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IFPRI 2010 Annual Report por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…On the topic of volatile food prices, IFPRI recommended that, among other approaches, governments reform biofuel policies, especially in the United States and Europe, to reduce biofuels' effects on food markets.…”
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Complexities of sustainable palm oil production by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa por Ayompe, L.M., Egoh, B.N., Nkongho, R.N., Wandum, L.M., Orang, B.O., Fiaboe, K., Tambasi, E.E., Kettunen, M.

“…Our study provides important insights to countries such as the EU, United Kingdom, and United States that are in the process of adopting legislation to regulate deforestation associated with imports of key commodities such as palm oil.…”
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Status of agricultural extension and rural advisory services worldwide: Summary report por Swanson, Burton, Davis, Kristin E.

“…Also collaborating were the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Danish Agricultural Advisory Services (DAAS), and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD). The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the work. …”
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Vaccination of household chickens results in a shift in young children’s diet and improves child growth in rural Kenya por Otiang, E., Yoder, J., Manian, S., Campbell, Zoë A., Thumbi, Samuel M., Njagi, L.W., Nyaga, P.N., Palmer, G.H.

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Managing risk in pastoral systems: Research and outreach experiences of the Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) Project in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya por Gebru, G., Desta, S., Coppock, D. Layne

“…Degree training has focused on master's and doctoral students, both in East Africa and the United States. Non-degree training includes workshops and interactive field tours for communities, Development facilitators, and policy makers. …”
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Dryland restoration successes in the Sahel and Greater Horn of Africa show how to increase scale and impact por Reij, C., Pasiecznik, N., Mahamoudou, S., Kassa, H., Winterbottom, R., Livingstone, J.

“…This includes a disproportionate number of the world’s poorest people, who live in degraded and severely degraded landscapes. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification states on its website that 12 million hectares are lost annually to desertification and drought, and that more than 1.5 billion people are directly dependent on land that is being degraded, leading to US$42 billion in lost earnings each year. …”
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Replication Data for "Development of the Project-Level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)" por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Pro-WEAI is an adaptation of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), originally developed in 2012 by IFPRI, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and OPHI. …”
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Rwanda: Desk study of extension and advisory services por MacNairn, Ian, Davis, Kristin E.

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Where are nutritious diets most expensive? Evidence from 195 foods in 164 countries por Alemu, Robel, Block, Steven A., Headey, Derek D., Bai, Yan, Masters, William A.

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Agricultural value chains in the Feed the Future zone of influence in Bangladesh: Baseline study por Ahmed, Akhter, Hernandez, Ricardo, Akter, Arifeen, Hossain, Nusrat, Quabili, Wahid, Abedin, Zeeshan, Shaba, Fiona, Rokon, Redwan

“…Upon request from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Food Policy Research Institute conducted this agricultural value-chain study through its Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program for Food Security and Agricultural Development (PRSSP), funded by USAID. …”
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Balancing livelihoods and environment: political economy of groundwater irrigation in India por Shah, T., Rajan, Abhishek, Rai, Gyan P.

“…The large-scale withdrawal of groundwater has caused acute groundwater stress in several parts of the country, leading to adverse environmental and sustainability challenges. Unlike the United States, Australia, and Spain, where tube wells are instruments of wealth creation in industrial agriculture, in India groundwater governance pits livelihoods of the poor against environmental protection. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Health insurance for the rural poor: Evidence from Cambodia por Levine, David I.

“…Scattered results from the United States and other wealthy countries suggest that health insurance usually leads to modest improvements in health. …”
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Food security in Brazil por Nordström, Pia

“…The analyses include three different scenarios, and the result of the simulations implies that the poor households will benefit and improve their possibilities for a better food security situation. The member states of the United Nations adopted in 2000 the Millennium Declaration as a renewed commitment to human development. …”
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Climate Services for Resilient Development in South Asia and Bangladesh: Semi-Annual and Inception Period Report April 2017 por Krupnik, Timothy J., Hussain, Ghulam, Schulthess, Urs C., McDonald, Andrew J., Stirling, Clare M., Pandit, D.B., Gerard, Bruno G., Matin, Mir A, Qamar, Faisal MQ, Fernandes, Jose M.C.

“…Developing countries are at considerable risk from climate variability and climate change, both of which threaten poverty reduction and development efforts. The Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD) partnership is led by the United States Government has developed a consortium of global leaders in science, technology and development finance to assist at-risk nations to adapt to these problems. …”
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The political economy of reforming agricultural support policies por Vos, Rob, Martin, Will, Resnick, Danielle

“…Using several case studies of both successful and failed changes of agricultural support policies in China, India, and the EU and the United States, we highlight lessons learned about the political economy constraints on and possibilities for reform.…”
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Environmental limits of Rift Valley fever revealed using ecoepidemiological mechanistic models por Lo Iacono, G., Cunningham, A.A., Bett, Bernard K., Grace, Delia, Redding, D.W., Wood, J.L.N.

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Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) Baseline Household Survey 2010-2011 por Pede, Valerien O., Krishna, Vijesh, Teufel, Nils, Ward, Patrick S., Yamano, Takashi, Sammadar, Arindam, Spielman, David J., Mittal, Surabhi, Paris, Thelma, Singh, Dhiraj, Singh, Vartika, Ghimire, Subhash, Mehrotra, Meerah

“…The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) was launched in 2009 with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). …”
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Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms por Frelat, Romain, López Ridaura, Santiago, Giller, Kenneth E., Herrero, Mario, Douxchamps, Sabine, Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson, Erenstein, Olaf, Henderson, Benjamin B., Kassie, Menale, Paul, Birthe K., Rigolot, Cyrille, Ritzema, Randall S., Rodríguez, Daniel, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Wijk, Mark T. van

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Gender dynamics in smallholder vegetable production: insights from Tanzania por Patt, N.

“…It is conducted in cooperation wth the “Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation” (Africa RISING) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). …”
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Agricultural policy in disarray: Reforming the farm bill—An overview por Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W., Goodwin, Barry K., Sumner, Daniel A.

“…These and other programs—such as the price and income support initiatives introduced in the 2014 Farm Bill for major crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, peanuts, and rice—also hurt world prices, creating challenges for the United States in its trade relations with other countries. …”
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