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    The Role of Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge and Participatory Plant Breeding in Climate Change Adaptation in Karst Mountain Areas in SW China

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
    This is a report of a country case study on the impacts of climate change and local people’s adaptation. The research sites are located in the karst mountainous region in 3 SW China provinces - Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan – an area inhabited by 33 ethnic groups of small farmers and the poor, with rich Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) and culture.
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    A life free from hunger: tackling child malnutrition

    Save the Children Fund, 2012
    A combination of global trends is putting future progress on tackling children malnutrition at risk. This study argues that despite these trends, there are clear solutions to this chronic crisis. The authors point that the world has enough food for everyone, but millions of children face a life sentence of hunger and malnutrition – the hidden reason so many die.
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    Empowering rural women for food and nutrition security

    United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2011
    Women are essential to defeat hunger and malnutrition. Yet rural women remain disproportionately affected by poverty as well as unequal access to productive resources and social services, such as health and education.
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    Climate change, water and food security

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2009
    Agriculture constitutes the backbone of most African economies. Climate change is, however, posing the greatest threat to agriculture and food security in the 21st century, particularly in many of the poor, agriculture-based countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with their low capacity to effectively cope.
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    Gender, IFIs and food insecurity

    Gender Action, 2011
    Gender Action's analysis demonstrates that IFI-led macroeconomic, financial and trade policies in developing countries intensify gender inequalities by disproportionately impoverishing women and girls. IFIs policies must not only alleviate the impact of escalating food prices on the poor, but must also address the disproportionately negative impact of food insecurity on women and girls.
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    Working multisectorally in nutrition: principles, practices, and case studies

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    A multi-sectoral approach is arguably the most effective way to reduce malnutrition, but there is little evidence about how to implement it. This volume is an initial venture into the in-depth research necessary to develop that evidence base and answer questions about whether it is possible to work multi-sectorally in nutrition.
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    Regional approaches to food and water security in the face of climate challenges

    Global Water Partnership, 2012
    A workshop held in Midrand, South Africa, in May 2011 brought together policy and decision-makers, researchers and practitioners to discuss water security issues in eastern and southern Africa. This proceedings document summarises the workshop's outcomes with the aim of: improving the understanding of water security
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    Was the global food crisis really a crisis?: simulations versus self-reporting

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    The FAO simulation-based hunger indicator has been criticised for its inaccurate sensitivity. This brief raises some important questions about how effectively international institutions are monitoring food insecurity.
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    An ICT Framework to enhance food security in rural communities of Uganda

    2009
    The Government of Uganda has identified ICT as a major tool for achieving socio-economic development (Rwangoga and Baryayetunga, 2007) with emphasis on the communication sector (Baryamureeba, 2007; Gurstein, 2000). The Uganda food and nutrition policy also emphasizes the need of ICT integration in its endeavours to achieve food security for all (MAAIF and MoH, 2004).
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    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security (CCAFS)

    The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative launched by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) a

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