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Zhou, Peter P.; Simbini, Tichakunda; Ramokgotlwane, Gorata - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

In this chapter we assess the vulnerability of Botswanaâ€™s agriculture to climate change, with special emphasis on impacts on the poor. The agriculture sector is inherently vulnerable to climate change, and Botswanaâ€™s semiarid climate already severely limits agricultural production....

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Methodology

Nelson, Gerald C.; Palazzo, Amanda; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

Modeling the impacts of climate change presents a complex challenge arising from the wide-ranging processes underlying the working of markets, ecosystems, and human behavior. The analytical framework used in this monograph integrates modeling components that range from the macro to the micro to...

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Options for enhancing agricultural productivity in Nigeria:

Nkonya, Ephraim; Pender, John L.; Kato, Edward - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Since 2003, economic growth in Nigeria has been strong. Annual GDP grew by 9.1 percent per annum between 2003 and 2005 and by 6 .1 percent per annum between 2006 and 2008. Much of this growth can be attributed to the non-oil economy which has grown rapidly. This is due primarily to agriculture,...

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Gender dimensions of agriculture, poverty, nutrition and food security in Nigeria:

Ajani, Olubunmi Idowu Yetunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Gender analysis focuses on the different roles and responsibilities of women and men and how these affect society … credit, land, education, decision-making power and rights to work. Explicitly, while gender analysis focuses on the relations …

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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa â€” Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe â€” and explores how climate...

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Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the worldâ€™s progress on nutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …

At the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit in London, 96 signatories (governments, civil society organizations, donors, United Nationsâ€™ agencies, and businesses) agreed to support the creation of an annual report on global nutrition that would be authored by an independent expert group, in...

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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report

Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Womenâ€™s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Governmentâ€™s Feed the...

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Communityâ€“based adaptation to climate change: A theoretical framework, overview of key issues and discussion of gender differentiated priorities and participation:

Bryan, Elizabeth; Behrman, Julia A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of communityâ€“based adaptation (CBA) efforts. To start, it develops and describes a framework on adaptation to climate change used as the basis for this research. The paper then defines the characteristics or principles of...

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Evaluation of grassroots communityâ€“based legal aid activities in Uganda and Tanzania: Strengthening womenâ€™s legal knowledge and land rights:

Peterman, Amber; Billings, Lucy; Behrman, Julia A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

significant gender disparities persist in access, control, inheritance, and ownership of land at the grassroots level. One …

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Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Johnson, Nancy; Quisumbing, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

differential access to and control over assets by men and women. After reviewing the literature on gender and assets, this paper … of assets. The framework generates gender-specific hypotheses that can be tested empirically: i) Different types of … individual(s) who control that asset; and iv) Interventions and policies that reduce the gender gap in assets are better able to …

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