Food Policy Reforms In Central Asia

Author : Sandjar Djalalov,Suresh Chandra Babu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387297798

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Policy Reforms and Agriculture Development in Central Asia by Sandjar Djalalov,Suresh Chandra Babu Pdf

Achieving sustainable agricultural development is at the forefront of the poverty reduction objective of the Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Since independence, the countries of the Central Asian region have undergone a series of transition from centrally planned economies to a more market oriented system. Wide-ranging policy reforms have been implemented, although in varying degrees, in the five Central Asian countries. Despite great efforts by the countries and the external advice and efforts of international agencies to help them to follow a dynamic growth path, the progress in policy reforms has been frustratingly slow. Generating momentum to reorient the approach and the sequencing of policy reform packages will require rethinking of the policy reform process. This is particularly so in the food, agriculture, and natural resource sectors. This further requires improved understanding among the policymakers, donors, and international agencies of the impact of policy alternatives so that policy reforms and the speed with which they have been implemented are consistent with the objectives and the social and political realities of individual countries in the region. Involving the local policy research community in identifying critical issues and challenges, setting priorities among them for food and agricultural and natural resource policy research and analysis, and implementing joint research studies is the best way to generate knowledge on the impact of policy reforms and to increase ownership of policy design and implementation.

Author : Suresh Chandra Babu,Alisher Tashmatov,International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher : International Food Policy Research Inst
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0896297020

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Food Policy Reforms in Central Asia by Suresh Chandra Babu,Alisher Tashmatov,International Food Policy Research Institute Pdf

A wealth of information previously unavailable is contained in this book's examination of the emerging food policy issues in Central Asia. This book also identifies the relevant information gaps and sets priorities for policy research that can help reform the region's food, agriculture, and natural resource sectors.

Author : Thomas, Timothy S.,Akramov, Kamiljon T.,Robertson, Richard D.,Nazareth, Vijay,Ilyasov, Jarilkasin
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Climate change, agriculture, and potential crop yields in Central Asia by Thomas, Timothy S.,Akramov, Kamiljon T.,Robertson, Richard D.,Nazareth, Vijay,Ilyasov, Jarilkasin Pdf

Agriculture in Central Asia is vulnerable to climate change due to rising aridity, declining availability of water resources for irrigation, and low adaptive capacity. We use climate data from CMIP5 with RCP8.5 for greenhouse gas emissions and the DSSAT crop model to investigate how yields of key crops in Central Asia will be affected by climate change. We distinguish changes in yields between spring and winter plantings, between irrigated and rainfed crops, and between crops grown with high and low amounts of fertilizer. The results suggest that countries (and areas within countries) that either have moderate summers or grow a number of crops in a relatively cold winter will benefit from climate change, while countries that grow many of the crops in the summer will experience losses.

Author : Sandjar Djalalov,Suresh Chandra Babu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0387510443

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Policy Reforms and Agriculture Development in Central Asia by Sandjar Djalalov,Suresh Chandra Babu Pdf

Achieving sustainable agricultural development is at the forefront of the poverty reduction objective of the Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Since independence, the countries of the Central Asian region have undergone a series of transition from centrally planned economies to a more market oriented system. Wide-ranging policy reforms have been implemented, although in varying degrees, in the five Central Asian countries. Despite great efforts by the countries and the external advice and efforts of international agencies to help them to follow a dynamic growth path, the progress in policy reforms has been frustratingly slow. Generating momentum to reorient the approach and the sequencing of policy reform packages will require rethinking of the policy reform process. This is particularly so in the food, agriculture, and natural resource sectors. This further requires improved understanding among the policymakers, donors, and international agencies of the impact of policy alternatives so that policy reforms and the speed with which they have been implemented are consistent with the objectives and the social and political realities of individual countries in the region. Involving the local policy research community in identifying critical issues and challenges, setting priorities among them for food and agricultural and natural resource policy research and analysis, and implementing joint research studies is the best way to generate knowledge on the impact of policy reforms and to increase ownership of policy design and implementation.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,International Fund for Agricultural Development,United Nations Children's Fund,United Nations,United Nations Development Programme,World Food Programme,World Health Organization,World Meteorological Organization
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251376010

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Europe and Central Asia – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,International Fund for Agricultural Development,United Nations Children's Fund,United Nations,United Nations Development Programme,World Food Programme,World Health Organization,World Meteorological Organization Pdf

