The agriculture sector is key for economic and social development, but the sector’s potential has not received enough attention from policy makers and stakeholders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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Understanding household preferences on the production, consumption, and sale of nutritious crops
Value chains and agricultural commercialization are increasingly promoted as mechanisms for agricultural transformation, inclusive growth, and, more recently, improved food security and diets.
With Malawian diets heavily dominated by staple foods—maize first and foremost, but also rice and cassava in some areas—food security in Malawi is often equated with having access to enough maize.
How can the nutrition impactof agriculture programsbe assessed?
This report combines international evidence with new primary and secondary analyses of Malawian data to understand the different pathways linking agriculture, food security, and nutrition for households in Malawi and to illuminate different dimension
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Food and nutrition security implications of crop diversification in Malawi’s farm households
This chapter provides selected details from a study of the links between crop production diversity and dietary diversity among Malawian households.
This chapter reports on the links between household food consumption choices, food prices, and household income, using data from Malawi’s Second (2004–2005) and Third (2010–2011) Integrated Household Surveys.
This chapter provides selected findings from an assessment of whether increased use in the dry season of irrigated farming by smallholders in Malawi might improve household-level dietary diversity or child nutrition outcomes.
Although the Malawian food supply is shaped largely by trends in smallholder food crop production, Malawi’s decades-long focus on improving smallholder productivity has only moderately improved food security and nutrition outcomes.
Reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes through case studies of NGO initiatives
Policies and investments for poverty reduction and food security [in Arabic]
his report aims to inform and stimulate the debate on key policy priorities for poverty reduction and food security in light of the Arab Awakening. Its findings are based on an innovative combination of datasets and rigorous economic analysis.
En 2000, les leaders mondiaux ont défini l’objectif de réduire de moitié, entre 1990 et 2015, la proportion des personnes souffrant de la faim.
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Halving hunger
In 2000, the world’s leaders set a target of halving the percentage of hungry people between 1990 and 2015.
En el año 2000, los líderes del mundo establecieron la meta de reducir a la mitad el porcentaje de personas con hambre entre 1990 y 2015.
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Halving hunger
In 2000, the world’s leaders set a target of halving the percentage of hungry people between 1990 and 2015.
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Agricultural research
Sustained, well-targeted, and effectively used investments in R&D have reaped handsome rewards from improved agricultural productivity and cheaper, higher quality foods and fibers.
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Science and poverty
"Agricultural research has greatly increased the yields of important staple food crops, and for many people this has meant more food availability and trade opportunities.
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2020 global food outlook
Government officials and representatives of aid agencies are continually making decisions about how to spend their resources.