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Bingxin Yu

• Impacts of climate change on agriculture and policy options for adaptation: The case of Vietnam

  Vietnam is likely to be among the countries hardest hit by climate change, mainly through rising sea levels and changes in rainfall and temperatures. Agriculture can be extensively affected by climate change, and designing effective adaptation strategies will be critical for maintaining food security, rural employment, and foreign exchange earnings.

  • 31/07/2010

  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • • Climate Change
    • Agriculture
    • Vietnam
    • Food Security
    • Water Resources
    • Rice
    • Climate Mitigation
    • Climate Adaptation

• Mountains, global food prices, and food security in the Developing World

  This study explores the differences between mountain and non-mountain countries in food security and its determinants. Econometric analysis shows that mountain regions are likely to have lower food security. The findings suggest that people in mountain countries are especially affected by external shocks such as surges in global food prices.

  • 01/06/2010

  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • • Mountains
    • Food Prices
    • Washington DC
    • Developing Countries
    • Food Security
    • International Food Policy Research Institute
    • Shenggen Fan
    • Bingxin Yu
    • Kamiljon T. Akramov
    • Food Policy

• Toward a typology of food security in Developing Countries

  The recent global food and financial crises have reversed the last decade

  • 01/01/2010

  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • • Agriculture
    • Food Supply
    • Nutrition
    • Imports
    • Developing Countries
    • Food Security