This report presents the latest updates related to food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores how governments are supporting the food and agriculture sector and how to repurpose policies and incentives to make healthy diets more affordable and agrifood systems more environmentally sustainable. The new estimates confirm that the prevalence of hunger at chronic or severe levels is relatively low in the ECA region, through the prevalence of food insecurity at moderate or severe levels can be quite high. The region is seeing alarmingly high – and rising – rates of overweight and obesity. The COVID-19 pandemic has added 25.5 million people in the region to the ranks of the moderately or severely food insecure, leaving them without access to safe, nutritious and adequate food. The war in Ukraine has made the situation worse. Almost all ECA subregions are experiencing increased costs and reduced affordability of healthy diets because of higher food prices and lower incomes. This report contains an in-depth analysis of the repurposing of food and agricultural policies to ensure the food systems transformation is better suited to addressing the “triple challenge” of achieving food security and good nutrition for better health, providing livelihoods to farmers and others connected to the sector, and reducing the nature and climate footprint of the sector. This report also reviews complementing policies within and outside of agrifood systems to assess whether repurposing efforts are impactful in the ECA region.

Author : Akramov, Kamiljon T.,Ilyasov, Jarilkasin,Park, Allen
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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2018 Global food policy report: Regional developments: Central Asia by Akramov, Kamiljon T.,Ilyasov, Jarilkasin,Park, Allen Pdf

After experiencing significant negative external shocks beginning in late 2014, the Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—began to enjoy more favorable external economic conditions in late 2016. Improvements include considerable increases in nonrenewable commodity prices and economic recovery in the region’s key trading partners, including resumption of growth in Russia, a key driver of remittance flows and trade for Central Asian economies.1 These favorable external factors increase economic activity and food security in Central Asia through their impact on export earnings, remittance flows, and investments from the region’s main economic partners.

Author : Brooks, Karen
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Agricultural transition in Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe: Ten lessons for Venezuela by Brooks, Karen Pdf

Thirty years have elapsed since the fall of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The collapse of political structures took with it regimes of highly administered management of agri-food systems. The shift from state management to markets has been generally known as the agricultural transition. The term is most frequently used in reference to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, but key features of a move from dominant state intervention to greater reliance on markets characterized reforms in China after 1978, Vietnam in 1986 and thereafter, and many countries in Africa south of the Sahara during the years of structural adjustment in the 1990s. The policy reforms that constitute an agricultural transition are intrinsically difficult and made even more so when undertaken under conditions of crisis-induced chaos. Lessons from countries that have undergone the process might be of use, either as guidance or cautionary notes, to leaders and civil society groups in countries such as Venezuela that may be embarking on a transition or swept into one by circumstance. The paragraphs below attempt to summarize lessons from the early transition in Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe in the 1990s.

Author : Djanibekov, N., Herzfeld, T.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251351758

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The impact of COVID-19 on agriculture, food and rural areas in Central Asia and Caucasus countries by Djanibekov, N., Herzfeld, T. Pdf

This report contributes to the project ‘Securing agriculture and rural development in times of COVID-19, pathways to regional responses for recovery, reforms, and resilience’ by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The objectives of the report are threefold: 1) to assess the multiple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture, food security, and rural community; 2) to review the policy responses taken by the governments of eight Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC) countries to mitigate the effects of the crisis, and 3) to provide contextual options to build the resilience of the agricultural sector during post-COVID-19 recovery and against future shocks.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251319895

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Food security and nutrition policy dialogues in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia 2016–2019 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This publication is a compendium of the main outcomes of the online stakeholder dialogue organized by the project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation, in collaboration with the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum). The publication presents an overview of the multiple topics that were discussed from 2017 onwards and provides the reader with a brief introduction to the main ideas and conclusions that emerged during these online consultations. In addition, this publication includes a series of short case studies that highlight good practices and lessons learned from school food and nutrition programmes and from the implementation of food security and nutrition policies in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. This publication provides an entry point to the current thinking on the topics covered and allows reader to learn from what initiatives, project and actives are presently being implemented.

