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    How can agriculture and trade lead to livelihoods, food security and development?: evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa

    Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2011
    Agriculture and trade can be engines for inclusive growth and development in African countries. This monograph presents the main findings of country research studies on trade and agriculture issues in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
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    Trade policy responses to food price volatility in poor net food-importing countries

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012
    This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the trade-related challenges that poor net-food-importing countries have faced since Marrakesh, and the useful measures that can be done.
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    Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
    As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production. Climate change adds a further challenge, as changes in temperature and precipitation threaten agricultural productivity and the capacity to feed the world’s population.
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    Why hungry Guatemalans don't claim their food rights in court

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011
    Guatemala suffers from high levels of undernourishment and malnutrition despite a strong political commitment to the right to food. Yet, there is an absence of food rights litigation.
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    Introducing a Simple Measure of Household Hunger for Cross-Cultural Use | FANTA 2

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2011
    This technical note introduces the Household Hunger Scale (HHS), a simple, new indicator to assess household hunger in food insecure areas.
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    Consumer market for functional foods in south Brazil

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Functional food is any healthy food claimed to have a health-promoting or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients. This study aims at investigating the consumer market for functional foods (FF) in specific region in South Brazil.
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    The Role of Food and Nutrition System Approaches in Tackling Hidden Hunger International

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011
    One of the World’s greatest challenges is to secure sufficient and healthy food for all, and to do so in an environmentally sustainable manner. This review explores the interrelationships of food, health, and environment, and their role in addressing chronic micronutrient deficiencies, also known as ―hidden hunger, affecting over two billion people worldwide.
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    Staple food market sheds in West Africa

    AgEcon Search, 2012
    Africa’s market demand for food staples will grow dramatically in coming decades. This paper aims to identify the geographic extent of major staple food market sheds in West Africa as well as the major trade corridors that link surplus producing areas with the deficit markets they serve.
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    Rising food prices and declining food security: evidence from Afghanistan

    AgEcon Search, 2012
    Food price shocks can exacerbate chronically low levels of nutrient intake in countries with large populations living in poverty with generally poor diets. This paper examines the case of Afghanistan in the 2007/08 season, when rapid rise in wheat prices impacted household food security.
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    Tracking progress on child and maternal nutrition

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
    This report draws on wider sources in order to identify key factors for the effective implementation of programmes to improve maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and vitamin and mineral intake for infants and young children. The report also provides information that demonstrates that improving child nutrition is entirely feasible.

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