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Manual/guidelines, 2012
The purpose of this Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Technical Manual Version 2.0 is to provide food security analysts with technical standards and guidelines for conducting IPC analysis. Version 2.0 introduces revised standards based...
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Economic growth is necessary but not sufficient to accelerate reduction of hunger and malnutrition
Major report, 2012
The 2012 edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World focuses on the importance of economic growth in overcoming poverty, hunger and malnutrition. We are pleased to note that many, though not all,...
ESA Working Paper 12-05
Working paper, 2012
Price uncertainty is a major constraint to a sustained increase in staple food production. This paper reviews the trends and patterns of addressing this age-old problem over the course of the past several decades. Farmers...
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Online discussions that make a difference
Book/book chapter, 2012
This special publication showcases some of the FSN Forum's most significant discussions in recent years, on central topics and trends in food security, nutrition, and beyond. From food security concepts to climate change, and from...
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ESA Working Paper 12-04
Working paper, 2012
The paper reviews the existing literature on fertilizer subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa and provides a coherent analysis of both the theoretical underpinnings and the results – or outcomes, when available – of existing fertilizer subsidy...
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Information product, 2012
EU legislation provides for monitoring (ex-post assessment) and reporting on the socio-economic implications of the deliberate release and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of...
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ESA Working Paper 12-03
Working paper, 2012
Current UN projections indicate that world population could increase by 2.25 billion people from today’s levels, reaching 9.15 billion by 2050. At the global level, agricultural production and consumption in 2050 are projected to be...
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ESA Working Paper 12-02
Working paper, 2012
Climate change is projected to change production conditions for agricultural producers globally. In the developing world, most of the projected changes will result in a reduction of agricultural productivity, with concomitant reductions in food security....
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Policy brief, 2012
In complex emergency situations such as that in Somalia, marred by violence, destitution and famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has managed to implement a large cash-for-work (CFW) programme. The...
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Keywords: somalia-cfw-note.pdf
Policy brief, 2012
Volatile and soaring food prices have been making headlines globally since 2007 with concerns over their negative impacts on the poor and their destabilizing social consequences in developing countries. Depending on published sources and local...
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