Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data f...
Clement, Floriane
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Leder, Stephanie
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Saikia, Panchali
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Karki, Emma
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis]
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From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although it has been recurrently mentioned that a reduction in water supply will hamper irrigation in the downstream co...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Lamers, J.P.A.
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[Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)]
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Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)
Due to their limited access to the external productive inputs and the dependency on rain-fed agricultural production, small scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have continued to face undernutrition despite the significant advancements in agriculture. They however often live in areas endowed with ...
Oduor, F.O.
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Boedecker, J.
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Kennedy, G.
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Termote, C.
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[Exploring agrobiodiversity for nutrition: Household on-farm agrobiodiversity is associated with improved quality of diet of young children in Vihiga, Kenya]
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Exploring agrobiodiversity for nutrition: Household on-farm agrobiodiversity is associated with improved quality of diet of young children in Vihiga, Kenya
This document on characterisation methodology specifically refers to the dairy consumption systems. The methodology developed and presented herein aims at guiding the activities of scientists who wish to investigate the dairy consumption systems at or around a specific site. Some characterisation...
Mullins, G.
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Rey, B.
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Nokoe, S.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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[A research methodology for characterising dairy product consumption systems]
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A research methodology for characterising dairy product consumption systems
Using a household bioeconomic modelling approach, this paper analyses the impact of advancing in-kind credit in the form of fertilizer and seed on smallholder farmers with different levels of wealth in the Ethiopian highlands. Cropland allocation and household consumption patterns are examined in...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Preckel, P.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Credit policy and intensification in mixed crop-livestock systems: A modelling perspective]
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Credit policy and intensification in mixed crop-livestock systems: A modelling perspective
Fanzo, J.C.
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[IFPRI`s 2020 conference on leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health: keeping the momentum and translating ideas into action]
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IFPRI`s 2020 conference on leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health: keeping the momentum and translating ideas into action
There is a widespread and growing concern about the extent and consequences of degradation of the natural resources base in many developing countries. This study explores the effect of selected economic policies on farm-household consumption and production choices in northern Nigeria and evaluate...
The objectives of this study were to identify the major social and economic obstacles to the introduction and expansion of the production, marketing and human consumption of Opaque -2 maize in Colombia, to determine under what circumstances such an introduction and expansion might be feasible, an...
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
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[The feasibility of introducing opaque-2 maize for human consumption in Colombia]
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The feasibility of introducing opaque-2 maize for human consumption in Colombia
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
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[La factibilidad de introducir maíz opaco-2 para el consumo humano en Colombia]
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La factibilidad de introducir maíz opaco-2 para el consumo humano en Colombia
To promote pro-poor payments for environmental services, it is necessary to identify institutional options that reduce transaction costs and organisational problems associated with establishing and maintaining contracts with small-scale environmental service providers. This study examined the dua...
Milan, Florence
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Huong, T.T.T.
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Huong, Chu Thai
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Phuong, N.D.
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Zeller, M.
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[The role of state forest enterprises in the payments for forest environmental services programme in Vietnam]
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The role of state forest enterprises in the payments for forest environmental services programme in Vietnam