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Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links by Kumar, Shubh K.

“…Because of dispersed habitations and less variation in living standards, the rural problem is seldom visible except when reports of severe famine surface…”
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Classification and Regression Trees by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A User Manual for Identifying Indicators of Vulnerability to Famine and Chronic Food Insecurity…”
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Promoting national and household food security in Bangladesh: Evolving roles of public stocks, cereal distribution and private trade by Dorosh, Paul A.

“…Following the Great Bengal Famine of 1943, during which an estimated three million people died of hungerrelated causes, the colonial government instituted a system of government sales and distribution of cereals designed to help ensure minimum food consumption for poor households (Sen 1982). …”
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Wheat subsidies in Sudan: policy implications and fiscal costs by Shugeiry, Suleiman A.

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Food consumption patterns in Western Sudan, 1978-80 by Yohannes, Yisehac

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Water harvesting: Reviving ancient techniques by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The recent recurrent droughts and famine in parts of Africa have revived iriterest in an ancient technology, that of water harvesting. …”
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Cassava and sweet potato network by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The scourge of droughts in the southern African region during recent years has underscored the importance of cassava and sweet potato, not only as famine relief crops but also as crops with strong potential for diversification and improving food...…”
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Niger notes better food security by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The January 2003 Niger report of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS) says there is good access to cereal products on a household level. …”
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Food security: grasping at straws? by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Falling world grain stocks and rising grain prices have, since 1995, made global food security a major issue. Will the spectre of famine haunt more of the South, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, in the next century? …”
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Household responses to recurrent drought: a case study of the Kababish pastoralists in Northern Kordofan, Sudan by Riely, Frank Z.

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LA MOSAIQUE AFRICAINE DU MANIOC by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Aliment de base dans les zones forestières ou assurance contre la famine dans les régions de savane, le manioc est, pour un nombre croissant d'Africains, une denrée vivrière vitale. …”
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Mieux collecter l’eau pour récolter plus by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Les périodes de sécheresse et de famine qui ont affecté plusieurs régions d'Afrique ces dernières années ont provoqué une recrudescence d'intérêt pour une très ancienne technique : la collecte des eaux. …”
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La valeur nutritive des fruits indigènes by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…De plus ils constituent une sorte de «coussin nutritif» en cas de mauvaises récoltes, de sécheresse ou même de famine.…”
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Food systems for healthier diets in Bangladesh: Towards a research agenda by de Brauw, Alan, Waid, Jillian, Meisner, Craig A., Akter, Fahmida, Khan, Bushra Ferdous, Alam, Nazmul

“…The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 1974, soon after independence. After the famine, the government placed a strong emphasis on policies required to attain grain self-sufficiency; since attaining self-sufficiency, the production system, policies related to it, and resulting diets have begun to diversify. …”
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La lutte contre la mosaïque africaine du manioc by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Très longtemps considéré comme une denrée réservée aux périodes de famine, le manioc a été valorisé ces dernières années comme étant un aliment riche en glucides. …”
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La sécurité alimentaire sur la corde raide by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Depuis 1995, la diminution des stocks mondiaux de céréales et la hausse de leurs prix ont porté le problème de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale au premier plan. Le spectre de la famine va-t-il s'étendre un peu plus au siècle prochain sur les...…”
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Léger mieux pour la sécurité alimentaire au Niger by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Le volet nigérien du rapport du Réseau des systèmes d’alerte précoce contre la famine, daté de janvier 2003, note une amélioration de l’accès des ménages aux produits céréaliers. …”
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Bougouna Sogoba - Director AMEDD, Koutiala Mali by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Bougouna Sogoba, the Director of AMEDD (Association Malienne d'Eveil au Développemeny Durable), describes in the video how the NGO is working to connect the research done on food security with the farmers, to disseminate the use of adapted seed varieties as an adaptation measure to the effects of climate change, and in particular to changed rainfall patterns, which may otherwise lead to famine.…”
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The role of agricultural insurance: Gender and nutrition dimensions by Msangi, Siwa

“…Like all households, smallholder farm households seek ways to reduce their exposure to these shocks and to find ways of smoothing their income streams and, hence, consumption levels to avoid volatile “feast and famine” cycles.…”
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Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges by Dorosh, Paul A., Rashid, Shahidur

“…Ethiopia has made considerable progress toward food security since the 1984 famine captured worldwide media attention. Almost 30 years after that calamity, Ethiopian per capita income has increased, poverty has fallen, food security has improved, and the groundwork has been laid for sustained economic growth.…”
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