Author : Timothy S. Thomas,Kamiljon Akramov,Richard D. Robertson,Vijay Nazareth,Jarilkasin Ilyasov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1356405844

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Climate Change, Agriculture, and Potential Crop Yields in Central Asia by Timothy S. Thomas,Kamiljon Akramov,Richard D. Robertson,Vijay Nazareth,Jarilkasin Ilyasov Pdf

Author : International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896293502

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2019 Global food policy report by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Pdf

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address a growing crisis in rural areas. Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. Policies, institutions, and investments that take advantage of new opportunities and technologies, increase access to basic services, create more and better rural jobs, foster gender equality, and restore the environment can make rural areas vibrant and healthy places to live and work. Drawing on recent findings, IFPRI researchers and other distinguished food policy experts consider critical aspects of rural revitalization.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251096598

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Europe and Central Asia: Regional Overview of Food Insecurity 2016 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The nature of food insecurity in Europe and Central Asia has changed substantially over the past 23 years due to pro-poor economic growth, particularly in the region's less wealthy countries. Today, the main household food insecurity issues concern malnutrition rather than a lack of access to food.

Author : Claudia Rokx,Rae Galloway,Lynn Brown
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821349953

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Prospects for Improving Nutrition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by Claudia Rokx,Rae Galloway,Lynn Brown Pdf

This report presents an overview of critical nutrition issues effecting the Eastern European and Central Asian (ECA) countries and suggests strategies for improvement. The ECA region is diverse in economic, political, and social structures, as are the nutrition problems in the region. The report finds that, in addition to poverty, lack of knowledge about basic nutrition among populations is also a key determinant of malnutrition in the ECA region.

Author : Nodir Djanibekov,Thomas Herzfeld,Pedro Marcelo Arias
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3959921276

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Food Policy Measures in Response to COVID-19 in Central Asia and the Caucasus by Nodir Djanibekov,Thomas Herzfeld,Pedro Marcelo Arias Pdf

Despite initial concerns of catastrophic outcomes, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown measures did not severely affect regional agriculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus. They did, however, affect food supply chains in terms of demand and logistics. Food prices were volatile throughout 2020 and particularly high in countries with currency depreciation. However, the on-going COVID-19 pandemic as a human and health crisis presents an ever increasing risk to the economies of Central Asia and the Caucasus. The global implications of the pandemic, combined with a decline in oil and gas exports and migrant remittances, could impede recovery and undermine economic stability in the region. Policymakers should avoid disrupting domestic food supply chains and placing barriers to trade through export bans and quotas. At the same time, they must ensure food security and reduced price volatility through diversified trade networks. Deeper domestic value chains and efficient management of public and private food stock reserves will better prepare countries to face the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Better-informed and targeted policy responses to a pandemic require improved national systems of nutrition research and monitoring, and timely availability of data not only relating to production but also to other levels of the agrifood chain.

Author : Glenn R. McNamara,Asele Surina
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313062285

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Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia by Glenn R. McNamara,Asele Surina Pdf

Russia and the newly independent states of Central Asia are struggling to reassert or create national identities and are receiving fresh attention from the West. After decades of oblivion, the vast Eurasian continent is once again divulging its intense cultural heritage and foodways to the international community. The diversity of food cultures within the former Soviet Union, with more than 100 distinct nationalities, is overwhelming, but this book brilliantly distills the main elements of contemporary cuisine and food-related customs for students and foodies. Vibrant descriptions of the legacy of the Silk Road; the classic foods such as kasha, pirogi, non (flatbread), pickles, and shashlyk (shish kebab); the over-the-top Moscow theme restaurants; and meals at the dacha and tea time are just some of the highlights. Russia and the newly independent states of Central Asia are struggling to reassert or create national identities and are receiving fresh attention from the West. After decades of oblivion, the vast Eurasian continent is once again divulging its intense cultural heritage and foodways to the international community. The diversity of food cultures within the former Soviet Union, with more than 100 distinct nationalities, is overwhelming, but Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia brilliantly distills the main elements of contemporary cuisine and food-related customs for students and foodies. Vibrant descriptions of the legacy of the Silk Road; the classic foods such as kasha, pirogi, non (flatbread), pickles, and shashlyk (shish kebab); the over-the-top Moscow theme restaurants; and meals at the dacha and tea time are just some of the highlights. After centuries of contact and conflict among peoples of Eurasia, Russian and Central Asian cuisines and culinary cultures have much in common. To understand one, the other must be considered as well. Russia and Central Asia cuisines share many ingredients, dishes, and customs. This volume strives to emphasize the evolving and multifaceted nature of the food cultures. Readers will be able to appreciate the ingredients, cooking methods, and traditions that make up the Eurasian foodways.