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    Social protection and wellbeing: food security in Adivasi communities, Chhattisgarh, India

    Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2014
    Despite economic growth, persistent levels of absolute poverty remain across the world. Social protection is an important response to this, guaranteeing a basic level of income support. The state of Chhattisgarh, India, provides an interesting model, as government commitment and people?s action combine to buttress food security in communities with historically high levels of disadvantage.
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    Brazil, India, China and South Africa in agriculture and food security in Malawi

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2014
    This paper describes the involvement of four of the so-called emerging powers - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - in development cooperation activities regarding agriculture and food security in Malawi. The prime focus is on the activities and policies of governmental actors, although also development cooperation initiatives of other development actors are mentioned.
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    Adding new spices to development cooperation. Brazil, India, China and South Africa in health, agriculture and food security

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013
    In recent years, the four so-called emerging powers or economies - Brazil, India, China and South Africa (the BICS) - have gained considerable academic, policy and media attention for their activities in development cooperation. Some authors argue that these countries employ innovative and alternative approaches to development cooperation than the traditional, i.e. OECD-DAC donors.
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    Drought in Jalna: community-based adaptation to extreme climate events in Maharashtra

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2014
    This booklet is based on outcomes from a two-year Indo-Norwegian research and capacity development project titled, ‘Extreme Risks, Vulnerabilities and Community-Based Adaptation in India (EVA)’. The findings draw upon empirical data from rural communities in Jalna District in the dryland region of Marathwada of Maharashtra.
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    Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project.

    International Water Management Institute, 2012
    This report provides practical recommendations and tools for governments, the private sector, donors and organisations to effectively support farmer-led initiatives to improve water managment with a focus on Africa and India. It is a collaborative research report with inputs from IWMI, FAO, iDE, IFPRI and SEI. 
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    Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2011
    The food price crisis of the last decade provided an impetus to the discussions on sustainable development of agriculture. What has since emerged is the belief that agricultural policies need to be revamped to meet the growing demands for food and fibre in most countries.
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    Feeding India’s Growing Billion: inclusive growth of food production indispensable

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012
    According to the report of the United Nations World Food Programme, India ranks 67th in the Global Hunger Index of 119 countries. It also points to some staggering figures. More than 27 per cent of the world’s undernourished population lives in India while 43 per cent of children (under 5 years) are underweight.
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    Foodgrain Management Policy, FCI and implications for food security

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    The Government of India has recently passed an ordinance to enact the Food Security Act (FSA). There has been an intense debate on the merits and demerits of the Food Security Bill draft.The main argument in favour of a coupon based/cash transfer-led food programme is that it would minimise leakages and hence reduce the burden on the exchequer.
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    Dirty cotton - a research on child labour, slavery, trafficking and exploitation in cotton and cotton seed farming in India

    Global March Against Child Labour, 2012
    The introduction of genetically modified or BT cotton in India has increased the demand for cheap labour.  Recognising the need to understand and address the growing concern over the engagement of children in the cotton industry in India, this study examines the issue of child labour in four cotton and cotton seed growing states in – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra
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    The Last Straw? The additional burden of climate change on food security in the Himalaya | GRID-Arendal - Publications - The last straw

    GRID Arendal, 2013
    The food price spikes of 2007–08 brought food security into sharp focus on the global agenda. Declines in international commodity markets, financial speculation in low cereal stocks, dramatic weather events, soaring oil prices, and growth in biofuels competing for cropland merged to produce a global crisis.

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