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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
reviewing the 118 country reports of National Pathways. In 62% of the countries' strategies science, research, technology and … innovation are more or less significantly mentioned. Quality of governance effectiveness is identified as a strong driver of more … attention to science in countries' strategies. The relative weight of agriculture in the national economy shows some positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013484781
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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security: New institutional arrangements for related public goods
von Braun, Joachim - 2013
Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper … provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture … innovation; responding to and preventing food and nutrition emergencies; and trans-boundary food safety and health related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319864
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UN Food Systems Summit 2021 – What Role Science and Innovation in the Summit and in Countries’ Plans and Why?
von Braun, Joachim - 2023
reviewing the 118 country reports of National Pathways. In 62% of the countries’ strategies science, research, technology and … innovation are more or less significantly mentioned. Quality of governance effectiveness is identified as a strong driver of more … attention to science in countries’ strategies. The relative weight of agriculture in the national economy shows some positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262255
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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security : new institutional arrangements for related public goods
Braun, Joachim von - 2013
Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper … provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture … innovation; responding to and preventing food and nutrition emergencies; and trans-boundary food safety and health related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746499
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An indicator of well-being for Italian agriculture
Monda, Mafalda; Gabrieli, Giuliano; Mazziotta, Matteo - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 76 (2021) 2, pp. 57-72
The paper presents a composite indicator of well-being for Italian agriculture.Well-being is defined as the health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671931
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The relative neglect of agriculture in Mozambique
Carrilho, João Z.; Ferreira, Ines A.; Ribeiro, Rui N.; … - 2021
have affected progress in the agriculture sector suggests the need for concerted reorientation in existing strategies … of agriculture in Mozambique within a long-term perspective, focusing on the adoption and stabilization of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608565
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Influence of institutional factors on the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique
Carrilho, João Z.; Ribeiro, Rui N. - 2020
development of the agricultural sector. We refer to the need to think about the future of agriculture in Mozambique from a long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301902
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A mixed-methods study of Bambara farming in Mtwara, Tanzania
Boulay, Basile - 2017
Economic research tends to focus on a reduced set of crops, leaving a vast array of crops under-researched. However, these 'marginal crops' have typically been farmed for centuries and are better suited for the local environment in which they are grown than crops prioritized within existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667431
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From Multifunctionality and Sustainability of Agriculture to the Social Responsibility of the Agri-food System
Hediger, Werner - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-80
sustainability of agriculture and the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The latter provides a theoretical link … between the views on agriculture’s multifunctionality and sustainability, and between their welfare economic and capital … governance and the role of market power that allows downstream companies in this value chain to absorb tax money and resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240655
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596386