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This case study summarizes the impact of a short-term food, cash, and voucher program targeted to the urban poor in Northern Ecuador.
Climate change, agriculture, and adaptation options for Colombia
Climate change is already affecting the global economy between catastrophic losses from extreme weather events to the subtler losses in agricultural productivity. In the decades to come, the effects of climate change will increase.
El cambio climático representa una amenaza para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, sobre todo por su impacto en la producción agrícola.
Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production.
To evaluate the impacts of the rural extension policy (PNATER), five territories were selected in three different Brazilian states, including Alto Jequitinhonha (Minas Gerais State), Cantuquiriguaçu (Paraná State), Pontal do Paranapanema (São Paul
An overview of methods used to study the impact of climate change on agriculture in Central America and the Andean Region
This discussion paper introduces a series of studies on the effects of climate change on agriculture in Central America and the Andean region.
According to some estimates food production needs to increase 60% by 2050 to meet the expected demand and assure food security for all.
Tax competition
The world is facing a new round of international tax competition that may result in a ruinous race to the bottom, undermining the fiscal capacity of states to respond to global challenges and to implement the Agenda 2030.
Reducing food loss and waste can contribute to food security and sustainability.
Given the central role that agriculture plays in the rural economy in developing countries, governments have implemented supply– and demand-side policies and programs to promote sustainable fertilizer use yielding mixed results.
During the last two decades agricultural trade has increased substantially. One consequence of this is that almost 20 percent of all calories consumed worldwide are provided by traded food.
Argentina’s G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future.
What does it take to stabilise India’s sugar market?
Between 2001 and 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) agriculture saw its best performance of the last 30 years. What were the implications of this growth for family agriculture (FA) in the region?
Achieving a “sustainable food future” requires building food systems that, in line with the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), support growth and employment, ensure social inclusiveness and equity, promote climate resilience and environ
2017 Annual report
Despite strong economic growth in 2017, antiglobalization sentiments increased uncertainty about international cooperation.
Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform their choices.
El punto de partida de mi presentación es una teoría bastante extendida de nuestra historia, aunque inadecuada según trataré de argumentar, que afirma que la Argentina estaría declinando desde hace más de cien años.