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The impact of household health shocks on female time allocation and agricultural labor participation in rural Pakistan by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele

“…There have been few empirical studies in the developing world and the agricultural sector, on the impact of negative health shocks on household well-being. …”
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A chat about insurance: Experimental results from rural Bangladesh by Clarke, Daniel J., de Nicola, Francesca, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Kumar, Neha, Mehta, Parendi

“…Farmers throughout the developing world face multiple sources of uninsured risk to agricultural production and household assets. …”
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Food price volatility in Africa: Has it really increased? by Minot, Nicholas

“…The food price crisis of 2007–2008 and recent resurgence of food prices have focused increasing attention on the causes and consequences of food price volatility in international food markets and the developing world, particularly in Africa south of the Sahara. …”
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The impact of oportunidades in Mexico: An integrated CGE-microsimulations modeling approach by Dorosh, Paul A., Debowicz, Dario, Golan, Jennifer

“…CCTs are now present in almost all parts of the developing world, especially in Latin America. As the name indicates, CCT programs transfer money to a targeted group conditional on the recipient's behavior, such as school attendance for children, vaccinations, health checks for infants and pregnant women, and attendance of workshops on hygiene and nutrition.Oportunidades (previously named Progresa) is a CCT program in Mexico that consists of three components: one related to education, one to health, and one to nutrition. …”
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India by Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen

“…China and India are the two most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations' economies have grown dramatically over the past few decades, elevating them from two of the world's poorest countries into projected economic superpowers. …”
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Innovation in natural resource management: the role of property rights and collective action in developing countries by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Knox, Anna, Place, Frank, Swallow, Brent M.

“…To address this information gap, this volume brings together international experts in economics, sociology, and natural resource management to examine the links among property rights, collective action, and technological change for a variety of technologies across a rage of community contexts in the developing world. -- from Authors' abstract."…”
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Land tenure and natural resource management: a comparative study of agrarian communities in Asia and Africa by 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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Seasonal undernutrition in rural Ethiopia by Ferro-Luzzi, Anna, Morris, Saul Sutkover, Taffesse, Samson, Demissie, Tsegaye, D'Amato, Maurizio, International Food Policy Research Institute, Istituto Nazionale Della Nutrizione, Rome, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute

“…Marked seasonal variability of both production- and consumption is characteristic of virtually all farming systems in the developing world. This study examines the magnitude and significance of seasonal undernutrition in south central Ethiopia, southern Shewa and Zigwa Boto, a peasant association in the Gurage Zone. …”
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Seasonal undernutrition in rural Ethiopia by Ferro-Luzzi, Anna, Morris, Saul Sutkover, Taffesse, Samson, Demissie, Tsegaye, D'Amato, Maurizio, International Food Policy Research Institute, Istituto Nazionale Della Nutrizione, Rome, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute

“…Marked seasonal variability of both production- and consumption is characteristic of virtually all farming systems in the developing world. This study examines the magnitude and significance of seasonal undernutrition in south central Ethiopia, southern Shewa and Zigwa Boto, a peasant association in the Gurage Zone. …”
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Labor in the rural household economy of the Zairian basin by Tshibaka, Tshikala B.

“…Tshibaka, addresses these gaps and contributes to an understanding of the rural household economy in this tropical rain forest area, one of the least-known parts of the developing world. This analysis is derived from data collected in an extensive 1982/83 household survey by the author in collaboration with the Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Yangambi, Zaire. …”
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Moving forward with complementary feeding: indicators and research priorities by Ruel, Marie T., Brown, Kenneth H., Caulfield, Laura E.

“…For a number of reasons, progress in improving child feeding practices in the developing world has been remarkably slow. First, complementary feeding practices encompass a number of interrelated behaviors that need to be addressed simultaneously. …”
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Moving forward with complementary feeding: indicators and research priorities by Ruel, Marie T., Brown, Kenneth H., Caulfield, Laura E.

“…For a number of reasons, progress in improving child feeding practices in the developing world has been remarkably slow. First, complementary feeding practices encompass a number of interrelated behaviors that need to be addressed simultaneously. …”
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Dairy development for the resource poor. Part 3: Pakistan and India dairy development case studies by Staal, Steven J., Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Jabbar, M.A.

“…This study examines dairy development in two key dairy producing regions in the developing world: East Africa and South Asia. The aim of the study is to analyse the trends in dairy development in these two regions and identify their key determinants, to analyse the impact of policy interventions on those trends and to identify impacts of dairy development, particularly on the poor. …”
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Regional biotechnology regulations: Design options and implications for good governance by Birner, Regina, Linacre, Nicholas A.

“…Various regions of the developing world are seeking to establish regional systems of biotechnology regulation. …”
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Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries by Delgado, Christopher L., Narrod, Clare, Tiongco, Marites, Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo, Catelo, Maria Angeles O., Costales, Achilles, Mehta, Rajesh, Naranong, Viroj, Poapongsakorn, Nipon, Sharma, Vijay Paul, de Zen, Sergio

“…The rapid growth in consumer demand for livestock offers an opportunity to reduce poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world. These farmers' opportunity may be threatened, however, by competition from larger-scale farms. …”
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Developing-country perspectives on Agriculture R&D: New pressures for self-reliance by Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G.

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The family farm in a globalizing world: the role of crop science in alleviating poverty by Lipton, Michael

“…Small farms dominate the agricultural landscape in the developing world, providing the largest source of employment and income to the rural poor, yet smallholders remain highly susceptible to poverty and hunger. …”
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The family farm in a globalizing world: the role of crop science in alleviating poverty by Lipton, Michael

“…Small farms dominate the agricultural landscape in the developing world, providing the largest source of employment and income to the rural poor, yet smallholders remain highly susceptible to poverty and hunger. …”
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Is poverty or wealth driving HIV transmission? by Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Greener, Robert

“…Although the richer and better educated are likely to have better access to reproductive health care, condom use is generally low in Africa and other parts of the developing world. Pre-existing sexual behaviour patterns therefore make the richer and the better educated more vulnerable to HIV infection, especially in the early stages of the epidemic, when information about the virus and how to protect oneself is usually low. …”
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Rising food prices: What should be done? by von Braun, Joachim

“…This article briefly examines the causes of these price increases, the consequences especially for the world’s poorest households and the policy responses so far in the developing world. It argues that facing the new challenges to world agriculture requires a set of sound short‐ and longer‐term policy actions in three main areas. …”
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