Similar Search Results

Organic agriculture, food security, and the environment

Meemken, Eva-Marie; Qaim, Matin - In: Annual review of resource economics 10 (2018), pp. 39-63

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959933

Organic Agriculture, Food Security, and the Environment

Meemken, Eva-Marie; Qaim, Matin - 2018

Organic agriculture is often perceived as more sustainable than conventional farming. We review the literature on this … upscaling of organic agriculture would cause additional loss of natural habitats and also entail output price increases, making … agriculture and food security, but smart combinations of organic and conventional methods could contribute toward sustainable …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014110379

Evaluating nutrition and health impacts of agricultural innovations

Qaim, Matin - 2014

details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430772

Links between international trade, local food production, and household living standards: Empirical insights from West Africa

Knößlsdorfer, Isabel - 2022

Sustainable food production, responsible consumption, poverty reduction, and decent living standards are important global objectives reflected in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In achieving these goals, agricultural trade plays a major role. Research has shown that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013279137

Subsistence production, markets, and dietary diversity in the Kenyan small farm sector

Muthini, Davis; Nzuma, Jonathan Makau; Qaim, Matin - 2018

Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread problems especially among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Hence, the question as to how smallholder systems can be made more nutrition-sensitive is of particular relevance for research and policy. Recent studies analysed whether...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928391

Drought shocks and labour reallocation in rural Africa : evidence from Ethiopia

Musungu, Arnold L.; Kubik, Zaneta; Qaim, Matin - In: European review of agricultural economics 51 (2024) 4, pp. 1045-1068

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015332919

Subsistence production, markets, and dietary diversity in the Kenyan small farm sector

Muthini, Davis; Nzuma, Jonathan Makau; Qaim, Matin - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 97 (2020), pp. 1-10

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590402

Genetically Modified Crops and Agricultural Development

Qaim, Matin - 2016

This book analyzes the impacts of current and possible future GM crop applications and shows that these technologies can contribute substantially to sustainable agricultural development and food security

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397567

Essays on food security and the nutrition transition in developing countries

Rischke, Ramona - 2014

The nature of food insecurity has been changing in the world. While research on food insecurity in developing countries used to focus on undernourishment (i.e. lack of calorie consumption) and related outcomes, today, many developing countries face at least a “double burden of malnutrition”...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519765

Farm production diversity and dietary quality in smallholder farm households

Sibhatu, Kibrom Tadesse - 2016

Investments in agricultural modernization have resulted in remarkable progress in food production over the last century. As a consequence, the global number and the proportion of undernourished people has fallen significantly. Despite this progress, providing sufficient and nutritiously diverse...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439663