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  Integrated solutions to the water, agriculture and climate crises

  2009

  This report investigates the role of agriculture in addressing global challenges related to climate, water and food.
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  The state of food insecurity in the world 2008. High food prices and food security – threats and opportunities

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008

  This report presents the latest statistics on global food insecurity and undernourishment. It reviews the impact of high food prices on global nutrition and concludes that chronic hunger in the world has increased rapidly, now affecting well over 900 million people.
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  Rice land grabs undermine food sovereignty in Africa

  GRAIN, 2009

  In the wake of the 2008 global food crisis, African capitals have been buzzing with renewed talk of the need for food self-sufficiency, and rice is often at the top of government agendas.
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  Genetically modified food and international trade : The case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  This paper studies the potential effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. It focuses on GM field crops (rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, and cotton) resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, such as drought-resistant rice.
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  Low input food and nutrition security: growing and eating more for less

  Food & Nutrition Security and Permaculture in Malawi, 2005

  Tackling food insecurity in Malawi has moved away from emergency aid towards relief and recovery, with government policy looking at food diversification and nutrition. Produced following a nine-month study conducted in Malawi throughout 2005 involving twenty pilot projects, this manual presents a step by step and hands-on approach to achieve food security.
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  Marginal farmers: a review of the literature

  Concern Worldwide, 2008

  This review presents the case for supporting marginal farmers, identifies the constraints and challenges they face and provides a series of recommendations to become more food secure.
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  Lessons from a green revolution in South Africa

  GRAIN, 2008

  This paper examines the outcome of massive food production programme (MFPP) by the Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture (ECDA) as part of its green revolution strategy. The aim of the program was to increase food production very rapidly and inturn provide food security for the poor households in rural areas.
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  The 2008/09 food price and food security situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for immediate and longer run responses

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2008

  This report examines the impact of recent world food price changes on domestic maize and fertilizer prices in the Eastern and Southern African region. It assesses the possible changes in cropping patterns, national food production, and consumers’ access to food in light of these price movements.
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  The environmental food crisis: the environment’s role in averting future food crises. A UNEP rapid response assessment

  GRID Arendal, 2009

  This report provides the first summary by  the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasive pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and how we may be able to feed the world in a more sustainable manner. The report examines the need to get smart and more creative about recycling food wastes.
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  Why is land productivity lower on land rented out by female landlords?: theory, and evidence from Ethiopia

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008

  There is a common view and belief that women are the ones that do the farming in Africa while the men do not work much. This paper seeks to find explanations to why land productivity is lower on land rented out by female landlord households than on land rented out by male landlord households in the Ethiopian highlands.

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