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    MTrade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPs) agreement: impact on food security of the people living in HKH

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2003
    Pakistan’s part of Hindu Kush Himalyan (HKH) region comprises more than 50 per cent of the total area of the country and 21.32% of total population. As many as 31.13 million people live in HKH. The region faces shortage of staple foods due to low local production, high transport cost and restricted access to food in many areas during snow season.
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    Climate justice & human rights - Focus on food security, nutrition, health and gender

    Action contre la Faim, 2014
    This paper presents a set of recommendations on how the international community, governments, UN and social movements can bring issues of food security, nutrition, health and gender equity into climate negotiations.The brief was launched during the COP20 in Lima.
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    Report on the state of food insecurity in urban India

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2010
    A review of the global context in respect of food security shows that the slow growth rate of food production has led to a decline in per capita output of grain between the 1970s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, due in most part to the inability/unwillingness of governments to raise and spend required resources by way of public investment on rural and agricultural development.
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    Food legislation in South Asia and its link with food security: a case study of Pakistan

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2013
    Food plays very vital role in maintaining proper health and also helps in prevention and cure of diseases. Good nutritive food makes health, but at the same time bad or unhealthy food gives rise to several diseases.
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    Gender and Food Security: Towards Gender-Just Food and Nutrition Security

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    There is more than enough food in the world to feed everyone, but the number of people who do not have enough to eat remains unacceptably high, with disproportionate impacts on women and girls. Reversing this shocking trend must be a top priority for governments and international institutions and responses must treat food insecurity as a gender equality, rights and social justice issue.
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    Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition

    The Global Panel is an independent group of influential experts with a commitment to tackling global challenges in food and nutrition security.Objectives:
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    Home gardens and fishponds for nourishment and empowerment

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014
    This story of change is about the impact of the Alleviation of Poverty and Malnutrition project led by the Swaminathan Research Foundation. The project aims to enhance food and nutrition security, and the income of marginal, small and landless tribal communities in agro-biodiversity hotspots in India. Key messages from this brief include:
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    Women’s empowerment and nutrition:what does the evidence tell us?

    Transform Nutrition, 2014
    Development programmes aimed at alleviating poverty and improving nutrition often consider women’s empowerment as an effective way to achieve impact. However, while nutrition outcomes are often measured, effects on women’s empowerment are not always evaluated.
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    Rice self-sufficiency: is it feasible?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Rice self-sufficiency has long captivated public imagination in the Philippines. This Policy Note assesses whether the rice self-sufficiency target can be attained and sustained at reasonable cost. The assessment is based on two approaches: first is comparison with past trends; second is comparison with projections of demand and supply.
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    Policy coordination for food security: the case of the ASEAN Rice Trade Forum

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Rice is the most important staple crop in Asia. Rice is regarded not merely as a source of food and livelihood, but also a political commodity and barometer of state legitimacy. Intervention in rice markets is therefore the status quo.

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