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    Structural shift in demand for food: projections for 2020

    Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2006
    Over the past two decades, even the poor in India have shifted their consumption away from cereals towards other foods. What are the implications of this for India’s future food security? This study reviews trends in per capita consumption of cereals and non-cereals to identify the factors that affect changes in cereal consumption, and compares future demand with supply projections.
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    Food retailing, supermarkets and food security: highlights from Latin America

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
    With the advent of supermarkets in urban centres in many developing countries, the question of their impact on access to food and food security for the urban poor has arisen.
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    Food security in the South Pacific island countries with special reference to the Fiji Islands

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
    This paper analyses the status of food security in several South Pacific Island countries, namely Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
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    Urban agriculture in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

    Eldis Document Store, 2006
    Gaza is characterised by a rapid increase of population and expansion of cities and refugee camps. Large-scale, export-oriented agricultural production has reached its limits of land-use availability and, at the same time, is confronted with the socio-economic demands related to food insecurity and the need for income generation.
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    State intervention for food price stabilisation in Africa: can it work?

    Programme of Advisory and Support Services to DFID, 2005
    This paper discusses the options for the stabilisation of the prices of staple foods principally in Eastern and Southern Africa. It addresses three broad questions: Why is the stabilisation of food prices desirable? What is technically feasible?
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    Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development

    Public Library of Science Medicine, 2005
    This paper, published in the Public Library of Science Medicine, examines the global health effects of economic development, focusing on cardiovascular diseases and their nutritional risk factors, including overweight and obesity, elevated blood pressure, and cholesterol.
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    South Africa’s food security crisis

    National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2002
    This paper argues that South Africa faces a crisis of rising food prices and food insecurity. Food prices rose by 17 per cent between June 2001 and June 2002, compared to non-food inflation of 7 per cent; the price of maize meal doubled during this period; and further price rises were expected.
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    Availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture

    RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2003
    The report by the Urban Agriculture Magazine draws on numerous case studies from around the world in discussing issues of availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture.Rapid urbanisation has lead to an increasing demand for urban agricultural land.
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    Policy briefs: guidelines for municipal policymaking on urban agriculture

    Cities Feeding People Program Initiative (PI), IDRC, Ottawa, 2003
    As part of its programming to influence policy, Cities Feeding People, in conjunction with partners in Latin America, completed a number of policy briefs for municipal officials interested in developing urban agriculture programs in their respective cities.The objectives of the policy briefs are to raise awareness, mobilise support for, and strengthen the capacities of municipal governments to
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    Agriculture in the city: a key to sustainability in Havana, Cuba

    International Development Research Centre, 2003
    This book presents the results of a three year research project on the history and state of urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba. A multidisciplinary team of 15 professionals, coordinated by the authors, assess the long-term potential for including urban agriculture in the local economy of two areas of Havana, as well as in city-wide environmental management programs.

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