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This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods, and droughts, on agriculture, food security, and the natural resources and environment in the Philippines. It aimed to propose recommendations as to how best to respond to the...
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We measure if and to what extent livestock sales during food shortages affect the wealth value of livestock. For this purpose we exploit monthly market prices of meat and staple foods in Malawi, for up to 72 locations (towns, villages and markets), for the period from January 1991 to December...
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, unlike recurring droughts, a first-time exposure to a three-month severe drought reduces individuals' body mass index by 2 …
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In 2015, Southern Africa experienced a drought that affected approximately 30 million people across seven countries …. Using a nationally representative household panel survey data set and a remotely sensed measure of drought intensity during … the 2015-16 farming season, we rigorously estimate the shortterm effects of the drought on food insecurity and child …
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With the shift from petroleum-based to biomass-based economies, global biomass demand and trade is growing. This trend … voluntary certification standards to ensure that biomass is sustainably produced, food security aspects are hardly addressed as … adequate Food (RtaF), which is applicable in over 100 countries, can be ensured in local biomass production and in …
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