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Improving Nutrition as a Development Priority : Addressing Undernutrition in National Policy Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Benson, Todd - 2012
can raise public awareness of the problem, highlight policymakers' duty to ensure the nutrition of their citizens, and … link proper nutrition to general national development. This report should serve as a resource for advocates, researchers …
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Dairy Contract Farming in Bangladesh : Implications for Welfare and Food Safety
Islam, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful - 2019
Contract farming is emerging as an important institutional innovation in the high value food chain in developing countries including Bangladesh, and its socioeconomic implications are topic of interest in policy debates. This study is an empirical assessment to explore the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871375
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The Impact of India’s Farm Science Centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on Farm Households’ Economic Welfare : Evidence From a National Farmers Survey
Kumar, Anjani - 2019
The paper examines the impact of access to India's farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras, or KVKs) on agricultural households' welfare using household-level data from the nationally representative Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households conducted by India's National Sample...
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Food Policies and Nutrition Transition in Sri Lanka : Historical Trends, Political Regimes, and Options for Interventions
Weerahewa, Jeevika - 2018
In this paper we look at Sri Lanka's food and nutrition policies from a historical perspective to identify the … intervention options for addressing the country's current food security and nutrition challenges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912106
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Long-Term Drivers of Food and Nutrition Security
Laborde, David - 2016
countries in the 2015 Global Hunger Index remain “serious” or “alarming.” Since achieving and maintaining food and nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987996
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Transitioning to Nutrition-Sensitive Food Environments in Ghana : Triple Sector Strategies to Reduce the Triple Burden of Malnutrition
Mockshell, Jonathan; Asante-Addo, Collins; Andam, Kwaw; … - 2021
burden of malnutrition and the achievement of zero hunger. To accelerate nutrition-sensitive food environments that deliver …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212716
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Food Inflation and Food Price Volatility in India : Trends and Determinants
Sekhar, C. S. C. - 2017
The study analyzes food inflation trends in India over the last decade. Annual trends show that different commodities have contributed to food inflation in different years and that no single commodity shows uniformly high inflation. A decomposition exercise shows that eggs, meat, fish, milk,...
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Impact of India's National Food Security Act On Domestic and International Rice Markets
Debnath, Deepayan - 2017
Policy making in food security is at a crossroads in India, particularly for the rice crop. Whereas India has emerged as a leading rice exporter over the last two years, the government has also introduced a large food subsidy program called the National Food Security Act. The program requires...
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Gender Justice and Food Security in India : A Review
Rao, Nitya - 2017
There is ample evidence to suggest a strong correlation between gender inequality and food and nutrition insecurity …, yet the policy discourse around food and nutrition security in India has largely been gender-blind. This paper, based on a … and nutrition interventions, if food and nutrition security for all is to be achieved. Rather than exclusively targeting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964304
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Strengthening and Harmonizing Food Policy Systems to Achieve Food Security : A Case Study and Lessons from Ghana
Babu, Suresh Chandra - 2017
Understanding how various entities in a policy system at the national level can contribute to improved use of evidence in policy making. Yet little research has focused in developing countries on how various actors and players in a policy system work together to achieve a set of policy goals. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961921