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UN Food Systems Summit 2021 - what role science and innovation in the summit and in countries' plans and why?

Braun, Joachim von - 2023

attention to science in countries' strategies. The relative weight of agriculture in the national economy shows some positive …

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India's political economy responses to the global food price shock of 2007 - 08: Learning some lessons

Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015

India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...

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Food security in the South Pacific Island countries with special reference to the Fiji Islands

Sharma, K. L. - 2006

This paper analyses the status of food security in selected South Pacific Island countries, namely Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu at the national and household levels during the period 1991-2002. Due to narrow resource base and production...

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Food Security and Agriculture in the Low Income, Food- Deficit countries: 10 years after the Uruguay Round

Pingali, Prabhu; Stringer, Randy - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

examined as the world prepares for further trade negotiations. The paper attempts to answer several questions, including: How … ways that take advantage of emerging trade opportunities? Despite the gains in global and national food availability, food …

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Food Aid: A Primer

Lowder, Sarah; Raney, Terri - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2005

and academics. It also briefly examines the size of food aid relative to Official Development Assistance, trade and food … food security. Lastly, it summarizes actions taken by various international organizations to limit possible trade …

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Home bias in preferences and the political economics of agricultural protection

Eriksson, Clas - In: Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - … 92 (2011) 1, pp. 5-23

Some consumers are willing to pay extra for food if it is of domestic origin. This paper theoretically examines the consequences of such home biased behavior for agricultural policy, assuming that the policy is decided by the median voter. The analysis is conducted in the framework of a small...

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Cuba: Agricultural transition and food security in a global perspective

Riera, Olivia; Swinnen, Johan - 2015

This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the transformations that have (not) taken place since 1990. We compare the Cuban transition with transitions in other "transition countries" and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one of...

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Revisiting the global food architecture: Lessons from the 2008 food crisis

Christiaensen, Luc - 2009

market functioning and policymaking must be addressed. First, governments must reinvest in agriculture with a focus on public …

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Russia's food security and climate change: Looking into the future

Kiselev, Sergey; Romashkin, Roman; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-39, pp. 1-66

Global climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to … positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of … production in the Russian Federation. It also considers adaptive measures for agriculture in response to climate change. …

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Women Empowerment and Intra-household Dietary Diversity in Nigeria

Tanankem, Belmondo V.; Efobi, Uchenna R.; Atata, Ngozi S. - 2016

This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank’s General Household Survey for Nigeria, to examine the relationship between empowerment, measured using a modification of the Alkire et al. (2013) empowerment index, and household dietary diversity, based on the...

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