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Validation of the world food programme's food consumption score and alternative indicators of household food security:
Wiesmann, Doris; Bassett, Lucy; Benson, Todd; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
different approach, such as that for the Household Dietary Diversity Score developed by the Food and Nutrition Technical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038080
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Making agriculture pro-nutrition: Opportunities in Tanzania
Ecker, Olivier; Mabiso, Athur; Kennedy, Adam; Diao, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
potential, and agricultural growth has not translated to significant improvements in nutrition outcomes at large. In this study …, we explore the links between agriculture and nutrition in Tanzania and review the evidence on how these links can be … strengthened for improved nutrition. We further quantitatively evaluate the potential nutrition outcome of agricultural growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366813
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Comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis: Nigeria:
Kuku, Oluyemisi; Mathiassen, Astrid; Wadhwa, Amit; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The Nigerian Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an in-depth assessment of the food security situation within Nigeria. This is very important as it equips policymakers with timely and relevant information that will aid the targeting of interventions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685631
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The global landscape of poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition, and its implications for agricultural development strategies:
Headey, Derek D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
increasingly set for itself more specific welfare objectives by distinguishing between monetary poverty, food security, nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736393
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The impact of cash and food transfers: Evidence from a randomized intervention in Niger:
Hoddinott, John F.; Sandström, Susanna; Upton, Joanna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
There is little rigorous evidence on the comparative impacts of cash and food transfers on food security and food-related outcomes. We assess the relative impacts of receiving cash versus food transfers using a randomized design. Drawing on data collected in eastern Niger, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132646
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?:
Sraboni, Esha; Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Using nationally representative survey data from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132672
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Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Peterman, Amber; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The debate over whether to provide food assistance and the form that this assistance should take has a long history in economics. Despite the ongoing debate, little rigorous evidence exists that compares food assistance in the form of cash versus in-kind. This paper uses a randomized evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617996
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Gender assessment of the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Ragasa, Catherine; Kinwa-Muzinga, Annie; Ulimwengu, John M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
, knowledge and markets, which have been shown to contribute to low productivity and nutrition insecurity. This assessment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593546
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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:
Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886777
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How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security?:
Thornton, Philip K.; Lipper, Leslie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The purpose of the paper is to identify how climate change affects how we should approach the process of transforming agricultural systems (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) to support global food security and poverty reduction in a sustainable way. We also identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781475