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Growing biofuel demand in Thailand and Malaysia: water use and impacts. Project report submitted to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under the project, "Comparative assessme... by Amarasinghe, Upali A., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Soda, Wannipa

“…It also expects to contribute to rural development and poverty reduction. However, the impacts of expanding production of feedstock for biofuel on water supply are not well understood. …”
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Risodling i Mekongdeltat by Ogden, Mathilda

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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Full Proposal 2017-2022 by CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

“…However, climate change could potentially undo progress in poverty reduction and markedly increase food insecurity, especially in SSA where RTB crops are the most important. …”
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Advance equitable livelihoods by Neufeld, Lynnette M., Huang, Jikun, Badiane, Ousmane, Caron, Patrick, Forsse, Lisa Sennerby

“…Many economic and political factors can be essential causes of inequality and power imbalances at the household, community, national and global levels, which may constrain the ability of food system transformation to deliver poverty reduction and sustainable, equitable livelihoods. …”
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Distributional consequences of wheat in Sudan: A simulation model analysis by Dorosh, Paul A.

“…However, they have entailed high fiscal costs, threatening macro-economic stability and crowding out other possible investments to promote growth and poverty reduction. Careful analysis and ongoing monitoring of outcomes and new developments will be needed to help guide the important choices ahead.…”
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The changing demographics in food systems and implications for future youth engagement in Rwanda by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Mawia, Harriet, Niyonsingiza, Josue

“…In addition, tracking performance in employment-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Rwanda contributes to our understanding of the progress made in SSA toward inclusiveness, efficiency, and poverty reduction, particularly progress that benefits women and the youth. …”
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Agricultural Innovation in the Volta River Basin: An Analysis of Changes in Knowledge, Skills and Livelihoods brought about by the Volta Basin Development Challenge by Lasiter, Kalie, Tarrant, Anna

“…Without such change, achieving poverty reduction and sustainable natural resources management will remain a challenge.…”
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Complementarity of value chain analysis, consumption patterns and nutrition in the design of sustainable, effective and efficient food-system-based interventions by Domínguez Salas, Paula, Hasler, B., Ferguson, E., Cornelsen, L., Alonso, Silvia, Fèvre, Eric M., Rushton, Jonathan, Grace, Delia, Alarcón, Pablo

“…Introduction: Adequate and balanced nutrition is key for poverty reduction, maternal and child health and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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Resilience pathways: Understanding remittance trends in post-coup Myanmar by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…A final set of regressions reveal that receiving remittances is positively associated with key welfare indicators, including food security, dietary diversity, and poverty reduction.…”
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Investing in dates, poultry, olive, and medicinal and aromatic plants value chains in Egypt: Assessing the economy-wide impacts by El-Kersh, Mohamed, Atef, Mohamed, Ali, Alaa, Farghaly, Lobna, Abderabuh, Zainab, Abdelradi, Fadi, Abdou, Khaled, Abdelaziz, Ehab, Faris, Victor, Nasr, Saleh, Nassar, Yasmin, Nassar, Zaki, Raouf, Mariam, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…However growth generation is largest if investment is concentrated in the MAP value chain, while investment into the poultry value chain has the strongest impacts on job creation and poverty reduction. Investments into primary production and processing, besides having a strong direct impact on the value chain growth, generate significant indirect effects inside and outside the agrifood system. …”
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Comparisons of hunger across states: India State Hunger Index by Menon, Purnima, Deolalikar, Anil B., Bhaskar, Anjor

“…First, economic growth is not necessarily associated with poverty reduction. Additionally, even if equitable economic growth improves food availability and access, it might not lead immediately to improvements in child nutrition and mortality, for which more direct investments are required to enable rapid reductions. …”
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CGIAR Science Forum 2009 by Rabbinge, Rudy

“…The CGIAR's impacts are felt through better nutrition, improved public health, poverty reduction, and raised standards of living in developing countries. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050 by von Braun, Joachim, Rosegrant, Mark W., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Cohen, Marc J., Cline, Sarah A., Brown, Mary Ashby, Bos, Maria Soledad

“…In addition, crucial investments in agriculture, rural development, and poverty reduction are forgone or displaced. Because of limited investment in agricultural research and technology, this scenario has a high level of crop area expansion as a result of relatively rapid population growth and slim yield improvements in developing countries. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050 by von Braun, Joachim, Rosegrant, Mark W., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Cohen, Marc J., Cline, Sarah A., Brown, Mary Ashby, Bos, Maria Soledad

“…In addition, crucial investments in agriculture, rural development, and poverty reduction are forgone or displaced. Because of limited investment in agricultural research and technology, this scenario has a high level of crop area expansion as a result of relatively rapid population growth and slim yield improvements in developing countries. …”
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Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity by Akinyele, Isaac O.

“…Identified gaps in knowledge include the issue of mainstreaming nutrition considerations and activities into poverty reduction, agricultural development policies, and food security interventions. …”
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Methodology in recording data on pig health and production in the Lao People's Democratic Republic by Osbjer, Kristina

“…Improved animal health and alleviation of livestock diseases with high impact in developing countries have direct effects on poverty reduction as livestock has been estimated to account for 70% of the livelihoods of the world's poor. …”
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Geographic prioritization of agricultural investments by Maruyama, Eduardo, Scollard, Phoebe

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2010 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima, Nestorova, Bella, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Fritschel, Heidi, Yohannes, Yisehac, von Oppeln, Constanze, Towey, Olive, Golden, Kate, Thompson, Jennifer

“…Governments should also adopt policies that deal more broadly with the underlying causes of undernutrition such as food insecurity, lack of access to health services, and poor caring and feeding practices, which are exacerbated by poverty and gender inequity. Poverty-reduction strategies focused on reducing inequities are therefore part of the solution for improving early childhood nutrition, as are policies specifically aimed at improving the health, nutrition, and social status of girls and women.…”
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Mixed crop livestock systems in the developing world: present and future by Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K.

“…Such work is also needed to inform the sustained public policy action that will be necessary to ensure that livestock system development can play its role as a tool for growth and poverty reduction, even as global and domestic trends and economic processes create substantial opportunities for sector growth.…”
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Plan regional de competitividad del Huila

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