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Household dietary patterns and the cost of a nutritious diet in Myanmar por Mahrt, Kristi, Mather, David, Herforth, Anna, Headey, Derek D.

“…We estimate these costs following the cost of a recommended diet method (CoRD), which is based on minimum food group prices. …”
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IFPRI and Bangladesh: A strong partnership for food security and nutrition por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The country’s commitment to using research to guide policy decisions has helped to foster a culture of evaluation that can truly have an impact on hunger and malnutrition. …”
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Improving agriculture’s contribution to nutrition in Malawi: A conceptual introduction por Harris, Jody, Meerman, Janice, Aberman, Noora-Lisa

“…This household-level scenario is reflected in, and exacerbated by, national development priorities; food security is a top-line agenda item for agriculture in Malawi, whereas nutrition is still considered primarily a health issue. …”
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Food policy in a complex, changing world: Event synopsis por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI helped make the case that agriculture, as a driver of poverty reduction and broadbased economic growth, requires investment. …”
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GHI: A decade of promoting action against hunger and malnutrition por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…2016 will mark 11 years of the Global Hunger Index (GHI). For more than a decade, the GHI has contributed to increasing accountability to improving hunger and malnutrition at the global, regional, and national levels. …”
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Likely effects of a trade war for US agriculture? Sad! por Glauber, Joseph W.

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Micronutrient (provitamin A and iron/zinc) retention in biofortified crops por Bechoff, A., Taleon, Victor, Carvalho, Lucia M. J., Carvalho, José L. V., Boy, Erick

“…Processing methods that are harsher on the food matrix (i.e. drying, frying, roasting) result in higher losses of provitamin A carotenoids. Degradation also occurs during the storage of dried products (e.g. from sweet potato, maize, cassava) at ambient temperature, and a short shelf life is a constraint that should be considered when foods are biofortified for provitamin A. …”
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Mink: Details of a global gridded crop modeling system por Robertson, Richard D.

“…This book chronicles the details of a global-scale, systematically geographically gridded, process-based crop simulation modeling system developed at IFPRI in support of global-scale economic models of agriculture. …”
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Model use in WEF nexus analysis: A review of issues por McCarl, Bruce A., Yang, Yingqian, Schwabe, Kurt, Engel, Bernard A., Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Ringler, Claudia, Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N.

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Public stockholding programs: What options for a permanent solution? por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…The use of public food stocks for food security purposes is a hotly debated topic in agricultural negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) (see Díaz-Bonilla, 2014, 2017a and 2017b). …”
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Structural change, fundamentals and growth: A framework and case studies por McMillan, Margaret S., Rodrik, Dani, Sepúlveda, Claudia

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Summary and policy recommendations: Toward a nutrition revolution for Africa por Covic, Namukolo, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

“…The agriculture sector needs to become more nutrition sensitive so that it can work in tandem with other sectors to drive a much-desired nutrition revolution for Africa. …”
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Tajikistan spatial: A national development and food security atlas por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…TAJIKISTAN SPATIAL provides policy makers and the research community with the information needed to support evidence-based policies and strategies that target increased productivity, reduced poverty, and improved food and nutrition security. Tajikistan Spatial is a collaborative project involving the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Central Asia (UCA), Local Development Committee under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan (LDC), supported by the CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).…”
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The effects of a CAADP-compliant budget on poverty and inequality in Ghana por Younger, Stephen D., Benin, Samuel

“…Ghana has accepted the CAADP commitment to dedicate 10 percent of government spending to the agricultural sector. In a 2014 paper, Benin argues that Ghana falls short of that goal, and in a 2016 paper, Younger shows that despite the current fiscal crisis, there is fiscal space to meet the commitment. …”
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The road ahead: Toward a shared dryland development agenda por Morris, Michael, Cervigni, Raffaello, Brooks, Karen

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Uganda: a new set of utility-consistent poverty lines por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Sekabira, Haruna, Nattembo, Fiona

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The true costs of food in Kenya and Vietnam: A conceptual framework por Benfica, Rui

“…This implies the need to have a good understanding of the extent to which those externalities are present in country specific food systems. …”
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Artificial insemination, a relief for DR Congo’s cattle keepers por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Bulls have long been more a bane than blessing for cattle breeding in DR Congo due to multiple factors: difficulty in accessing a bull, inbreeding, and disease transmission. …”
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Animal-inclusive community-led total sanitation (A-CLTS) por IMA World Health

“…With the support of a generous philanthropic foundation, IMA World Health and its partners conducted an Animal-inclusive Community-led Total Sanitation (A-CLTS) project in Segou, Mali. …”
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Sweetpotato production: a simple guide to good cultural practices por International Potato Center

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