The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in September of 2021, aimed to move food systems transformation to the top of the global policy agenda.
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Leading the way: Foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Uganda
Driven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade.
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Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain
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Capacity building for development
This paper seeks to enhance our understanding of resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining initiatives to enhance resilience capacity that are designed and implemented by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
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Resilience and pastoralism in Africa south of the Sahara, with a particular focus on the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, West Africa
Recently there has been a great deal of interest in applying the concept of resilience to pastoral systems and to development programs in pastoral systems.
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Understanding resilience for food and nutrition security
This paper provides a structured overview of the concept of resilience for use in discussions surrounding food security and nutrition.
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Resilience and social capital
Increasingly, resilience is being incorporated into planning and social protection policy.
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Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps
Conceptual framework for assessing capacity of a food system to become more resilient.
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Are shocks really increasing? A selective review of the global frequency, severity, scope, and impact of five types of shocks
Recent policy statements refer to increasingly frequent and intense shocks as one of the main reasons for focusing attention and investments on building resilience for food and nutrition security.
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Building resilience to conflict through food security policies and programs: Evidence from four case studies
Food insecurity at the national and household level not only is a consequence of conflict but can also cause and drive conflicts.
An emerging literature shows how the mass arrival of refugees induces both short- and long-term consequences to hosting countries.
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Governing the dietary transition
The best approach to finding positive synergies between agriculture, nutrition, and health may depend on a country’s position in the dietary transition—from a diet low in both calories and micronutrients (Stage One) to a diet that provides adequat
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The nexus between agriculture and nutrition
This brief examines how different growth patterns lead to different nutritional outcomes and identifies the factors that influence the magnitude of this relationship.
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Turning economic growth into nutrition-sensitive growth
There is a growing consensus that reducing childhood malnutrition is a critically important goal, but there is far less agreement on what strategies can best achieve the goal.
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Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health
Agricultural development has traditionally focused on raising productivity and maximizing production of cereals.
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Estimation of agricultural total factor productivity in China
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Evolution of income and fiscal disparity in rural China
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