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The business imperative: Helping small family farmers to move up or move out

Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

How can family farmers best contribute to their country’s agriculture needs as well as broader development goals? First, we should determine which farmers can be profitable and assist them in doing so. Second, for those who aren’t profitable, we need to help them shift to other economic...

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Regional developments: Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Badiane, Ousmane; Collins, Julia; Makombe, Tsitsi; … - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and...

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Conflict and food insecurity: How do we break the links?

Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Trinh Tan, … - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Food and nutrition insecurity are becoming increasingly concentrated in conflict-affected countries, affecting millions of people. Policies and interventions that build resilience to these shocks have the power to not only limit the breadth and depth of conflict and violence around the world,...

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Mitigating risk: Social protection and the rural poor

Kanbur, Ravi - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

People in developing countries—particularly the agricultural poor—face a host of risks to their lives and livelihoods, including those stemming from globalization, climate change, and weather shocks. These experiences highlight the importance of social protection, which can have a...

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Food policy in 2014–2015: Strong advances and stubborn setbacks

Fan, Shenggen - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

The year 2014 saw mixed results for food and nutrition security: some countries made headway on policies to cut hunger, while in other countries conflict and health crises took a heavy human toll. Much of the year’s discourse focused on potential priorities for the future global development...

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The rise of aquaculture: The role of fish in global food security

Msangi, Siwa; Batka, Miroslav - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Appetite for fish continues to expand around the globe, despite the stagnant levels of capture fish production. What is the role that aquaculture can play in supplying the world with adequate animal protein? What lessons can be drawn from dynamic Asian aquaculture producers that might guide...

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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …

This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...

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ADVERTISING TO ADOLESCENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF SKEPTICISM

Jackson, Annette Singleton - In: Global Journal of Business Research 5 (2011) 3, pp. 85-91

Various studies have been done to further understand adolescent skepticism, its antecedents and consequences, and the affect of skepticism on the processing of advertising and persuasion attempts among adolescents. Given the substantial purchasing power and advertising dollars currently spent on...

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Una mirada a la violencia física contra los niños y niñas en los hogares peruanos: magnitudes, factores asociados y transmisión de la violencia de madres a hijos e hijas.

Benavides, Martín; León, Juan - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - 2013

El maltrato infantil tiene lugar en ámbitos que, supuestamente, tienen la misión de asegurar la protección y afecto de los menores: el hogar o la escuela. Al respecto, la literatura muestra que el tipo de violencia más frecuente es la física, causada por los padres o algún otro miembro del...

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NICE BUT NAUGTHY: TV ADVERTS AND CHOICE OF FOOD AMONG CHILDREN IN SABAH, MALAYSIA

Totu, Andreas; Mohd Yakin, Halina Sendera - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

This study examines the relationships between television (TV) advertising and patterns of food choice among children … recognition of adverts and patterns of food choice among lean, overweight and obese children. This study uses an experimental test …, children seemed likely to choose fast foods after treatment. Further analyses were performed which revealed that media …

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