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Presentations for The E-FooD Dataset and Food Security Simulators for Kenya and Nigeria: Innovative Tools to Support National Policies and Strategies por Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Mbuthia, Juneweenex, Momanyi, Dorah, Adeyemo, Temitayo

“…The new Income and Price Elasticities of Food Demand (E-FooD) dataset [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OXZ0H6] and Food Security Simulators (FSS) provide rigorous, yet easy-to-use tools for forward-looking evaluations of direct, household-level outcomes of economic crisis and policy responses. This webinar, organized by the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), introduces the E-FooD dataset and FSS for Kenya [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NS1A7V] and Nigeria [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WWMN6H], showcases their applications, and discusses the role that such tools can play in policymaking.…”
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COVID-19 undermines incomes, livelihoods in rural Myanmar por Ragasa, Catherine, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mahrt, Kristi, Aung, Zin Wai, Wang, Michael

“…However, even before its first cases were confirmed, the country faced a related economic crisis. Border closures, movement restrictions, and reduced international demand for Myanmar’s goods and services severely affected the nation’s forecasted economic growth. …”
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Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality por Headey, Derek D., Heidkamp, Rebecca A., Osendarp, Saskia J. M., Ruel, Marie T., Scott, Nick, Black, Robert, Bouis, Howarth E.

“…The unprecedented global social and economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic poses grave risks to the nutritional status and survival of young children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). …”
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Urban food systems profile: Sri Lanka por Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Drechsel, Pay

“…The need for this became clear during the Covid-19 epidemic and subsequent economic crisis of the country when the Colombo Municipal Council started actively to support urban food production.…”
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Brazil: Shadow WTO agricultural domestic support notifications por Nassar, André Meloni, Ures, Diego

“…Domestic support has taken central stage in the last years and in light of a global economic crisis will play an even greater role in international trade politics. …”
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Production constraints on cocoa agroforetry systems in West and Central Africa: the need for integrated pest management and multi-institutional approaches por Sonwa, D.J., Weise, Stephan F., Adesina, A.A., Nkongmeneck, B.A., Tchatat, M., Ndoye, O.

“…Cocoa-producing countries of West and Central Africa experienced a serious economic crisis in the early 1980s, when the cocoa sector was liberalized and the macroeconomic policies of the sector changed. …”
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Gendered access and control of irrigation and its implications for meeting the MDGs in Zimbabwe AAG Conference, New York 24-28 February 2012 por Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…The research also found out that increased economic crisis, rural-urban migration and high incidences of HIV/AIDS have all resulted in women providing the bulk of labour in the scheme in the face of extension approaches which are biased towards 'male farmers.' …”
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COVID-19 and global food security por Swinnen, Johan, McDermott, John

“…The coronavirus pandemic has sparked not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis, which together pose a serious threat to food security, particularly in poorer countries. …”
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Weathering the storm:: Agricultural Development, investment, and poverty in Africa following the recent food price crisis por Omilola, Babatunde, Lambert, Melissa

“…The G8 Summit, held in July 2009 in Italy, recognized the importance of agriculture for development and the critical need to increase financial and technical support to global agriculture and food security amid emerging challenges such as the global economic crisis. Leaders at the summit issued an official statement on global food insecurity and pledged to mobilize $20 billion to tackle the issue in the next three years. …”
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Timber management and related policies: a review por Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…The dramatic economic and political changes in Indonesia in 1997-99 have potentially increased pressures on remaining timber resources, and the economic crisis and national leadership transition have given rise to demands for substantial changes in the management of forests. …”
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Tinjauan atas kebijakan sektor perkayuan dan kebijakan terkait lainnya por Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…The dramatic economic and political changes in Indonesia in 1997-99 have potentially increased pressures on remaining timber resources, and the economic crisis and national leadership transition have given rise to demands for substantial changes in the management of forests. …”
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The 2008–2009 timber sector crisis in Africa and some lessons for the forest taxation regime por Karsenty, A., Bayol, N., Cerutti, P.O., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Forni, E.

“…The 2008–2009 economic crisis has hit severely the African timber sector, with a brutal collapse of the foreign demand. …”
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Biotechnology options for improving livestock production in developing countries, with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa por Rege, J.E.O.

“…In the presence of economic crisis, strong fiscal constraints, rapid social change and constant political instabilities, the difficulties associated with major policy changes in developing countries are enormous. …”
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A spatio-temporal dataset on food flows for four West African cities por Karg, H., Akoto-Danso, E. K., Amprako, L., Drechsel, Pay, Nyarko, G., Lompo, D.J.-P., Ndzerem, S., Sidibe, S., Hoschek, M., Buerkert, A.

“…Gaining insight into the food sourcing practices of cities is important to understand their resilience to climate change, economic crisis, as well as pandemics affecting food supply and security. …”
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Social networks, collective organizing, and freedom of association: A qualitative participatory action research study with women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon por Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Adra, May

“…Lebanon hosts more than 250,000 WMDWs who are recruited and employed through the infamous Kafala system that binds a worker to one employer. With Lebanon’s economic crisis, a large number of WMDWs are currently working as freelancers whereby giving and receiving support from other workers plays a crucial role in their adaptation and economic survival. …”
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The impact of “At-the-Border” and “Behind-the-Border” policies on cost-reducing research and development por Berthoumieu, Julien, Bouët, Antoine

“…This is a new type of protectionism that becomes prominent since the 2006-2008 economic crisis. In this paper we analyze the impact of various policies on domestic cost-reducing research and development (R&D) expenditures using an international duopolistic model with uncertainty regarding the result of the R&D process. …”
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Vulnerability and welfare during multiple crises por van Asselt, Joanna, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Aung, Zin Wai

“…One year later, the Myanmar economy faced sharp rises in prices for food, fuel, and fertilizer as a result of a global economic crisis triggered by the start of the conflict in Ukraine. …”
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Decentralised water governance in Zimbabwe: disorder within order por Mapedza, Everisto D., Manzungu, Emmanuel, Rosen, T., Ncube, P., van Koppen, Barbara

“…In attempting to change the water legislation, the reform brought out the different and competing interests on water. The economic crisis, the contested land reform process that ensued, resulted in disorder which benefited those who are politically connected. …”
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Elder care in Lebanon: An analysis of care workers and care recipients in the face of crisis por Nassif, Gabriella, Dakkak, Sabine

“…Under the pressures of the current economic crisis, however, the arrangements of this form of commodified care have come under particular strain, causing both care workers and care recipients to suffer. …”
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A study of Tunisia’s leather and date sectors por Abdelaziz, Fatma, Ellis, Mia, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…After the global economic crisis in the late 2000s and the Arab Spring in the early 2010s, the sector lost international competitiveness. …”
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