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PROGRESA and its impacts on the human capital and welfare of households in rural Mexico: a synthesis of the results of an evaluation by IFPRI by Skoufias, Emmanuel

“…This document synthesizes the findings contained in a series of reports prepared by IFPRI for PROGRESA between November 1998 and November 2000. …”
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Importance of crop residues in crop–livestock systems in India and farmers’ perceptions of fodder quality in coarse cereals by Parthasarathy Rao, P., Hall, A.J.

“…This paper synthesizes a series of recent studies on the role and importance of crop residues and farmers’ perceptions of fodder quantity and quality in coarse cereal and groundnut based feeding systems. …”
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Livestock development projects that make a difference: What works, what doesn't and why by Pell, A., Stroebel, A., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…A conceptual framework is proposed, based on a set of six working principles that underlie sustainable poverty reduction for livestock research and development. …”
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An evaluation of flood inundation mapping from MODIS and ALOS satellites for Pakistan by Amarnath, Giriraj, Rajah, Ameer

“…The paper presents a moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) time-series imagery-based algorithm for detection and mapping of seasonal and annual changes in flood extent, and tests this using the flooding of the Indus River Basin in 2010 – one of the greatest recent disasters that affected more than 25 million people in Pakistan. …”
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Radiation Interception, Conversion and Partitioning Efficiency in Potato Landraces: How Far Are We from the Optimum? by Silva-Díaz, Cecilia, Ramírez, David A., Rinza, Javier, Ninanya, Johan, Loayza, Hildo, Gómez, René, Anglin, Noelle L., Eyzaguirre, Raúl, Quiroz, Roberto

“…Vegetation reflectance was remotely acquired and the efficiencies estimated through a process-based model parameterized by a time-series of airborne imageries. …”
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Malawi: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development by Aragie, Emerta A., Kankwamba, Henry, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James, Jones, Eleanor

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Political and economic drivers of Sudan's armed conflict: Implications for the agri-food system by Abushama, Hala, Resnick, Danielle, Siddig, Khalid, Kirui, Oliver K.

“…This study assesses the political economy of the conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that brought out in April 2023, resulting in massive violence, displacement, and threats to food security. Based on a series of key informant interviews and other secondary materials, this study identifies that the primary underlying driver of the conflict relates to the rise of competition between the SAF and RSF over productive resources, including within the agri-food system. …”
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Breastfeeding: Crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world by Pérez–Escamilla, Rafael, Tomori, Cecilia, Hernandez-Cordero, Sonia, Baker, Phillip, Barros, Aluísio J. D., Begin, France, Menon, Purnima, Chapman, Donna J., Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M., McCoy, David, Neves, Paulo, Piwoz, Ellen G., Rollins, Nigel, Victora, Cesar G., Richter, Linda

“…In this Series paper, we examine how mother and baby attributes at the individual level interact with breastfeeding determinants at other levels, how these interactions drive breastfeeding outcomes, and what policies and interventions are necessary to achieve optimal breastfeeding. …”
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Labor (mis?)measurement in agriculture by Ambler, Kate, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…We compare these main activities to a series of yes/no questions about participation in a set of specific work tasks. …”
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Farming systems survey of Meme division south west province Republic of Cameroon by United States Agency for International Development, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Background: In order to help IRA researchers on and off station direct their work more towards the potentials and needs of food-crop farmers in the South West and Littoral, the TLU at Ekona is undertaking a series of farming systems surveys. The series began in 1986. …”
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The economic returns to nutrition-specific investments in Southern Asia and Africa South of the Sahara by Haile, Beliyou, Arndt, Channing, Ru, Yating, Alderman, Harold, Puett, Chloe

“…Benefit-cost (BC) ratios are estimated under alternative scenarios based on the returns to stunting reductions and cost elements considered. …”
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Resilience of local food systems and links to food security – A review of some important concepts in the context of COVID-19 and other shocks by Béné, Christophe

“…The review of existing (mainly grey or media-based) accounts on COVID-19 suggests that, with the exception of those who lost members of their family to the virus, as per June 2020 the main impact of the pandemic derives mainly from the lockdown and mobility restrictions imposed by national/local governments, and the consequence that the subsequent loss of income and purchasing power has on people’s food security, in particular the poor. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Cameroon country report by Cerutti, P.O., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Breyne, J., Tabi, P., Ploeg, L. van der

“…This Cameroon report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Côte d’Ivoire country report by Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Berrada, K., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Côte d’Ivoire report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Ghana country report by Leszczynska, N., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Mauquoy, C., Tabi, P., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Ploeg, L. van der, Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Ghana report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Indonesia country report by Goetghebuer, T., Breyne, J., Dermawan, A., Leszczynska, N., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Ploeg, L. van der, Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Indonesia report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Poverty impacts of food price increases in Burkina Faso by Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

“…Finally, changes in headcount poverty (the share of people living below the poverty line) are estimated based on the changes in real income for each household in the sample. …”
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Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities And Crop Capability Prediction Model/Tool by Amha, Yosef, Garanganga, Bradwell, Nyakutambwa, Trymore, Magagula, Futhi, Mwanza, Morton, Recha, John W.M., Solomon, Dawit

“…In this regard, Regional partners1 commissioned a series of studies to build a crop capacity prediction tool in order to maximize agricultural productivity while limiting the consequences of hydro-meteorological risks on the food system. …”
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2020 global food outlook: Trends, alternatives, and choices by Rosegrant, Mark W., Paisner, Michael S., Meijer, Siet, Witcover, Julie

“…A world of less poverty, greater food security, and a healthier environment is possible, but it will not come about without explicit policy steps in that direction. 2020 Global Food Outlook is the latest in a series of world food projections based on a model developed at IFPRI beginning in 1992.The model has been updated and expanded periodically since then as a way of painting an ever-clearer picture of the global food situation in 2020. …”
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A simple model for predicting agronomy floods in rice fields in Bicol, Philippines by Wei, Xiaojing, Balanza Girly, Jane, Raviz, Jeny, Castillo, Rowena, Baradas, Airene, Laborte, Alice

“…Leveraging high-spatial resolution, remote sensing-based flood extent data specifically developed for rice fields, we explore the possibility of predicting agronomical flood extent in the Bicol region of the Philippines using a series of simple logistic regression models with different lookback windows. …”
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