Africa agriculture trade monitor 2019
The second annual Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor assesses emerging and long-term trends and drivers shaping Africa’s trade in agricultural products and evaluates the possible impacts of current trade
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Community forestry in Nepal: a policy innovation for local livelihoods
The Community Forestry Program in Nepal is a global innovation in participatory environmental governance that encompasses well-defined policies, institutions, and practices. The program addresses the twin goals of forest conservation and poverty reduction.
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The Asian green revolution
The Green Revolution brought modern science to bear on a widening Asian food crisis in the 1960s. The speed and scale with which it solved the food problem was remarkable and unprecedented, and it contributed to a substantial reduction in poverty and the launching of broader economic growth in many Asian countries.
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Millions fed: proven successes in agricultural development
Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Some five billion people--more than 80 percent of the world's population--have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains, while also fostering economic growth and poverty reduction in some of the world's poorest countries.
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The poorest and hungry: assessments, analyses, and actions
Although many millions of people have exited poverty in recent decades, much of the reduction in poverty has benefited people living close to the poverty line rather than those at the very bottom of the income distribution. This book is not focused on poverty per se but rather is focused on looking particularly at those most deprived in society.
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Global hunger index 2009: the challenge of hunger - focus on financial crisis and gender inequality
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that worldwide progress in reducing hunger remains slow. The 2009 global GHI has fallen by only one quarter from the 1990 GHI.
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Highlights from millions fed: proven successes in agricultural development
Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. Progress in feeding the world
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Greenhouse gas mitigation: issues for Indian agriculture
By some estimates, agricultural practices account for 20 percent of India
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Commodity price volatility and nutrition vulnerability
This paper examines the impact of commodity price volatility on calorie attainment and its variability for households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh. It focus on the first two moments of the distribution of calorie consumption and consider the differential impacts across socioeconomic groups within the country.
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Commodity price volatility and nutrition vulnerability
This paper examines the impact of commodity price volatility on calorie attainment and its variability for households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh. It focus on the first two moments of the distribution of calorie consumption and consider the differential impacts across socioeconomic groups within the country.
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Climate change: impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation
Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops while encouraging weed and pest proliferation. Changes in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines.