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An international nutrition index : successes and failures in addressing hunger and malnutrition

Wiesmann, Doris; Braun, Joachim von; Feldbrügge, Torsten - 2000

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An international nutrition index : successes and failures in addressing hunger and malnutrition

Wiesmann, Doris; Braun, Joachim von; Feldbrügge, Torsten - 2000

malnutrition as high priority. The Nutrition Index (NI) presented in this paper has been designed to assess the effectiveness of … hunger and malnutrition in single countries and in regions. In North Africa and the Near East, as well as in Latin America … performance and people’s ability to be free from hunger and malnutrition is demonstrated. In spite of this, the comparison of NI …

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Impacts of supermarkets on child nutrition in China

Liu, Zhen; Kornher, Lukas; Qaim, Matin - 2023

In many developing countries, food environments are changing rapidly. One emblematic trend is the proliferation of supermarkets and other modern retailers. While changing food environments likely influence the types of foods supplied and consumed, research on the implications for people's diets...

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"Development box" and special and differential treatment for food security of developing countries : potentials, limitations and implementation issues

Braun, Joachim von; Wobst, Peter; Grote, Ulrike - 2002

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"Development box" and special and differential treatment for food security of developing countries : potentials, limitations and implementation issues

Braun, Joachim von; Wobst, Peter; Grote, Ulrike - 2002

At the Ministerial Conference in Doha, WTO member countries acknowledged the need to further correct the prevailing restrictions and distortions in agricultural world markets. The Ministerial Declaration of Doha reaffirms the commitment of creating a fair agricultural trading system that will...

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Aspirations and income, food security and subjective well-being in rural Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Gerber, Nikolaus - 2016

Despite some improvements in recent years, poverty and food insecurity remain widespread and the main challenges in Ethiopia. Using individual and household level data collected in rural Ethiopia, we examine if aspirations are strongly associated with well-being outcomes, as posited in the...

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Can one improve now-casts of crop prices in Africa? Google can.

Weber, Regine; Kornher, Lukas - 2019

With increasing Internet user rates across Africa, there is considerable interest in exploring new, online data sources. Particularly, search engine metadata, i.e. data representing the contemporaneous online-interest in a specific topic, has gained considerable interest, due to its potential to...

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Effects of food price spikes on household welfare in Nigeria

Shittu, Adebayo Musediku; Akerele, Dare; Haile, Mekbib … - 2018

The dramatic global food price upsurges of 2007/2008 and the resurgence of 2010/2011 have kept the welfare effects of food price shocks at the epicentre of policy discussions worldwide. Studies have found heterogeneous impacts, but empirically little is known in Nigeria. The key objectives of...

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Global food price volatility and spikes : an overview of costs, causes, and solutions

Braun, Joachim von; Tadesse, Getaw - 2012

-term effects have been overlooked. The effect on child nutrition and health is one such long-term effect. Under-nutrition in early …

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Regional trade and volatility in staple food markets in Africa

Badiane, Ousmane; Odjo, Sunday - 2015

This paper deals with the role of regional trade in fostering the resilience of domestic food markets. Using country production and trade data from FAOSTAT database, a series of simple indicators are calculated that shed light on the potential for domestic markets stabilization through trade...

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