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Climate Change, Food and Nutrition Security, and Human Capital
This chapter looks into how climate change affects food security and nutrition, with implications for human capital formation and labor productivity....
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Evolution of India’s Policy Response to Hunger, Nutrition, and Food Security Since Independence
At the time of its independence, India did not have enough production of food grains to meet its domestic demand and had to depend on imports. The...
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Degrowth, Diversity and Decentralisation: Building Sustainable Food Systems for Food and Nutrition Security
Modern agricultural and food systems have caused immense damage to human health and the environment. To build sustainable food systems for food and...
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Exploring the nexus between poor governance and household food security
A cross-sectional-based study was conducted in Torghar Pakistan to analyze the association between impacts of poor governance and household food...
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Do various dimensions of food security affect household welfare differently? An empirical investigation of India's national food security act
This paper examines the impact of various dimensions of food security under India’s National Food Security Act on household welfare based on a...
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Impact of COVID-19, Lockdowns and Economic Slowdown on Food and Nutrition Security in India
The two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in India have resulted in widespread food insecurity and hunger in the country as a result of the burden of...
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Map** the Food Security Situation in Rural Bihar and Jharkhand: Insights from Two Food Security Atlases
The paper draws from the district-level food security atlases of rural Bihar and Jharkhand prepared by the Institute for Human Development (IHD). The...
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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment and Political Stability on Food Security: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries
This paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and political stability on food security (SDGs2) in Sub-Saharan African...
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Predicting the differences in food security with and without the Russia–Ukraine conflict scenarios over different regions of the world
The Russia–Ukraine conflict has caused a global food security crisis, impacting sustainable development goals. Predicting the crisis’s impact on food...
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Achieving Food Security Through a Food Systems Lens
Achieving food security for the global population of 8 billion will be a challenge without functional, equitable, and resilient food systems. This...
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Economics of Nutrition
This chapter brings together two broad sets of wicked challenges facing humanity today: climate change and malnutrition. Policy, institutional, and...
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Strategies and Countermeasures for Food Security
On April 17, 2020, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee clearly outlined the need to “ensure food and energy security.” This marked a...
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Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda
Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there...
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Resilience, Food Security and Food Systems: Setting the Scene
The aim of this introduction chapter is twofold. First it will set the scene, frame the overarching problem and present the central question of this...
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Dietary Diversity, Nutrition and Food Safety
There is a coexistence of undernutrition, over-nutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies in India. A structural shift in the dietary pattern and...
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Modeling inequality in access to agricultural productive resources and socioeconomic determinants of household food security in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Women in rural communities remain the most vulnerable population in accessing agricultural productive resources with dire implications for food...
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Natural Disaster and Food Security in African Countries: Evidence from an Experimental Bayesian Spatial Model
This paper examines the effect of rainfall, temperature, and drought on sorghum, millets, wheat, and maize crops in Africa. Spatial Bayesian...
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A new insight impact of off-farm work on food security of smallholders: evidence of heterogeneous effects from Benin
This paper analyses the impact of participation in off-farm work on food security of farm households in Benin, with a focus on the presence of...
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Urban Food Security and Resilience
The concept of resilience within urban food systems has gained significant academic and policy focus in recent years. This aligns with the increased...
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Agricultural growth, farmers’ income and nutrition security: linkages and challenges
This paper compares the performance of agriculture in the recent years (2004–05 to 2012–13) with the preceding decade and provides an update on the...
