, with a specific emphasis on agriculture and nutrition policies. Focusing on five key elements of the policy cycle — agenda … domains related to food security, including agriculture, education, healthcare, nutrition, and social protection …
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This study was conducted to determine the impact on world prices, agricultural commodities production, and food security and nutrition of raising the annual growth in agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) from the current estimate of 1.6 percent to 2 percent by 2030 through investment in...
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both riverine flooding and sea level rise, and because a large portion of its population is dependent on agriculture for … its livelihood. The goal of this research was to examine the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture in Bangladesh … four general circulation models (GCMs) to evaluate the impact of climate change on agriculture in Bangladesh by 2050. We …
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increasing concern about the potential negative effects of moving labor away from agriculture on China’s future food security …
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-related information and half received health-related information. Nine to 14 percent of respondents attended agriculture- or health …-related training courses. Women were significantly less likely to receive agriculture and nutrition-related information and training …
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