Livelihoods
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- Assessing the impacts of food insecurity in Sudan
- ( T. Frankenberger;J. Downen;J. Meyer / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007)
- This study provides an assessment of the key issues related to the impact that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has had on the most insecure food and nutritionally vulnerable areas and people i...
- Unculitvated crops key to food security and food sovereignty in parts of India, Bangladesh
- ( Farhad Mazhar;Daniel Buckles;P.V. Satheesh;Farida Akhter / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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Based on studies undertaken over several years in Andhra Pradesh (South India) and the flood-plains of Bangladesh, this report reveals surprising facts about ‘uncultivated’ foods. More ...
How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ( ActionAid International , 2007)
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Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of...
- Recommending that nutritional interventions be adapted to local contexts
- ( Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank , 2006)
- This document explores the strengths and weaknesses of Asia Development Bank (ADB)-financed regional technical assistance (RETA), a modality in addressing nutrition issues and initiatives. Five member...
- Pregnant and nursing women at high risk of malnutrition given traditional food allocation patterns in Ethiopia
- ( A. Kimhi / Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University, Israel , 2004)
- This paper examines the patterns of food allocation within Ethiopian households, with a particular focus on gender differences and the sources of these differences. The author proposes that different ...
- Men and women use different strategies to cope with drought
- ( V.K. Wawire / Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia , 2003)
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This study seeks to assess the adaptive strategies used by men and women from different social and economic backgrounds to cope with drought in the Turkana district of Kenya.
Economic activity in th...
- Lessons to counter gender-blind drylands management
- ( Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions , 2003)
- With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relatio...
- Collection of articles on urban food insecurity and malnutrition
- ( 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute , 2000)
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This edition of 2020 Focus broadly addresses the issue of urban food insecurity and malnutrition.
It offers insights into the urgency of the situation and some of the main policy issues. It presents...
- Food security in Accra requires intervention strategies to target households and individuals
- ( International Food Policy Research Institute , 2003)
- This paper reports on efforts by the Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study (AUFNS) to help to illuminate the essence of urban poverty, the limiting factors on urban livelihoods, and the particular effe...
- Impact of the HIV Epidemic on agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods
- ( J. du Guerny / HIV and Development in Asia and the Pacific, UNDP , 2002)
- This paper brings together work done by FAO, focussing on identifying the impacts of the HIV epidemic. It argues that the agricultural sector should concentrate on areas in which it has a comparative ...
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