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Long-run impacts of the conflict in Ukraine on food security in Africa
Balma, Lacina; Heidland, Tobias; Jävervall, Sebastian; … - 2022
Getreide aufgrund reduzierter Produktion, geringeren Exporten, und gestiegenen Handelskosten. Dieser Policy Brief untersucht …) Ein Ende der Exporte ukrainischen Weizens und anderer Getreide für die Lebensmittelproduktion, beispielsweise Mais und … Hirse, 2) Ein möglicher Stopp russischer Getreide- und Düngerexporte, und 3) Der Einfluss gestiegener Handelskosten aufgrund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174004
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Women's status and children's food security in Nepal
Nyyssölä, Milla - 2007
This paper focuses on gender aspects upon children’s food security. Using data from the 1995/1996 Nepal Living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284693
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Measuring food security using respondents' perception of food consumption adequacy
Migotto, Mauro; Davis, Benjamin; Caretto, Gero; Beegle, … - 2006
: Albania, Indonesia, Madagascar and Nepal. Simple descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, contingency tables and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284755
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Philippines: Food Security versus Agricultural Exports?
Tiongco, Marites M.; Francisco, Kris A. - 2011
This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and self-sufficient in rice by 2016. Specifically, it aims to address the question: "Should the government continue its efforts in increasing rice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421233
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Background Paper: Research and Development and Extension Services in Agriculture and Food Security
Wesley, Annie; Faminow, Merle - 2014
Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the Pacific. However, the recent global food crisis exposed the vulnerability of food supply systems and reversed many past achievements in the fight against hunger and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432713
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Regional wheat price effects of extreme weather events and wheat export controls in Russia and Ukraine
Götz, Linde; Djuric, Ivan; Nivievskyi, Oleg - 2016
This paper further builds on the price transmission model framework of existing studies to identify domestic wheat price effects of wheat export controls. We explicitly take the fact into account that a harvest failure causes domestic price effects as well. Moreover, the analysis at the regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460710
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US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006 - 12
Rausser, Gordon C.; De Gorter, Harry - 2013
Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319827
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Dealing with the 2007/08 global food price crisis: The political economy of food price policy in Malawi
Chirwa, Ephraim; Chinsinga, Blessings - 2013
The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government's policy responses to food price increases in 2007/08 focusing particularly on maize as the main staple crop. The main government policy responses to the food price spikes in 2007/08 were price control, bans on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319850
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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security: New institutional arrangements for related public goods
von Braun, Joachim - 2013
Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture and food system: natural resource management related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319864
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Helping poor farmers to help themselves: Evidence from a group-based aid project in Mozambique
Nyyssölä, Milla; Pirttilä, Jukka; Sandström, Susanna - 2012
This paper evaluates the impact of an integrated rural development programme on farming techniques and food security in the Gaza area of rural Mozambique. We examine the impact of a group-based approach, in a country with few impact evaluations of technology adoption in farming. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319928