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economy. Given the sector's role as the main source of food and livelihood for many malnourished people, agriculture has …Extreme poverty and chronic malnutrition are widespread in rural Tanzania, where smallholder agriculture dominates the …, we explore the links between agriculture and nutrition in Tanzania and review the evidence on how these links can be …
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The marketing of farm inputs and outputs has become a major problem for farmers in Pakistan. Farm input supplies are irregular, characterized by shortages and high prices at critical times. This report reviews the input and output policies for cereals implemented in Pakistan during the period...
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in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary … diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture …
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€™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 economic governance, agricultural growth, poverty, and food and nutrition …
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, including a synopsis of the new Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. It examines the United States' notifications to the … the disciplines of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. It also provides an assessment of projected U.S. support …
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Although food security measurement has been substantially expanded in recent decades, there persists significant … dissatisfaction with existing measurement systems, especially in the wake of the global food and financial crisis. In this paper we … first set out a list of criteria that an ideal food security measurement system should satisfy. We then benchmark existing …
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We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and … agriculture-led interventions might address binding constraints to progress in improving nutrition outcomes and to identify how … existing research on the links between agriculture and nutrition in particular country contexts may or may not be …
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