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Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

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Increasing world food prices: blessing or curse?

Matovu, John Mary; Twimukye, Evarist P. - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2009

This study evaluates the potential impact of the recent world food prices on the Ugandan economy and possible policy options to respond to it. Uganda is largely a net exporter of some cereals whose prices increasing considerably especially maize. Using a recursive dynamic CGE model, we attempt...

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Trends in the Production, Trade, and Consumption of Food-Legume Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Akibode, Comlanvi Sitou - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

Food legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa play a vital role by being a source of livelihood for millions of people; and offer … tremendous potential to contribute to the alleviation of malnutrition among resource-poor farmers. They contribute to the …-Saharan Africa. Area harvested under all food legumes was more than 20 million ha in 2006-08, representing 28% of the global food …

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Media Analysis on Volatile Markets’ Dynamics and Adaptive Behavior for the Agri-Food System

von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2010

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...

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Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework

Pearce, David - 2002

This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects. As with good benefit–cost analysis, there are good practices that need to be observed when undertaking poverty analysis. While poverty is a broad concept, and can be addressed...

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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008

Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...

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Cover and Contents Pages

2009

Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information

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The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States

Buzby, Jean C.; Farah-Wells, Hodan; Hyman, Jeffrey - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

This report provides the latest estimates by USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) on the amount and value of food loss in the United States. These estimates are for more than 200 individual foods using ERS’s Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data. In 2010, an estimated 31 percent or 133...

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The Influence of Clusters on the Competitiveness of Hog Production: The Example of Northwestern Germany

Deimel, Mark; Arens, Ludwig; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 2

In recent decades the northwestern part of Germany (Weser-Ems region) has come to focus on intensive pork production. This has led to public outrage about the disposal of biological waste, farmers’ complaints about the high cost of leasing land, soaring risks of animal diseases, and the...

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Towards a Diagnostic Instrument to Identify Improvement Opportunities for Quality Controlled Logistics in Agrifood Supply Chain Networks

Vorst, Jack G.A.J. van der; van Kooten, Olaf; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1

Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next...

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