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Can environmental cash transfers reduce deforestation and improve social outcomes? : a regression discontinuity analysis of Mexico’s national program (2011–2014)
Alix Garcia, Jennifer M.; Sims, Katharine R. E.; … - 2019
exchange for maintaining and managing natural land cover. Using a regression discontinuity design, the paper studies impacts on … communities increased management activities to protect land cover, such as patrolling for illegal conversion or combatting soil … continue to highlight the importance of targeting the program to areas of high risk of land cover loss to increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004762
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Salt of the earth : quantifying the impact of water salinity on global agricultural productivity
Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha D.; Damania, Richard; … - 2020
Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date no study has attempted to quantify the impacts on global food production. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228769
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Investment needs for irrigation infrastructure along different socioeconomic pathways : beyond the gap : how countries can afford the infrastructure they need while protecting the...
Palazzo, Amanda; Valin, Hugo; Batka, Miroslav; Havlík, Petr - 2019
security (goal 2), land use change and biodiversity (goal 15), greenhouse gas emissions (goal 13), and sustainable water use … (goal 6). It finds that irrigation support policies improve food security globally and can reduce the burden on land by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007961
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Famine and the aid response : evidence from the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019
Using a high-frequency mobile phone survey of food security conducted by the World Food Programme, this paper investigates how food assistance and access to food changed following the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen. Among the mobile phone-using population, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008382
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Evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019
The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008383
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Reducing hunger with Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) : experimental evidence from Burkina Faso
Adjognon, Guigonan Serge; Soest, Daniël Pieter van; … - 2019
Does financial compensation for providing environmental conservation, improve the food security of the rural poor in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa? This paper explores this question using data from a randomized controlled trial of a large scale reforestation implemented by the Government of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113990
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COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia : do social protection programs protect?
Abay, Kibrom A.; Berhane, Guush; Hoddinott, John; … - 2020
This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia's flagship social protection program, the Productive Safety Net Program on the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food and nutrition security of households, mothers, and children. The analysis uses pre-pandemic, in-person household survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434328
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Impact of grain trade policies on prices and welfare : evidence from Malawi
Fuje, Habtamu; Pullabhotla, Hemant - 2020
Restricting cross-border trade through export bans in an attempt to stabilize domestic prices has been a particularly popular policy tool used by many sub-Saharan countries in recent years. However, little is known about how the variability in harvests and seasonality - two critical dimensions...
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Food security and health security : explaining the levels of nutrition in Pakistan
Alderman, Harold; Garcia, Marito - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000138580
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Managing food price volatility in a large open country : the case of wheat in India
Gouel, Christophe; Gautam, Madhur; Martin, Will - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431452