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Lessons learned on food security in the Yemen crisis by Kurdi, Sikandra

“…The humanitarian response in Yemen is one of the largest in the world and many of the challenges and lessons in the response to the food security crisis in Yemen are generalizable more broadly to fragile and conflict-affected settings and import-dependent settings. …”
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Agricultural and industrial development in Taiwan by Yu-Kang, Mao, Schive, Chi

“…At the outset of this period, Taiwan was just recovering from the ravages of World War II, and the economy was heavily dominated by the agricultural sector, which accounted for one-third of the net domestic product, more than half (56 percent) of total employment, and 92 percent of total exports. …”
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US farm support under a Biden administration: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? by Glauber, Joseph W., Smith, Vincent H.

“…Direct farm supports, including price and income support payments, federal crop insurance, and supplemental assistance to compensate losses due to the trade war with China and the pandemic, have accounted for more than one‐third of net farm income. …”
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Development in Costa Rica: The key role of agriculture by Celis, Rafael, Lizano, Eduardo

“…Its economy is small (GDP $4.7 billion), relatively open (annual imports account for 35 percent of GDP), and relatively poor (per capita yearly income is $1,600). Demographic and economic growth during the period after World War II was extremely rapid: between the periods 1950-52 and 1975-77 its population doubled, as did real per capita income. …”
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Bangladesh’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Pauw, Karl, Pradesha, Angga, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James

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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001–2011 by Headey, Derek D., Hoddinott, John F.

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IFPRI-Sudan: Generating evidence-based solutions for strengthening humanitarian response and economic resilience by Siddig, Khalid, Abay, Kibrom A., Kirui, Oliver K., Abushama, Hala, Mohamed, Shima, Rakhy, Tarig

“…Sudan is now suffering the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. The war has devastated livelihoods, displaced millions, and significantly weakened the country’s agrifood systems and broader economic structures. …”
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Markberedarnas tekniska utveckling by Frölén, Daniel

Can unconditional cash transfers mitigate the impact of armed conflict on child nutrition in Yemen? by Ecker, Olivier, Maystadt, Jean-Francois

“…The “ignored” civil war in Yemen has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. …”
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The “normal” normal: Supply and demand drivers over the next 10 years by Meyer, Seth, Glauber, Joseph W.

“…From 2010 to 2015, farmers saw the longest period of sustained above-average farm income since World War II and its immediate aftermath (Chart 1). …”
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The Congo puzzle: Evolving livelihoods and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1970-2010) – a summary by Marivoet, Wim

“…In the mid-1970s, the DRC (Zaire) entered a long downward spiral, which can be read as a textbook example of state failure and economic regress: the 1973 nationalization policy of Mobutu formed the starting point; the first African world war (1998-2003) was a brutal low. Over this period, the average Congolese saw his income decrease to only one fifth of the level he attained in the 1970s. …”
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Gatan är död, länge leve staden : en kritisk granskning av bilstaden och en vision för en framtida bilfri innerstad för Malmö by Krüger, Georg

Tunabackar - bostadsgårdens förändring by Ingmar, Helena

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Kronobergs län - ur ett livsmedelsperspektiv by Svensson, Carin

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Transformation of Kenya’s agrifood system structure and drivers by Diao, Xinshen, Pauw, Karl, Smart, Jenny, Thurlow, James, Ellis, Mia

“…Agriculture remains an important sector, accounting for about one-quarter of GDP and nearly half of Kenya’s employment. …”
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Engreppsskördarens tekniska utveckling by Persson, Daniel

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Nyckelbiotoper - urskogsrester eller kulturprodukter? by Ekman, Per

“…During the 20th century, mainly at the time of world war two, four of these five stands have been affected by further cuttings. …”
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Vägen från mental ohälsa leder genom trädgården : en litteraturstudie om terapiträdgårdens läkande effekt och asylsökande barns mentala ohälsa by Bergvall, Maria

Anticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: a synthesis report with case studies from Ethiopia, Jordan and Pakistan by Adam-Bradford, A., Anagreh, A., Dessalegn, Mengistu, Hafeez, Mohsin, Khalid, Sidra, Mekuria, Wolde, Melaku, Dagmawi, Schindler, A., Singh, Radhika, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…UNHCR (2024a) reports that by June 2024 there were an estimated 122.6 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes. Among them were nearly 43.7 million refugees. …”
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Uganda’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James

“…Uganda’s GDP growth is projected to reach 5.5 percent in 2023 and 6.1 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023), suggesting that the economy is resuming its pre-pandemic growth trajectory. …”
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