This study evaluates the impact of Heifer International’s livestock donation program in the Copperbelt Province in Zambia. Using a panel data of 300 households and 4 survey rounds, this analysis assesses the impact of dairy cow, meat goat, and draft cattle donation programs on poverty and food...

This study explores the dynamics of poverty in Kenya. The study specifically examines how initial conditions, household decisions, and other factors that may change over time affect poverty. Dynamic relationships are identified between behavioral variables, exogenous shocks at one point in time,...

A vizsgálatok alapján megállapítható, hogy a magyar baromfi-feldolgozó iparág megfelelően teljesíti mind a hazai, mind az EU-s előírásokat, követelményeket. Az élelmiszerbiztonsági előírásoknak való megfelelés valamennyi érintett vállalkozásban elsődleges szempont. A...

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...

El objectivo de este articulo es exponer el tema de la seguridad alimentaria como elemnto integrante de la historia agroindustrial y sociopolitica contemporanea. En primer lugar, se analizan las regulaciones oficiales existentes en Espana y el camino seguido por la organizacion de la inspeccion...

En el marco de políticas dirigidas a la reducción de la desnutrición, a la erradicación del hambre y al fomento del sector rural, existen diferentes conceptualizaciones y tendencias de acuerdo a la naturaleza de sus impulsores. La Seguridad Alimentaria es uno de los términos ampliamente...

ILO pub. Article on food production for and food security to new industrial developing areas in cold zones in USSR (northern and eastern siberia) - considers food planning to meet food requirements in areas of harsh climate and unfavourable soil conditions, focusing on the use of subsidiary...

Examines the causes of food crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa and considers its impact on the food security of vulnerable groups.

Poverty has a high social cost for countries of the region: it negatively affects all aspects of society because of migration to the cities, destabilizing political consequences, and the pressures that poverty exerts on the environment. This book looks for new ways to alleviate rural poverty,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, case study of the impact of structural change on food production, agricultural production, food security, and food consumption in Uganda - describes economic conditions leading to rapid expansion of the informal sector; discusses trends in gross domestic product...