Agricultural commercialization as a mechanism to alleviate rural poverty raises concerns about small land-holders, non-adopters, and inequity in the distribution of benefits within transforming economies. Farm gross margins were calculated to assess the economic status and impact of cash cropping...
Brown, S.
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Kennedy, G.
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[A case study of cash cropping in Nepal: poverty alleviation or inequity?]
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A case study of cash cropping in Nepal: poverty alleviation or inequity?
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
Dixon, John A.
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Hellin, JJ
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Xiaoyun, Li
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Hyman, Glenn
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[Forty years of farming systems classification for enhanced food security and poverty reduction]
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Forty years of farming systems classification for enhanced food security and poverty reduction
Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact ...
Gottret, María Verónica
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White, D.
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[Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences]
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Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences
Conflicting demands for food and water, exacerbated by increasing population, increase the risks of food insecurity, poverty and environmental damage in major river systems. Agriculture remains the predominant water user, but the linkage between water, agriculture and livelihoods is more complex ...
Cook, Simon E.
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Fisher, Myles J.
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Andersson, Meike S.
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Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer
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Giordano, Mark
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[Water, food and livelihoods in river basins]
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Water, food and livelihoods in river basins
We examine the geographic dimensions of food consumption in Ecuador, which has one of the highest rates of chronic infant undernutrition in Latin America. We use statistical and spatial analyses to examine the distribution of food consumption and food poverty and to test and generate hypotheses o...
Farrow, Andrew
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Larrea, C
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Hyman, Glenn
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Lema, G
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[Exploring the spatial variation of food poverty in Ecuador]
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Exploring the spatial variation of food poverty in Ecuador
To determine the most important production constraints and associated yield losses for six major food crops in 13 farming systems with high poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia, surveys were conducted with 672 experts representing a diversity of backgrounds and experience. Resp...
Waddington, S.R.
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Li, X
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Dixon, John A.
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Hyman, Glenn
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Vicente, M.C. de
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[Getting the focus right: production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems]
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Getting the focus right: production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems
Background
Agricultural science can address a population's vitamin, amino acid and mineral malnutrition through biofortification - agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology to develop crops with high nutrient contents. Biofortified crop varieties should be grown in areas with populations at ris...
Zapata Caldas, E
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Hyman, Glenn
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Pachón, Helena
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Monserrate Rojas, FA
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Vesga Varela, AL
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[Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia]
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Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia
El objetivo principal de este trabajo es el de examinar la consistencia de los resultados de una metodología participativa para evaluar la pobreza con las medidas de pobreza de carácter objetivo y con lo esperado para dos cuencas en Colombia, de acuerdo con sus características. Los resultados obt...
Peralta, A
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García, J.A.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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[Dinámica y definición de pobreza en los Andes colombianos : Enfoques participativos versus enfoques objetivos = Dynamics and definitions of poverty in the Colombian Andes: Participatory and objective approaches]
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Dinámica y definición de pobreza en los Andes colombianos : Enfoques participativos versus enfoques objetivos = Dynamics and definitions of poverty in the Colombian Andes: Participatory and objective approaches