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Working to break the cycle of hunger and poverty
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2008No country has managed a rapid rise from poverty without increasing agricultural productivity. This paper notes that agricultural productivity in many parts of the developing world is stagnant with small-scale impoverished farmers often lacking access to appropriate technologies, efficient farming practices, and links to markets.DocumentClimate change and hunger: responding to the challenge
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009This report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge.DocumentBreaking the poverty/malnutrition cycle in Africa and the Middle East
Organización Panamericana de Salud, 2009Poverty, hunger and malnutrition are coexisting in Africa and parts of the Middle East, creating inequalities that need to be addressed politically. This paper reviews the experiences with facing malnutrition in Sub-Saharan and North Africa and the Middle East. The authors indicate the following findings:Document2011 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute, 20122011 saw significantly increased support of agriculture and food policy as tools for global poverty reduction. It also brought serious challenges, most notably in the form of food price volatility, extreme weather shocks, famine, unrest, and conflicts.DocumentIncreased fitness of rice plants to abiotic stress via habitat adapted symbiosis: a strategy for mitigating impacts of climate change
PLoS ONE, 2011Climate change and catastrophic events have contributed to rice shortages in several regions due to decreased water availability and soil salinisation. Although not adapted to salt or drought stress, two commercial rice varieties achieved tolerance to these stresses by colonising them with Class 2 fungal endophytes isolated from plants growing across moisture and salinity gradients.DocumentAgriculture development and food security: progress on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit on Food Security
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2011Reducing the number and proportion of people who suffer from hunger and malnutrition is one of today’s most difficult challenges. Efforts have been made more difficult by higher and more volatile food and fuel prices, political conflict, and persistent underinvestment in agriculture, food and nutrition.DocumentRethinking agricultural development: the Caribbean challenge
2008The recent food price crisis has increased concerns about food security, reflecting the importance of food supplies in sustaining economic growth. This paper notes that the impacts on the agricultural sector of globalisation are contributing to doubts about the prospects for agricultural development. The authors argue that:DocumentAgricultural Technology for development
UN, 2011The return of high food prices and the need to adapt to climate change have revived interest in agricultural technologies adapted to smallholders, in particular women.DocumentCommunity-based rangeland rehabilitation for adaptation to climate change and carbon sequestration
Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network, 2011Since the 1960s, the Sahel region in Africa has experienced a general decline in the volume of rainfall. Between 1961 and 1998, droughts have affected Sudan with varying degrees of severity.DocumentPromoting ecosysterm-based adaptation practices and iterative learning in Bangladesh's drought-prone areas: livelihood adaptation to climate change project (LACC)
Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network, 2011The impacts of climate variability and change are global concerns, but in Bangladesh, where large parts of the population are vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, they are particularly critical.Pages