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  Food, water, and energy security in South Asia: a nexus perspective from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

  Science Direct, 2014

  With limited land resources, inadequate energy supply, and growing water stress, South Asia faces the challenge of providing enough water and energy to grow enough food for the burgeoning population.
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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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  Mainstreaming social inclusion into programmes promoting agricultural productivity and access to markets among the rural poor

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  This study is a rapid assessment of the evidence regarding effective approaches to promoting agricultural productivity and improving access to markets, across different social groups of the rural poor, with a particular focus on those at risk of exclusion.
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  How social issues affect market engagement and livelihoods strategies - among the rural poor in Zimbabwe

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  The purpose of this rapid desk-based study is to inform the development of detailed design work for two components of the new Livelihoods and Food Security Programme being supported by UK's Depetment for Intrnational Development (DFID) Zimbabwe.
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  Understanding adaptive capacity: sustainable livelihoods and food security in coastal Bangladesh

  International Water Management Institute, 2012

  This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. We examine the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and farming practice changes. These households are coping with huge demographic, economic, and environmental changes.
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  Cultivating the future: Exploring the the potential and impact of a green revolution in Africa

  Institute for Security Studies, 2012

  Despite possessing large tracts of rich, uncultivated land, Africa is a net importer of food and suffers from high levels of undernutrition. Some scholars have argued that a ‘Green Revolution’, defined by increasing crop yields and land under cultivation, could bring about a more sustainable future for the continent.
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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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  Agricultural productivity seminar notes

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  As these seminar notes argue, agriculture is once again high on the development agenda, There are huge opportunities but also challenges in agriculture; and that while increased productivity is the ultimate goal – the nuances of what is meant by productivity in relation to poverty reduction and food security must be teased out.
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  Climate variability and gender: Emerging experiences from Western Zambia

  Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013

  This paper uses Sesheke district in Western Zambia as a case study on climate variability and gender and relates it to how the livelihoods of natural resource dependent women and men have been affected.
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  Transforming aquatic agricultural systems towards gender equality: a five country review

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012

  Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are systems in which the annual production dynamics of freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to total household income.

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