Analysis of approaches to understanding and addressing food security issues; examination of the structural causes of food insecurity and different policy responses.
- How to achieve progress against hunger and malnutrition
- Bread for the World, 2011
- Bread for the World's 2011 hunger report argues that 2011 is a time of opportunity to achieve lasting progress against global hunger and malnutrition since: the dramatic surge in global hunger as a result of a spike in ...
- Strengthen glacial research and modeling of glaciers to avoid floods and droughts
- B. P. Kaltenborn (ed); C. Nellemann (ed); I. I. Vistnes (ed) / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2010
- Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. This report calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modeling of glaciers, snow and their role in water supplies. Although gl...
- Biodiversity leads to food security: the case of Bangladesh
- M.A. Baten / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
- This research paper explains the relationship between food production and agricultural biodiversity, and analyses the impact of indiscriminate loss of agricultural biodiversity on food security. Bangladesh has been sufferin...
- Bangladesh's performance in ensuring food security
- Q. Shahabuddin / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
- This paper evaluates the performance of Bangladesh on the implementation of the ‘right to food’ in light of commitment made by the state. The article emphasizes on the progressive realization of rights in the pr...
- Food safety information in newspapers and GM labeling policy both influence Chinese consumer food demand
- D. He; B. Chidmi; D. Zhou / AgEcon Search, 2011
- What are Chinese consumers’ reactions to food safety information provided by mass media? This study analyses the impact of food safety information on food demand in urban China, underscoring food price elasticities and expenditu...
- Six key success factors in the fight against hunger worldwide
- Morwenna Sullivan; Hugh Lort-Phillips; Aline Tinoco / Action Against Hunger, 2011
- This briefing paper, published by Action Against Hunger, seeks to understand why and how countries like Brazil, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi, and Bangladesh have managed to reduce undernutrition, while others have not. By pulling together...
- Agriculture's contribution to poverty reduction in Malawi
- S. Benin; J. Thurlow; X. Diao / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- Malawi has experienced modest economic growth over the last decade and a half. However, agricultural growth has been particularly erratic, and while the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Malawian government...
- Transforming gender in homestead food production
- Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- In Bangladesh, Helen Keller International (HKI) is known for its homestead food production (HFP) programme, which promotes small-scale agriculture among women, specifically to improve women's and children's nutrition outcomes. To achi...
- Food Security and Livelihoods Assessments: A Practical Guide for Field Workers
- Action Against Hunger, 2010
- This practical guide is intended to be used by food security and livelihood project managers responsible for undertaking rapid and in-depth assessments in emergency, recovery and crisis contexts. Assessments are carried out duri...
- Empowering Women through Livelihoods Orientated Agricultural Service Provision: A Consideration of Evidence from Southern Africa
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2008
- This paper considers the impact of livelihoods-oriented agricultural service provision for smallholder farmers on gender relationships and food security. The author suggests that the democratisation and liberalisation of agricultural ...
- Agriculture's contribution to poverty reduction in Malawi
- S. Benin; J. Thurlow; X. Diao / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- Malawi has experienced modest economic growth over the last decade and a half. However, agricultural growth has been particularly erratic, and while the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Malawian government...
- Transforming gender in homestead food production
- Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- In Bangladesh, Helen Keller International (HKI) is known for its homestead food production (HFP) programme, which promotes small-scale agriculture among women, specifically to improve women's and children's nutrition outcomes. To achi...
- Food Security and Livelihoods Assessments: A Practical Guide for Field Workers
- Action Against Hunger, 2010
- This practical guide is intended to be used by food security and livelihood project managers responsible for undertaking rapid and in-depth assessments in emergency, recovery and crisis contexts. Assessments are carried out duri...
- Empowering Women through Livelihoods Orientated Agricultural Service Provision: A Consideration of Evidence from Southern Africa
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2008
- This paper considers the impact of livelihoods-oriented agricultural service provision for smallholder farmers on gender relationships and food security. The author suggests that the democratisation and liberalisation of agricultural ...
