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Food security in the drylands of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Understanding rural poverty and investment in agriculture: an assessment of integrated quantitative and qualitative research in Western Kenya
This article addresses the methodological complexities inherent in researching poverty, examining how to differentiate the poor from other social groups, and how to assess the relationships between poverty and technology adoption and impact. The use of specific types of quantitative and qualitative methods, the degree to which their integration was achieved, and the benefits of integration are analyzed.
Reducing the environmental efficiency gap in global livestock production
China's past, present, and future food economy: can China continue to meet the challenges?
Agriculture diversification in South Asia: patterns, determinants, and policy implications
Synopsis: Agricultural growth in Ethiopia (2004-2014): Evidence and drivers
Ethiopia’s agricultural sector has recorded remarkable rapid growth in the last decade. This note documents aspects of this growth process. Over the last decade, there have been significant increases – more than a doubling – in the use of modern inputs, such as chemical fertilizers and improved seeds, explaining part of that growth. However, there was also significant land expansion, increased labor use, and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth estimated at 2.3 percent per year.
Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
Climate change projections internationally accepted as being reliable indicate that most countries in the Pacific region will suffer large-scale negative impacts from climate change. These impacts are likely to include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and intensification of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones and El Niño-related droughts.
Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales 2016: Sinopsis
El año 2015 marcó un giro decisivo para la comunidad internacional del desarrollo. Si bien aún persisten retos inmensos, la culminación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio puso de relieve los impresionantes logros alcanzados desde 1990: tanto la extrema pobreza, como la mortalidad infantil y el hambre se redujeron a casi la mitad.