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SELBSTVERSORGUNG – ZWISCHEN LIFESTYLE UND ERNÄHRUNGSSICHERUNG?
Neu, Claudia; Nikolic, Ljubica - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2012
Der Anbau von Lebensmitteln im heimischen Garten, auf Pachtflächen, in Schrebergärten oder Communal Gardens erfreut sich ungeahnter Beliebtheit. Neuere empirische Arbeiten weisen darauf hin, dass Obst- und Gemüseanbau, Kleintierhaltung und Hausschlachtungen jenseits der großstädtischen...
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Reforming Foodgrains Management: Achieving Food Security with Cost-Effectiveness
Kumar, A. Ganesh; Gulati, Ashok; Ralph Cummings, Jr. - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food security in the country. It argues that the system has outlived its usefulness, and that continuing with the same only stifles growth in foodgrains, with very little welfare...
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Pattern of poverty in bihar.
Prasad, P. H; GB, Rodgers; Gupta, S; AN, Sharma - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1986
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining the pattern of poverty among the rural population of the Bihar state, India …
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Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
dataset from India, analyzes the determinants of dietary diversity, which is measured using the Entropy Index. Heterogeneous …
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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In the balance: The National Food Security Act vis-A-vis the WTO agreement on agriculture
Narayanan, Sudha - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2013
This piece analyzes the implications of the National Food Security Act for India's commitments under the WTO Agreement … NFSA and that it is possible to leverage existing provisions in the WTO AoA to accommodate these within India's commitments … under the WTO AoA. While India should negotiate to retain the flexibility afforded in the Agreement and argue on specific …
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Social Hierarchies and Public Distribution of Food in Rural India
Basu, Deepankar; Das, Debarshi - Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst - 2014
In this paper, we develop a simple model that shows that consumption of PDS food grains is significantly different between rich and poor households in states where the PDS functions relatively well; in places where the PDS is non-functional, the difference is not significant. Using...
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Household food security and wastewater-dependent livelihood activities along the Musi River in Andhra Pradesh, India
Buechler, S.; Devi, G. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907304
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Impact on livelihoods: PRADAN's collaboration study of the 5% technology Purulia, West Bengal, India. Poverty-Focused Smallholder Water Management: an IWMI research project support...
Pangare, V.; Karmakar, D. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907330