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Exploring the Implications of Oil Prices for Global Biofuels, Food Security, and GHG Mitigation

Cai, Yongxia; Beach, Robert H.; Zhang, Yuquan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

Efforts to satisfy global energy demand and improve food security while simultaneously taking action to mitigate climate change pose many key challenges for the world. In this study, the Applied Dynamic Analysis of the Global Economy (ADAGE), a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, is...

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The global groundwater situation: overview of opportunities and challenges

Shah, Tushaar; Molden, David J.; Sakthivadivel, Ramasamy; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Groundwater offers us few but precious opportunities for alleviating the misery of the poor; but it poses manyԡnd dauntingԣhallenges of preserving the resource itself. A big part of the answer is massive initiatives to augment groundwater recharge in regions suffering depletion; but, in the...

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Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty?

Bigsten, Arne; Tengstam, Sven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

1) One can achieve poverty reduction in rural areas of Zambia by both growth and inequality reduction, but growth must …

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Finding ways to boost productivity and reduce poverty through better water management in Africa

International Water Management Institute (IWMI); …

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Bangladesh's Performance and the Millennium Development Goals: A Sketch of Progress

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

. After providing some background on these goals and on Bangladesh, this article considers trends in the incidence of poverty …

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Forestry policy and poverty: the case of community forestry in Nepal

Dhakal, Bhubaneswor; Bigsby, Hugh R.; Cullen, Ross - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005

increase in poverty of rural areas. …

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.

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Global Food Price Volatility and Spikes: An Overview of Costs, Causes, and Solutions

von Braun, Joachim; Tadesse, Getaw - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Rheinische … - 2012

Since the 2007–08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price dynamics and policy reactions. The food price problem...

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Food security and poverty in the era of decentralization in Indonesia

Thompson, Geoff; Bottema, J.W. Taco; Baldwin, Robert - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2008

rural development, such as food security and the reduction of poverty and the number of food-insecure households, is being … this working paper provide an analysis of the current status and suggest future policy directions for poverty reduction … made in rural and agricultural development and poverty alleviation. Part 1 and 2 directly address food security and poverty …

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Pengembangan agribisnis berbasis palawija di Indonesia: perannya dalam peningkatan ketahanan pangan dan pengentasan kemiskinan: prosiding seminar nasional, Bogor, 13 Juli 2006

Napitupulu, Togar Alam; Manikmas, Made Oka A.; Kasim, … - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

: its role in improving food security and poverty alleviation. The seminar was initiated by UNCAPSA and Indonesian Centre …

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