Food-insecure households in many countries depend on international aid to alleviate acute shocks and chronic shortages. Some food security programmes (including Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program–PSNP – which provides a case study for this article) have integrated aid in exchange for labour...
In north-western India, maize-based systems are being advocated as an alternative to rice-based systems to address the issues of resource degradation, particularly declining water tables and climate-change-induced variability in rainfall and temperature. Conservation agriculture (CA) based best-b...
Parihar, C.M.
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Jat, Shankar L.
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Singh, A.K.
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Kumar, B.
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Singh, Yadvinder
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Pradhan, S.
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Pooniya, V.
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Dhauja, A.
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Chaudhary, V.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Jat, Raj K.
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Yadav, O.P.
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[Conservation agriculture in irrigated intensive maize-based systems of north-western India: Effects on crop yields, water productivity and economic profitability]
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Conservation agriculture in irrigated intensive maize-based systems of north-western India: Effects on crop yields, water productivity and economic profitability
This paper summarizes currently available data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African natural ecosystems and agricultural lands. The available data are used to synthesize current understanding of the drivers of change in GHG emissions, outline the knowledge gaps, and suggest future direct...
Kim, Dong-Gill
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Thomas, Andrew D
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Pelster, David E.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Sanz-Cobena, Alberto
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[Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research]
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Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research
A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out with 603 children ages 5 and under and 500 of their mothers from 510 households to examine the prevalence of undernutrition and chronic diseases among the Khasis of North-East India. Anthropometric measurements including Mid-Upper Arm Circum...
Chyne, D.A.L.
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Meshram, I.I.
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Rajendran, A.
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Kodali, V.
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Getti, N.
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Roy, P.
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Kuhnlein, H.V.
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Longvah, T.
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[Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi in Meghalaya, North-East India]
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Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi in Meghalaya, North-East India
Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
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Bax, Vincent
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Quintero, Marcela
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Cruz García, Gisella S.
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Groeneveld, Rolf A.
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Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
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[The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review]
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The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
Despite the importance of the nutritional status and food systems of Indigenous Peoples, the subject has received very little attention, especially in North-East India. Therefore, a community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among Chakhesang mothers with children under 5 ye...
Longvah, T.
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Khutsoh, B.
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Meshram, I.I.
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Krishna, S.
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Kodali, V.
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Roy, P.
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Kuhnlein, H.V.
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[Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North-East India]
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Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North-East India
The importance of poverty reduction to the world development agenda has motivated greater interest in the geographic dimensions of poverty and food security. This special issue of Food Policy includes examples of poverty and food security mapping used to support policy development in agricultural...
Hyman, Glenn
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Larrea, C
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Farrow, Andrew
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[Methods, results and policy implications of poverty and food security mapping assessments]
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Methods, results and policy implications of poverty and food security mapping assessments
Gender analysts have long recognised that challenging existing patriarchal structures involves risks for women, who may lose both long-term support and protection from kin. However, understanding the specific ways in which they ‘bargain with patriarchy’ in particular contexts is relatively poorly...
Kawarazuka, N.
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Locke, C.
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Seeley, J.
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[Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.]
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Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.
Loon, M.P. van
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Deng, N.
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Grassini, P.
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Edreira, J.I.R.
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Woldemeskel, Endalkachew
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Baijukya, Frederick P.
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Marrou, H.
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Ittersum, Martin K. van
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[Prospect for increasing grain legume crop production in East Africa]
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Prospect for increasing grain legume crop production in East Africa
Climate-smart Agriculture (CSA) represents a commonly accepted term in referring to intended changes in agriculture production addressing climate change. Although specific definitions may vary, CSA is typically conceived as having three pillars, namely Adaptation, Food Security and Mitigation. Th...
Wassmann, Reiner
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Villanueva, J.
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Khounthavong, Malisa
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Okumu, Benard O.
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Vo, Thi Bach Thuong
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Sander, Bjoern Ole
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[Adaptation, mitigation and food security: Multi-criteria ranking system for climate-smart agriculture technologies illustrated for rainfed rice in Laos]
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Adaptation, mitigation and food security: Multi-criteria ranking system for climate-smart agriculture technologies illustrated for rainfed rice in Laos