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Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition
Major report, 2014
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where we stand...
Methodology Paper 2014
Book/book chapter, 2014
The food security commitment and capacity profile (FSCCP) is a tool that was developed by FAO to assess and track performance of national authorities in terms of their commitment and capacity to act on food...
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ESA Working Paper 14-09
Working paper, 2014
Agricultural production is prone to several risks which affect both producers and consumers. In order to enhance investment and achieve a sustained increase in production, coherent and integrated long-term strategies and policies are required to...
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ESA Working Paper 14-08
Working paper, 2014
This paper assesses farmers’ incentives and conditioning factors that hinder or promote adaptation strategies and evaluates its impact on crop productivity by utilizing household level data collected in 2011 from nationally representative sample households in...
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Contributing to the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition: lessons from Bangladesh
ESA Working Paper 14-06
Working paper, 2014
This paper assesses Bangladesh’s progress towards eradicating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, and how the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP) implemented by FAO and the Government of Bangladesh contributed to this progress. To...
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Technical study, 2014
Based on extensive research, document reviews and country level surveys, the report covers a broad range of food security and agricultural development policy decisions implemented over the period 2007-2012. More than 70 countries in Africa,...
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Book/book chapter, 2013
The synthesis report by FAO’s Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) unit, is the first ever attempt to systematically analyze agriculture and food security policies in several African countries, using common methodology over years....
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The multiple dimensions of food security
Major report, 2013
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. The latest assessment shows that further...
Country case study, 2013
The Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF) is the first global framework adopted by consensus, by governments, which systematically mainstreams the right to adequate food and human rights into policies relevant to...
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A research guide for the From Protection to Production project
Country case study, 2013
This Qualitative Research Guide describes in detail the sequencing and timing of the research process to be implemented in each country: training, fieldwork preparation and a simple and clear fieldwork roadmap. To achieve comparability and...
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