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    Ex-ante evaluation of cassava research for development in Malawi: a farm household and random utility modeling approach

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    In Malawi, net-food-buying households in food deficit areas are experiencing poor access because of inadequate supplies and lack of purchasing power. This paper evaluates the impact of a cassava research for development project in Malawi prior to its implementation, aiming at unlocking the potential of cassava in response to the global food crisis.
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    Cost-minimizing food budgets in Ghana

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Attaining the daily required nutritional recommendations is a major challenge in Ghana. This paper is tries to determine the cheapest basket of food items that satisfy the recommended daily nutritional requirements of the average Ghanaian.
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    Achieving food security: id21 insights, issue 61

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Halving hunger and extreme poverty by 2015 is the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG). However, persistent hunger is still prevalent worldwide, slowing progress towards all other MDGs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Debating GM crops: id21 insights, issue 52

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    The debate over genetically-modified (GM) crops is one of the most controversial and fiercely contested of recent times. While media coverage often focuses on disagreements between the United States and Europe, perhaps the main battleground today is the developing world. It is here that large markets are
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    The importance of fisheries for development: id21 insights, issue 65

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The increasing global demand for fish puts pressure on wild resources. This threatens the contribution of fisheries to poverty reduction and nutritional security in developing countries. Can these trends be reversed?
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    The future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability

    Foresight UK, 2011
    The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.
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    Population: one planet, too many people?

    Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2011
    Energy, food, water, urbanisation and finance are areas significantly affected by the effects of population growth. How can the engineering profession respond to key challenges in order to ensure the provision of food, water, shelter and energy in the context of an increasing population?
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    Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries: volume two: quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform

    2007
    Among the many reasons that agricultural trade reforms are important, two stand out: the importance of agriculture in developing countries and the slow growth of agricultural trade from developing countries to developed countries.
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    Investing in communities: the benefits and costs of building resilience for food security in Malawi

    Tearfund, 2010
    This study presents a community-based cost benefit analysis of a disaster risk reduction (DRR) and food security programme in a Malawian agricultural community.
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    The role of the informal sector in poverty reduction and the food security in Malawi: A case study of Lufita in Chitipa RDP

    Self Help Africa: Malawi, 2007
    This paper reports on a study focused on the role of the informal sector in poverty reduction and food security in Malawi. Most previous studies have focused on the formal sector activities in terms of understanding poverty reduction and food security in the country. As such, little has been understood on the scope and contribution of the informal sector in poverty reduction and food security.

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