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Using agriculture to improve child health: Promoting orange sweet potatoes reduces diarrhea por Jones, Kelly M., de Brauw, Alan

“…Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is prevalent throughout the developing world, and causes night blindness and increases child morbidity and mortality. …”
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Agricultural policy processes and the youth in Malawi por Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.

“…This disillusionment raises concerns for the future of agriculture for the developing world as it can lead to higher rural urban migration, unemployment and lowered agricultural productivity. …”
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How cost-effective is biofortification in combating micronutrient malnutrition? An ex ante assessment por Meenakshi, Jonnalagadda V., Johnson, Nancy, Manyong, Victor M., De Groote, Hugo, Javelosa, Josyline, Yanggen, David, Naher, Firdousi, González, Carolina, García, James, Meng, Erika

“…We use a modification of the Disability-Adjusted Life Years framework to conclude that the intervention can make a significant impact on the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in the developing world, and can do so in a highly cost-effective manner.…”
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Biofortification: harnessing agricultural technology to improve the health of the poor por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These staples would need no commercial fortification, and could be grown on family plots throughout the developing world. It is now possible to breed plants for increased vitamin and mineral content, making “biofortified™” crops one of the most promising new tools in the fight to end malnutrition and save lives. …”
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Land tenure and natural resource management: a comparative study of agrarian communities in Africa and Asia por Otsuka, Keijiro, Place, Frank

“…The devastating environmental effects of deforestation and the exploitation of other natural resources in the developing world have been well documented, yet their impact on local communities has received far less attention. …”
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Causes of hunger por Cohen, Marc J., Reeves, Don

“…Nearly 800 million people in the developing world (20 percent of the total population) are chronically undernourished. …”
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South-North trade, intellectual property jurisdictions, and freedom to operate in agricultural research on staple crops por Binenbaum, Eran, Nottenburg, Carol, Pardey, Philip G., Wright, Brian D., Zambrano, Patricia

“…Our main conclusion is that the current concerns about the freedom to operate in agricultural research oriented towards food crops for the developing world are exaggerated. Rights to intellectual property are confined to the jurisdictions where they are granted, and, presently, many of the intellectual property (IP) rights for biotechnologies potentially useful to developing-country agricultural producers are valid only in developed countries.…”
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Combating malnutrition: time to act por Gillespie, Stuart, McLachlan, Milla, Shrimpton, Roger

“…The book illustrates the constraints that have limited action towards improving nutrition in the developing world. The understanding of how to best promote the needed changes in policies, programs, and institutional capacities has grown over the past decade, but remains limited. …”
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Agricultural research and poverty reduction por Hazell, Peter B. R., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…Despite these gains, about 1 billion rural people still live in poverty in the developing world. In an era in which global food supplies are plentiful though poorly distributed and trade barriers are being reduced, the public sector has a greater opportunity to focus more resources on research strategies that directly benefit the poor. …”
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Influence of provitamin A carotenoids on iron, zinc, and vitamin A status por Hess, Sonja Y., Thurnham, David I., Hurrell, Richard F.

“…Bioavailable iron, vitamin A, and zinc are mainly provided in the human diet by animal source foods. In the developing world, where poorer individuals consume predominantly plant-based diets, deficiencies of these micronutrients are common and can occur in the same individual. …”
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Governing land: reflections from IFPRI research por Dohrn, Stephan

“…Land is still among the most important assets of the rural population in the developing world. Land resources are governed by a variety of tenure systems based on statutory, customary, or religious law. …”
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Bangladesh: Uncertain prospects por Ahmed, Raisuddin, Karim, Zahurul

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International initiatives in Agricultural R&D: The changing fortunes of the CGIAR por Alston, Julian M., Dehmer, Steven, Pardey, Philip G.

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Women: still the key to food and nutrition security por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Over the five years since the Beijing +5 review assessed progress toward these goals, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has generated new studies reaffirming that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. This brief brings together IFPRI’s most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all....IFPRI's research findings provide empirical evidence that empowering women leads to greater household food and nutrition security. …”
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IFPRI's strategy at a glance: toward food and nutrition security por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A new look at IFPRI’s strategy is timely because hunger and malnutrition in the developing world remain persistently high. Also, the policy environment in which IFPRI operates is changing: central government authority in making food policy is becoming more diffuse, with many more actors involved. …”
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Water, health, and income: a review por Hoddinott, John F.

“…This paper examines the impact of improved water access on health and incomes in the developing world, drawing on contributions from public health, economics, and anthropology. …”
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Some urban facts of life: implications for research and policy por Ruel, Marie T., Haddad, Lawrence James, Garrett, James L.

“…This review of recent literature explores the challenges to urban food and nutrition security in the rapidly urbanizing developing world. The premise of the manuscript is that the causes of malnutrition and food insecurity in urban and rural areas are different due primarily to a number of phenomena that are unique to or exacerbated by urban living. …”
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How cost-effective is biofortification in combating micronutrient malnutrition? an Ex ante assessment por Meenakshi, J.V., Johnson, Nancy L., Manyong, Victor M., DeGroote, H., Javelosa, J., Yanggen, D.R., Naher, F., González, C., García, J., Meng, E.

“…Using a modification of the Disability-Adjusted Life Years framework we conclude that overall, the intervention can make a significant impact on the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in the developing world in a highly cost-effective manner. Results differ by crop, micronutrient, and country; and major reasons underlying these differences are identified to inform policy.…”
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Reaching the last mile: best practices in leveraging the power of ICTs to communicate climate services to farmers at scale por Davis, Alicia, Tall, Arame, Dileepkumar, Guntuku

“…This report reviews key ICTs for Development (ICT4D) Programs, Innovations and Information Exchange Platforms which are experimented within South Asia to explore the use and scale-ability of these innovative approaches to other parts of Africa and the developing world. Learning from the pioneering experiences of pilot projects across India and Africa in ICT development, we assess the potential ICTs offer to not only communicate climate information and related advisory services but also to build capacity and increase the resilience of rural smallholders. …”
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Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives por Dempewolf, Hannes, Eastwood, Ruth J., Guarino, Luigi, Khoury, Colin K., Muller, JV, Toll, Jane

“…The initiative also aims to make available this diversity in a form that plant breeders can readily use to produce varieties adapted to the new climatic conditions that farmers, particularly in the developing world, are already encountering. Such adaptation is a key component of securing the world's future food production. …”
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