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Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid (contributor) - 2023

Food systems are under increasing pressure. They must meet the food requirements of a growing world population, and socio-economic changes also influence the type of foods which are under demand. At the same time, food systems are a major contributor to global environmental change, and...

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Total factor productivity, deforestation, and voluntary sustainability standards: Evidence from Rwandese coffee farmers

Paz, Bruno; Dalheimer, Bernhard; Wollni, Meike - 2024

coffee farmers' technical efficiency and productivity while exploring the mechanisms behind potential trade-offs and … synergies between certification, productivity, and forest protection. Using cross-sectional farm-level data of 842 coffee … farmers in Rwanda, we measure the effect of VSS on technical efficiency and an enhanced vegetation index (EVI) reflecting …

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Cultivating change: Exploring the link between certification, dietary quality and women's empowerment among coffee farmers in Rwanda

Bohn, Sophia; Wollni, Meike; Paz, Bruno - 2024

unexplored. Using data from certified and non-certified coffee farmers in different districts of Rwanda, we assess the impact of …

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Promoting sustainable coffee production: A comparison of economic and ecological indicators under in-house and third-party sustainability standards in Rwanda

Paz, Bruno; Wollni, Meike; Maertens, Miet; … - 2025

outcomes in Rwanda. Using survey data from 842 coffee farmers and ecological data from a subsample of 99 farmers, we explore … underexplored. This paper examines the effects of in-house and third-party certifications on coffee farmers' economic and ecological … the association between certifications and coffee revenues, costs, yields, vegetation structure, and animal diversity. Our …

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Financial inclusion and nutrition among rural households in Rwanda

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Nsabimana, Aimable - 2023

We investigate if financial inclusion leads to improved nutrition in rural Rwanda, using Rwandan Integrated Household …

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UAV-based mapping of banana land area for village-level decision-support in Rwanda

Kilwenge, Regina; Adewopo, Julius; Sun, Zhanli; Schut, Marc - In: Remote Sensing 13 (2021) 24

distribution and extent of banana lands, especially in Rwanda, where banana plays a key role in food security and livelihood …/px) multispectral unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) imageries, across four villages in Rwanda. Georeferenced ground-truth data on different …

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US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006 - 12

Rausser, Gordon C.; De Gorter, Harry - 2013

Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US...

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Dealing with the 2007/08 global food price crisis: The political economy of food price policy in Malawi

Chirwa, Ephraim; Chinsinga, Blessings - 2013

The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government's policy responses to food price increases in 2007/08 focusing particularly on maize as the main staple crop. The main government policy responses to the food price spikes in 2007/08 were price control, bans on...

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Poverty and Food Security in India

2013

This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a simple methodology to take into account the impact of...

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International Transmission of Food Prices and Volatilities: A Panel Analysis

Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Cyn-Young - 2013

High and volatile food prices pose a significant policy challenge around the world, and an understanding of the dynamics of food price inflation and volatility is essential in designing appropriate policy responses. Using the panel data for 72 countries from 2000 to 2011, the paper assesses the...

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