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  Center for Food Safety

  Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a national non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy organization with an interest in human health and the environment, curbing the use of harmful food p
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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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  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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  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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  Global crop yield response to extreme heat stress under multiple climate change futures

  IOPscience, 2014

  This paper argues that extreme heat stress during the crop reproductive period can be critical for crop productivity. Projected changes in the frequency and severity of extreme climatic events are expected to negatively impact crop yields and global food production.
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  Household registration and targeting in the Hunger Safety Net Programme 2

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  The four counties of Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir were chosen for the Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) because they had the highest poverty and extreme poverty rates measured in Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) 2005-06. This report outlines the rationale behind the targeting approach for the Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme.
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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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  Hunger and food insecurity in Nairobi’s slums: an assessment using IRT models

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognised as important in urban settings. Overall, little is known about the prevalence and magnitude of hunger and food insecurity in most cities.

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