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Improving the measurement of food security
Published 2012“…Although food security measurement has been substantially expanded in recent decades, there persists significant dissatisfaction with existing measurement systems, especially in the wake of the global food and financial crisis. …”
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Communication of CSR activities : a case study in the dairy sector
Published 2012“…Recent corporate challenges require effective communication in order to secure a company’s reputation. Companies as a result, need to be committed to a series of corporate social and environmental practices along with their financial commitments to their shareholders and investors. …”
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Rural Finance Policies 7 - Rural financial services for poverty alleviation: the role of public policy
Published 2000“…For poor rural families in developing countries, access to credit and savings facilities has the potential to make the difference between grinding poverty and an economically secure life. Well-managed savings facilities permit households to build up funds for future investment or consumption. …”
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Empowering smallholder farmers with blockchain-enabled digital identities: the case of CIMMYT for traceability, financial inclusion and value chain integration
Published 2024“…By providing farmers with secure, verifiable credentials and data wallets, these technologies address critical challenges in financial inclusion, supply chain traceability, and data governance. …”
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Articulating food security and sustainable agriculture
Published 2018“…The environmental and food security-related challenges faced by the world today urgently require collective action. …”
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Governance and food security in an age of globalization
Published 2002“…What role can bilateral donors and international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, play? …”
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Governance and food security in an age of globalization
Published 2002“…What role can bilateral donors and international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, play? …”
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Globalization, poverty, and food security: Summary Paper from the International Conference on Sustainable Food Security For All By 2020
Published 2001“…The author acknowledges that there are sharply divided views on globalization, poverty and food security. He looks at some of the reasons for the disparity of views including differences about the facts and how to interpret them, the meaning of globalization, its main drivers, and its outcomes. …”
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Bridging the gap: How human-centered design can help unlock bottlenecks in the diffusion of small-scale irrigation in Nigeria
Published 2025“…To understand the constraints these groups encounter and propose innovative policy, financial, and supply chain solutions, we conducted a series of human-centered design (HCD) workshops in three locations in Nigeria. …”
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Financial analysis of halophyte cultivation in a desert environment using different saline water resources for irrigation
Published 2019“…Halophytic crops constitute one of the very few sustainable options to improve food and nutrition security in salt-affected regions, contributing in lands’ rehabilitation and enhancing farming livelihood income. …”
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The role of emerging countries in global food security
Published 2010“…Emerging countries such as Brazil, China, and India, which have experienced rapid growth and increased integration with the global economy in recent years, have significant potential to contribute to global food security-not only by alleviating hunger among their own citizens, but also by increasing trade and financial linkages as well as technology and knowledge exchanges with developing countries.…”
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Investment: International investment and local food security
Published 2018“…At worst, investments result in the displacement of people, are detrimental to existing sources of food security, lead to violent conflicts with local communities, damage the natural environment, fail to generate promised benefits for the host country, and themselves fail financially, with companies exiting the host country and leaving a void in their wake.…”
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Fiscal outcomes in Bahrain: Oil price volatility, fiscal institutions or politics?
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