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Extreme poverty and chronic malnutrition are widespread in rural Tanzania, where smallholder agriculture dominates the … economy. Given the sector's role as the main source of food and livelihood for many malnourished people, agriculture has …, we explore the links between agriculture and nutrition in Tanzania and review the evidence on how these links can be …
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governance and commitment to agriculture. These include negative spillover effects of poor governance (for example, obstacles to … rather than harmonized approaches to support African agriculture. The paper discusses the strategies that CAADP can use to …
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In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
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. A clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation for Africans and their development … partners to more fruitfully engage with an increasingly important actor. Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural …
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This paper uses case studies of Bangladesh, Ghana, Rwanda, and Senegal to assess the degree to which the L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI) has been implemented within the framework of managing for development results (MfDR) and to evaluate progress in various outcomes, including...
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This paper is part of a set of country case studies that take a detailed look at public expenditures in agriculture and …
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agriculture has also changed to reflect shifts in policy priorities. This paper reviewed public agricultural expenditure in a … agriculture has increased steadily in China; however, the definition of agricultural spending might not precisely measure …
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-term objective. Direct transfers to poor consumers, combined with increased public investment in agriculture to improve agricultural …
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"Significant changes in the agricultural sector in northern Mali suggest that irrigation has made a large contribution to welfare increases over the past eight years. Using difference-in-differences, propensity score matching, and matched difference in differences with a small panel, this study...
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