- Food Security and Gender Fact Sheet
- USA Agency for International Development, 2009
- This two-page brief summarises the key gender and food security issues common to most developing regions. It opens by stating that women are responsible for half of the world’s food production, and in most developing countries t...
- Women, food security and agriculture in a global market place
- R. Mehra; M. Hill Rojas / International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2008
- This paper reviews current thinking and practice on increasing agricultural productivity for women farmers within commercial agriculture. It maps out opportunities and barriers for women and concludes by providing recommendations for ...
- Foresight Project on Global Food and Farming Futures: Science review SR: 48: Gender in the food system
- The Government Office for Science, 2011
- This report highlights the need for institutional changes that would benefit women within food systems globally, as consumers, producers, entrepreneurs and workers. The report identifies three emergent trends to be addressed in ...
- Gender, Food Security and AIDS in Internally Displaced People's Camps in Uganda: implications for HIV Responsive Policy and Programming
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- This two-page brief provides an overview of research conducted in 2007-08 into the interactions between gender relations, HIV and AIDS and food security in war-affected communities in Northern Uganda. Firstly it reviews the policy and...
- Engendering agricultural research
- Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, 2010
- This paper makes a case for increased gender equity throughout agricultural research and development systems, in order to address gender norms affecting how men and women engage with and are recognised within these systems. For exampl...
- Gender-disaggregated data for agriculture and rural development: guide for facilitators
- 2003
- Gender-Disaggregated Data provides a vital perspective for understanding people's livelihoods and for improving food security. This guide was produced as a result of demands on the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nati...
- Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI (ETC Group)
- Focuses on the conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity, and on the impact of new technologies on rural societies. Special interests in the loss of genetic diversity and the impact of intellectual property rights on agriculture and food security
- International Conference and Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ICPPGR)
- FAO based secretariat preparing for 1996 conference on the conservation and utilisation of plant genetic resources, including their use by farmers and breeders. Sponsors a number of discussion lists and a WWW server (which includes the full text of national status reports). Lists include (with more to be announced): ICPPGR-In-Situ-L: list on in situ conservation and crop improvement ICPPGR-Ex-...
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Information on USAID's work world-wide
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme (WFP)
- UN agency focusing on the provision of food aid in support of development projects and the channelling of food aid for disaster relief. Databases include: (a) WWW site: include weekly emergency report, WFP transport and logistics data (including detailed country level distribution maps), global food aid statistics (Interfais/Food Aid Monitor data, including full text and statistics of annual F...
- Food Aid Statistics, OECD/DAC
- Statistics on food aid disbursements of official development assistance by each member of DAC to individual developing countries. Data includes bilateral loans and grants for food aid and multilateral food aid. From 1998, available as part of the Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows CDROM (from the OECD) and the International Development Statistics: Data from 1975 to date.
- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia (CIAT)
- Helping rural communities in the tropics by improving agricultural productivity and natural resource management
- International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
- NOTE: ISNAR ceased its operations in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 31, 2004. A new ISNAR program is being developed under the governance of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The new ISNAR program will be based at the International Livestock Research Insitute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Centre providing research-based assistance to developing countries in impro...
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- Research centre focusing on the improvement of rice, and dissemination of related knowledge and technologies. Information services include: (a) WWW site: information on research and publications (b) Library: catalogue available on WWW (c) Riceworld WWW: overeview of rice production, research, biology and marketing, including links to other sources
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, www.iita.org)) is an Africa-based international research-for-development organization, established in 1967, and governed by a board of trustees. Our vision is to be one of Africa’s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger and poverty with a mission to enhance food security and improve livelihoods in Africa through...
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Research centre aiming to identify and analyse policies for meeting food needs of developing countries. WWW site has information on Institute, staff members, publications, press releases, information on the 2020 Views Programme and the CG Gender Network (see separate entries).
