Search Results - "aid agency"

Meeting the need: Financing to attain targets by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Financing for nutrition comes from governments (domestic), from international sources—the bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and foundations that make up the “donor” community—and from people themselves.…”
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Agricultural commercialization, economic development, and nutrition by von Braun, Joachim, Kennedy, Eileen T.

“…This conclusion, emerging from a mix of historical, real, and ideological factors as well as methodologically faulty analysis, has continually been questioned by policymakers in developing countries as well as aid agencies and non-governmental organizations.…”
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The political economy of relief aid allocation: Evidence from Madagascar by Francken, Nathalie, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan

“…Relief was provided by the government as well as local and international aid agencies. Aid was more likely in areas with a higher need for relief, in more easily accessible communes and in cyclone-affected communes with higher radio coverage and stronger political support for the government. …”
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Poverty impacts of widely adopted CGIAR innovations by Laborde Debucquet, David, Martin, Will, Tokgoz, Simla, Lallemant, Tess, Majeed, Fahd

“…Since it was founded in 1971, the CGIAR has mobilized funding, largely from aid agencies and private foundations, to raise global agricultural productivity, particularly by smallholder farmers in developing countries. …”
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Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation by Angelsen, A., Kaimowitz, D.

“…In this way the book provides concrete guidance to international aid agencies, agricultural research and technology transfer programmes, conservation projects and forestry organizations. …”
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Recherche et conservation: realities, priorites et distraction by Sheil, Douglas, Nasi, Robert

“…Those concerned with conservation - particularly academics and aid agencies - too often overlook the practical realities of achieving conservation in the tropics. …”
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Less noise in the household: the impact of Farmer Field Schools on Gender Relations by Friis-Hansen, Esbern, Duveskog, Deborah, Taylor, Edward W.

“…This approach provides an alternative to the widespread strategies of aid agencies that seek to enhance standing of women by targeting them as individuals.…”
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Can FAO's measure of chronic undernourishment be strengthened? by Smith, Lisa C., Naiken, Logan

“…This number and its country- and regional-level disaggregations have proved tremendously useful to countless aid agencies and researchers. In the context of a recent wave of new nationally-representative household food consumption and expenditure data, this paper examines the estimation methodology underlying this food insecurity indicator, which relies on national aggregate measures of food availability and distribution. …”
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Responding to food insecurity: Employing the market information and food insecurity response analysis framework in rural northern Kenya by Mude, Andrew G., Ouma, R., Lentz, Erin C.

“…Aid agencies are increasingly advocating for cash transfers as a substitute or complement to food transfers when responding to both emergency and chronic food insecurity. …”
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Methods for rural development projects: food security in practice by Hoddinott, John F.

“…The principal audience is an operational one — multilateral or bilateral aid agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), developing-country governments, and other development practitioners actively engaged in food security and nutrition issues. …”
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The future of development engineering: Our vision for the next generation of publications in DevEng by Amrose, Susan, Bilton, Amy M., Kramer, Berber

“…Many researchers, aid agencies, and NGOs are currently involved in designing, implementing and evaluating engineering-based innovations, taking promising technologies and policies from controlled laboratory environments to the field. …”
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2020 global food outlook: Trends, alternatives, and choices by Rosegrant, Mark W., Paisner, Michael S., Meijer, Siet, Witcover, Julie

“…Government officials and representatives of aid agencies are continually making decisions about how to spend their resources. …”
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Transmission of world food price changes to African markets and its effect on household welfare by Minot, Nicholas

“…Finally, at the international level, food aid budgets were stretched, as increased need in developing countries coincided with decreased purchasing power of the World Food Programme and other food aid agencies (Benson et al. 2008).…”
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Monitoring of livestock health and production in sub-Saharan Africa by Leeuw, P.N. de, McDermott, John J., Lebbie, S.H.B.

“…There have been many monitoring clients, ranging from national governments through aid agencies and the scientific community, to individual farmers. …”
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Lessons Learned from Initial Piloting of Farmer-Orientated Value Chain Training in the Pacific by Francis, Judith Ann, Shepherd, A., Dietershagen, Jana

“…PIFON believes that farmer organisations have an important role to play in disseminating key information to their members and in helping to ‘extend the reach of government and aid agencies’. These VC training sessions targeted chain actors involved in the: 1. …”
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Sustainable food security for all by 2020: proceedings of an international conference by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The ultimate objective of the Conference was to influence and catalyze action by key actors—including governments, international aid agencies, nongovernmental organizations, business and industry, and media — to achieve sustainable food security for all by 2020. …”
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Global survey of rice breeders to investigate characteristics and willingness to adopt alternative breeding methods by Lenaerts, Bert, Collard, Bertrand C. Y., Demont, Matty

“…Our results could be useful to develop targeted extension material or interventions for implementing new technologies, which could be useful to high-level agricultural managers, international research centres and aid agencies.…”
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Flows under stress: Availability of plant genetic resources in times of climate and policy change by López Noriega, Isabel, Galluzzi, Gea, Halewood, Michael, Vernooy, Ronnie, Bertacchini, E., Gauchan D, Welch, Eric W.

“…In recent years, the CGIAR Centres have broadened their operational strategies through closer co-operation with the private sector and through more direct interactions with farmers, national extension agencies, non-government organizations and aid agencies. Explicit climate change adaptation efforts related to plant genetic resources can be found in the operational strategies of some of the centres and for some crops, but, to date, no specially developed system-wide strategy has been developed. …”
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