In recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value reassessment has been prompted by rising crop prices and perceived land scarcity.
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South Asia is home to the largest concentration of poor and undernourished people in the world, so food security—especially in basic staples such as wheat, rice, and corn—continues to be a major concern.
During the past two-and-a-half decades, China and India have implemented a series of economic reforms that have led to recent growth rates of 9-11 percent per year in China and 8-9 percent per year in India.
Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
For more than six years the trade talks of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been stalled, mainly on account of differences in countries' levels of ambition for reducing support to and protection of agriculture. The expiration of the U.S.
"During the past several decades, developing countries have had mixed results in reducing poverty.
In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would cut hunger, malnutrition, and unemployment at a much faster pace than has been the case so far.
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor.
This brochure describes fully the work of The Food Management and Research Support Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Dans les pays en développement, 200 millions d'enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans souffrent de malnutrition.
En el mundo en via de desarrollo, 200 millones de niños menores de cinco años, están mal nutridos.
Banking on the poor
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor.
Rural poverty in India and China has declined substantially in recent decades.
Living in the city
Data from many countries show that the concentration of poverty and malnutrition is shifting from rural to urban areas.
Food for education
For many of the world’s poor, public safety-net programs are the only hope for a life free from chronic poverty and undernutrition. But the proper combination of incentives and support can be difficult to achieve.
El papel de la mujer en la economía se ha subestimado con frecuencia y su trabajo en la agricultura ha sido invisible por mucho tiempo.
This brief examines the key roles that women play in ensuring food security and makes three recommendations of ways to strengthen the food security through policies and programs that enhance women's abilities and resources to fulfill their ro
Le présent rapport de politique alimentaire présente la synthèse de la recherche actuelle sur les fonctions que les femmes remplissent pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde en développement.