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Sinopse: Relatorio Sobre A Nutricao Mundial De 2014: Medidas e responsabilizacao para acelerar o progresso mundial da nutricao
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
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Who will be fed in the 21st century? Challenges for science and policy
Wiebe, Keith D. (contributor); Ballenger, Nicole (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
keep pace in the 21st century. Yet today one-eighth of the world's people lack secure access to the food they need to live … as how poverty, conflict, and gender roles might affect demand. They also consider the roles that institutions must play …-secure world in the 21st century. …
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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana?:
Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and children using 2012 baseline data from the Feed the Future population-based survey in Ghana. The sample consists of 3,344 children and 3,640 women and is statistically...
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?:
Sraboni, Esha; Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Using nationally representative survey data from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in...
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Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review:
van den Bold, Mara; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Gillespie, Stuart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132692
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Gender dimensions of agriculture, poverty, nutrition and food security in Nigeria:
Ajani, Olubunmi Idowu Yetunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Gender analysis focuses on the different roles and responsibilities of women and men and how these affect society … credit, land, education, decision-making power and rights to work. Explicitly, while gender analysis focuses on the relations … world (FAOILO-IUF 2005). The number of waged female agricultural workers, currently at 20-30 percent of the waged workforce …
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
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Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the world’s progress on nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
At the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit in London, 96 signatories (governments, civil society organizations, donors, United Nations’ agencies, and businesses) agreed to support the creation of an annual report on global nutrition that would be authored by an independent expert group, in...
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