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Blue Water and the Consequences of Alternative Food Security Policies in the Middle East and North Africa for Water Security

Larson, Donald F. - 2017

In the Middle East and North Africa, food security and water security are tightly entwined. In particular, choices about the extent to which food security policies rely on trade rather than domestically produced staples have stark consequences for the region's limited water resources. This paper...

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Markets, Contracts, and Uncertainty in a Groundwater Economy

Giné, Xavier - 2018

-owners in southern India. The findings show that, while the contracting distortion leads to an average welfare loss of less than … benefits of the water-saving technologies now being heavily promoted in India …

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Investment Needs for Irrigation Infrastructure Along Different Socioeconomic Pathways

Palazzo, Amanda - 2019

This paper conducts an assessment of the global costs for expanding, upgrading, and improving irrigation infrastructure … partial equilibrium model of the global agricultural and forestry sectors. It examines the impacts of irrigation expansion on … (goal 6). It finds that irrigation support policies improve food security globally and can reduce the burden on land by …

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Index Insurance : A Viable Solution for Irrigated Farming?

Arandara, Rathnija - 2019

dependent on dual sources of water: rainfall and irrigation. The paper introduces an innovative hybrid index insurance product …

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Managing Food Price Volatility in a Large Open Country : The Case of Wheat in India

Gouel, Christophe - 2017

India has pursued an active food security policy for many years, using a combination of trade policy interventions …

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Iraq's Universal Public Distribution System : Utilization and Impacts During Displacement

Phadera, Lokendra - 2020

Subsidized or free distribution of food has been a central pillar of social protection programs in many countries. With the number of forcibly displaced persons at record levels, the question arises of whether in-kind food transfer programs are effective in mitigating the loss of welfare induced...

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The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure

Asher, Samuel Edward - 2018

construction of new rural roads to over 100,000 villages and the upgrading of 10,000 kilometers of national highways in India. The …

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Can Women's Self-Help Groups Contribute to Sustainable Development? Evidence of Capability Changes from Northern India

Anand, Paul - 2019

rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training …

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India's Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability : What are the Tradeoffs?

Mani, Muthukumara S. - 2017

One of the key environmental problems facing India is that of particle pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels …

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Scarperation : An Empirical Inquiry into the Role of Scarcity in Fostering Cooperation Between International River Riparians

Dinar, Shlomi - 2016

The environment and security literature has argued that freshwater scarcity often leads to inter-state conflict, and possibly acute violence. The contention, however, ignores the long history of hydro-political cooperation exemplified by hundreds of documented agreements. Building on a theory...

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