Analysis of approaches to understanding and addressing food security issues; examination of the structural causes of food insecurity and different policy responses.
- Is food security achievable in Malawi?
- C. Sanley / USA Agency for International Development, 2005
- This report presents findings and conclusions from a governance and food security assessment of Malawi. The fieldwork was undertaken in January-February 2005 with the purpose of identifying governance causes of food insecurity problem...
- Preserving Malawi’s second staple crop
- F. Gondwe / Eldis Document Store, 2011
- Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security crop, sack/cash crop, and as a staple food crop along the Lake Malawi. Is is a s...
- What can we learn from droughts in Malawi?
- G. Munthali / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2003
- Extreme climate events such as droughts are very common in Malawi and yet their impacts are generally not well factored into the long term National Development Plan. Good examples of the potential hazards of extreme climatic events ha...
- Evidence Matters: Evaluating the impact of agricultural interventions on malnutrition in children
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011
- Six million children die of hunger every year. Over 40 per cent of children under five in countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nepal and Niger are stunted. Children that do survive are more likely to have heart disease, diab...
- Food importing countries need a mixture of trade policy tools and food security stock
- C.L. Gilbert / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011
- The food security debate is often posed as a choice between trade and stocks. This paper argues that this approach is misleading since the two strategies can be complementary. The document points that in general terms, food imp...
- Addressing problems of hunger through vouchers
- T. Josling / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011
- Currently, the low levels of purchasing power of poor consumers in many developing countries remain apersistent obstacle to efforts to ensure food security. This paper reviews the analytical argument for addressing problems of hunger ...
- Connecting cassava growers to buyers in Malawi
- N.M. Mahungu / Eldis Document Store, 2007
- In an effort to improve rural farmer’s livelihoods, many initiatives have been initiated in Sub-Saharan Africa to link cassava farmers to markets. Several models have been used including: use of leading entreprene...
- Cassava for hunger reduction in Malawi
- J. Rusike / Elsevier, 2009
- Cassava in Malawi is the second most important staple food crop after maize. This paper assesses the impact of agricultural research for development approach in Malawi on cassava yields, per capita area planted to cassava and househol...
- Cassava and sweet potato harvesting in Malawi
- C. Moyo / Eldis Document Store, 2004
- Cassava and sweet potato are important food and cash crops in Malawi. However, key information regarding varieties grown, sources of planting materials , post- harvest handling, utilisation and tuber yields is lacking. A study was the...
- Access, Adoption, and Diffusion: Understanding the Long-term Impacts of Improved Vegetable and Fish Technologies in Bangladesh
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
- Malnutrition continues to be a serious problem in Bangladesh. In 1996–1997, households were surveyed in three sites to examine the effects of the adoption (two years prior) of new vegetable varieties and polyculture fishpond man...
- Addressing problems of hunger through vouchers
- T. Josling / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011
- Currently, the low levels of purchasing power of poor consumers in many developing countries remain apersistent obstacle to efforts to ensure food security. This paper reviews the analytical argument for addressing problems of hunger ...
- Connecting cassava growers to buyers in Malawi
- N.M. Mahungu / Eldis Document Store, 2007
- In an effort to improve rural farmer’s livelihoods, many initiatives have been initiated in Sub-Saharan Africa to link cassava farmers to markets. Several models have been used including: use of leading entreprene...
- Cassava for hunger reduction in Malawi
- J. Rusike / Elsevier, 2009
- Ghana is often seen as an oasis of stability exempt from the ethnic conflict that plagues much of Africa. Yet in the 1990s, thousands died during violence between different ethnic groups in the Northern Region. Preventing future confl...
- Cassava and sweet potato harvesting in Malawi
- C. Moyo / Eldis Document Store, 2004
- Cassava and sweet potato are important food and cash crops in Malawi. However, key information regarding varieties grown, sources of planting materials , post- harvest handling, utilisation and tuber yields is lacking. A study was the...
- Access, Adoption, and Diffusion: Understanding the Long-term Impacts of Improved Vegetable and Fish Technologies in Bangladesh
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
- Malnutrition continues to be a serious problem in Bangladesh. In 1996–1997, households were surveyed in three sites to examine the effects of the adoption (two years prior) of new vegetable varieties and polyculture fishpond man...
- Gender and Collective Action: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- This paper presents a framework for investigating the intersection of collective action and gender to better understand how gender-oriented analysis can foster effective collective action in the context of agriculture and natural reso...
- Gender and asset ownership: a guide to collecting individual-level data
- World Bank, 2008
- Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, the means of a livelihood, protection during emergencies, and collateral ...
- Trends in climate variability that men and women farmers face to ensure food security
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
- This report presents the findings of research undertaken in six villages in two drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh in India Mahbubnagar and Anantapur. This FAO study uses gender, institutional, and climate analyses to document ...
- Rural women and food security in Asia and the Pacific: Prospects and paradoxes
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
- In many Asian and Pacific countries, substantial gender equality gains have been made in urban areas in education, health and employment, yet rural women lag behind. Moreover, rural women’s work is multifaceted and demanding bot...
- Promoting Gender Equitable Opportunities in Agricultural Value Chains: A Handbook
- US Agency for International Development, 2009
- Gender issues fundamentally shape the production, distribution, and consumption within an economy but have often been overlooked in value chain development. A value chain describes the full sequence of activities required to bring a p...
- Environment, Population and Security Project
- Document distribution list and discussion forum
- HNPFLASH
- Health reproductive
- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Information (APHIS)
- APHIS administers regulatory programs to control or eradicate animal and plant pests and diseases; enforces domestic and port-of-entry agricultural quarantines; licenses and assures the safety and effectiveness of veterinary biological products; ensures the safety of agricultural products of biotechnology; enforces the Animal Welfare and Horse Protection Acts; administers programs providing protec...
- Integrated Pest Management Network (IPMNET)
- Organisation networking between researchers, extensionists, technical specialists, producers, and all who may be interested with current international IPM information. A joint effort of the Consortium for International Crop Protection (CICP) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Biological Impact Assessment Program. IPMnet products include: IPM special reports; IPMnet News; Res...
- Sla-fan
- Discussion list sponsored by the USA Special Libraries Association on food, agriculture and nutrition.
- Human Nutrition
- Database on human nutrition and diet. Combination of data taken from CAB Abstracts, IFIS, US National Library of Medicine and Life Sciences Collection (see separate entries in Eldis). Data from 1982 onwards. Available online (via Dialog, as part of CAB Abstracts) and on CDROM (from Silverplatter).
- Food Science and Technology Abstracts, IFIS (FSTA)
- Data from the International Food Information Service (IFIS) from 1969 to date covering food science, food products, food processing, related basis sciences (e.g. biotechnology, biochemistry, toxicology), economics and legislation. Available as printed journal ,on CDROM and online from various database hosts. WWW site gives access and ordering information.
- Public Health and Tropical Medicine Database (PHTM)
- Bibliographical database with abstracts on health in the Tropics
- CAB Health
- Database specialising in human nutrition, parasitic, communicable and tropical diseases and medicinal plants.
- Fsimpact
- Discussion list sponsored by IFPRI on food security impact assessment and performance indicators. Aims to promote communication among donors, policy makers, NGOs and researchers.
