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Author : Andrew Dillon
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Choufani, Jowel,Bryan, Elizabeth,Abizari, Abdul-Razak,Ringler, Claudia,Amikuzuno, Joseph
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
We analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana. The results show that (i) there is a modest difference in the overall household dietary diversity score between irrigators and non-irrigators, (ii) there are significant differences in the consumption of animal source foods between irrigators and non-irrigators, (iii) there are significant differences in the consumption of fruits and vegetables as well as sugar and honey between irrigators and non-irrigators, and (iv) the sources of food consumption differ between irrigators and non-irrigators. The analysis shows strong association between households’ nutritional status and their access to irrigation, with evidences suggesting that the irrigation-nutrition linkages play out both through the income and production pathways in Northern Ghana.
Author : F.S. Wouterse
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Megh R. Goyal,P. Panigrahi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781771882750
This new book, Sustainable Micro Irrigation Design Systems for Agricultural Crops, brings together the best research for efficient micro irrigation methods for field crops, focusing on design methods and best practices. Covering a multitude of topics, the book presents research and studies on: Indigenous alternatives for use of saline and alkali waters Hydraulic performance Distribution of moisture Fertigation technology Buried micro irrigation laterals Drip irrigation scheduling Rainwater harvesting Adoption and economic impact of a micro irrigation model This book is a must for those interested in irrigation planning and management, namely, researchers, scientists, educators, and students.
Author : Obayelu, Abiodun Elijah
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781522536321
Food security is essential to the advancement and development of economies and societies worldwide. The promotion of viable food structures is the most effective method of promoting food security. Food Systems Sustainability and Environmental Policies in Modern Economies is a relevant research publication that explores the importance of viable food structures as well as the critical positive impact these viable structures have on food security, nutrition, and poverty. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as irrigation schemes, agricultural input subsidies, and food cycles, this publication is geared toward professionals, researchers, and students seeking current research on viable food structures and their impact on society.
Author : Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Allen Kebba, and Nelson Ofwono
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Mywish K. Maredia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Assessing impacts of public investments has long captured the interest and attention of the development community. This paper presents the evolution of different methods and approaches used for ex ante appraisal, monitoring, project evaluation, and impact assessment over the last five decades. Among these tools, impact assessment (IA) conducted retrospectively comes closest to providing the proof of development effectiveness. It is defined as the systematic analysis of the significant or lasting changes in people's lives brought about by a given action or series of actions in relation to a counterfactual. There are three basic types of retrospective IAs: macro-level IAs that focus on the contribution of developmental efforts to an impact goal aggregated at a sector or a system level; micro-level impact evaluations (IEs) concerned with estimating the average effect of an intervention on outcomes at the beneficiary level; and micro-level ex post impact analysis concerned with total effects of a development effort after the outputs are scaled-up. Ex post IAs have evolved and expanded over the decades in both breadth and depth of analysis in response to evolving development themes and methodological advancements. The increased emphasis on learning from evaluations has also seen responses from both quantitative and qualitative camps of the evaluation community. The paper argues that generation of robust knowledge that feeds into making developmental policies and investment decisions requires a hierarchical and cumulative approach to "improving the proof" through rigorous and a variety of impact assessment methods applied incrementally at the project, program and system level. Subjecting as many development interventions as resources allow to rigorous impact assessment based on a common framework can help build a critical body of evidence on impacts of development interventions, which can then be subjected to meta-analyses to help assimilate results across different studies and build a knowledge base on what works and what does not.
Author : James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, Xinshen Diao, Henrietta Kalinda, and Thomson Kalinda
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Ruth Vargas Hill
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Channing Arndt, Rui Benfica, Finn Tarp, James Thurlow, and Rafael Uaiene
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall, the biofuel investment trajectory analyzed increases Mozambique's annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduces the incidence of poverty by about 6 percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production technology. An outgrower approach to producing biofuels is more pro-poor, due to the greater use of unskilled labor and accrual of land rents to smallholders, compared with the more capital-intensive plantation approach. Moreover, the benefits of outgrower schemes are enhanced if they result in technology spillovers to other crops. These results should not be taken as a green light for unrestrained biofuels development. Rather, they indicate that a carefully designed and managed biofuels policy holds the potential for substantial gains.
Author : Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Christen McCool, and Franklin Simtowe
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Agriculture employs three-quarters of the population of Malawi. It makes up more than forty percent of the economy and sixty percent of all exports. Yet productivity in agriculture--measured as the amount of output for a given amount of inputs--is considerably lower than it could be, given Malawi's agricultural resources. Efforts to expand the economy and reduce poverty must involve agriculture. Where should the Government of Malawi invest?
Author : Rosamond L. Naylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199398546
Hundreds of millions of people still suffer from chronic hunger and food insecurity despite sufficient levels of global food production. The poor's inability to afford adequate diets remains the biggest constraint to solving hunger, but the dynamics of global food insecurity are complex and demand analysis that extends beyond the traditional domains of economics and agriculture. How do the policies used to promote food security in one country affect nutrition, food access, natural resources, and national security in other countries? How do the priorities and challenges of achieving food security change over time as countries develop economically? The Evolving Sphere of Food Security seeks to answer these two important questions and others by exploring the interconnections of food security to security of many kinds: energy, water, health, climate, the environment, and national security. Through personal stories of research in the field and policy advising at local and global scales, a multidisciplinary group of scholars provide readers with a real-world sense of the opportunities and challenges involved in alleviating food insecurity. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, management of HIV/AIDS, the establishment of an equitable system of land property rights, and investment in solar-powered irrigation play an important role in improving food security---particularly in the face of global climate change. Meanwhile, food price spikes associated with the United States' biofuels policy continue to have spillover effects on the world's rural poor with implications for stability and national security. The Evolving Sphere of Food Security traces four key areas of the food security field: 1) the political economy of food and agriculture; 2) challenges for the poorest billion; 3) agriculture's dependence on resources and the environment; and 4) food in a national and international security context. This book connects these areas in a way that tells an integrated story about human lives, resource use, and the policy process.
Author : David J. Spielman,Rajul Pandya-Lorch
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The world has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. While, in 1960, roughly 30 percent of the world's population suffered from hunger and malnutrition, today less than 20 percent doessome five billion people now have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains by increasing food supplies, reducing food prices, and creating new income and employment opportunities for some of the world's poorest people.This book examines where, why, and how past interventions in agricultural development have succeeded. It carefully reviews the policies, programs, and investments in agricultural development that have reduced hunger and poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the past half century. The 19 successes included here are described in in-depth case studies that synthesize the evidence on the intervention's impact on agricultural productivity and food security, evaluate the rigor with which the evidence was collected, and assess the tradeoffs inherent in each success. Together, these chapters provide evidence of "what works" in agricultural development.
Author : Alejandro Nin Pratt and Bingxin Yu
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Sébastien Jean, David Laborde, and Will Martin
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX