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Innovations to overcome the increasingly complex problems of hunger

Braun, Joachim von - 2018

Hunger has become ever more complex, and therefore efforts to sustainably eradicate hunger and malnutrition depend on …

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Methodological review and revision of the global hunger index

Wiesmann, Doris; Biesalski, Hans-Konrad - 2015

dietary energy supply, (2) child undernutrition, and (3) child mortality. The initial version of the index included the … the prevalence of child underweight for the child undernutrition dimension, the use of the under-five mortality rate from … replaced with child stunting and child wasting; (2) The weight of one third for the child undernutrition dimension is shared …

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Food and nutrition security indicators : a review

Pangaribowo, Evita Hanie; Gerber, Nicolas; Torero, Máximo - 2013

In this paper, we review existing food and nutrition security indicators, discuss some of their advantages and disadvantages, and finally classify them and describe their relationships and overlaps. In order to achieve this, the paper makes reference to the existing definitions of food and...

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Investing sustainably in African livestock development : opportunities and trade-offs

Seré, Carlos - 2020

The production and consumption of animal source foods is central to the ongoing discussion of global food systems. The objectives of this report are first to describe the patterns and changing structures of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) livestock sector and secondly to explore innovations that...

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India-Africa partnership in trade and investment : with focus on the agriculture and food sector

Gulati, Ashok; Das, Sandip - 2020

India imports more from Africa than Africa does from India. A large share of Indian imports from Africa are oil and minerals. However, the India-Africa relations in food and agriculture are already important but have potentials for expansion. For complex reasons Africa had no transformation of...

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Study of selected livestock innovations in Ethiopia

Tegegne, Azage; Feye, Getachew Legese - 2020

Ethiopia is endowed with significant livestock resources and holds the largest livestock population in Africa, estimated at around 60 million cattle, 60 million sheep and goats, 52 million chickens, 4.5 million camels, 10 million bee colonies and 7.2 million equines. The livestock production and...

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A rights-based food security principle for biomass sustainability standards and certification systems

Mohr, Anna; Beuchelt, Tina; Schneider, Rafae͏̈l; … - 2015

With the shift from petroleum-based to biomass-based economies, global biomass demand and trade is growing. This trend could become a threat to food security. Though rising concerns about sustainability aspects have led to the development of voluntary certification standards to ensure that...

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Bioenergy, food security and poverty reduction : mitigating tradeoffs and promoting synergies along the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus

Mirzabaev, Alisher; Guta, Dawit; Goedecke, Jann; Gaur, Varun - 2014

Modern bioenergy is a core ingredient of sustainable economic development as it plays an important role in poverty reduction and green growth. This makes bioenergy innovations critical, especially in developing countries where many households and rural communities rely on traditional bioenergy....

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The politics of the fight against food price volatility : where do we stand and where are we heading?

Hiemenz, Ulrich - 2012

The paper reviews and evaluates the global political discussions of G-8 and G-20 Member countries on food security and food price volatility since the L'Aquila Initiative in 2009. It shows that some progress was achieved with respect to better coordination of agricultural policies and stricter...

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Ecosystem tipping points due to variable water availability and cascading effects on food security in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Muli, Celestine; Gerber, Nicolas; Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; … - 2018

The frequency, duration, and magnitude of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and variation in rainfall onset and cessation periods will continue to increase. Such stress may result in significant shifts in the functioning of ecosystems. As climate change affects the capacity of...

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