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Showing 1 to 20 of 919 for “"food security"”.
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The Cross Border Food Security of Vuntut Gwitchin Food Security
… challenges in accessing and securing traditional foods for household consumption. While commercial foods have become more readily available, the nutritional quality is far inferior to traditional wild foods. Maintaining access to reliable and nutritious food sources is a part of a larger social …
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Food Security Survey Research
… livelihood for most people in Mombo Division the food security situation at the household level is still unsatisfactory. To find out the courses of food insecurity, the survey was carried out to 300 households, focus group discussion, documentary review and field visit using both qualitative and …
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Essays on food security
My three dissertation essays explore food security questions in Ethiopia, Philippines and India. Specifically, I estimate how food security responds to (1) land degradation in Ethiopian highlands, (2) domestic marketing policies in Philippines, and (3) trade protection policies in India. In my …
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Food security in India
… the role of social safety nets in providing food security and income stability in developing economies. The first two chapters study the effectiveness of one of the world's largest safety net program - India's Public Distribution System (PDS). The first chapter examines the impact of the …
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Growing Food Security: The Impact of Community Gardens on Food Security in Denver, Colorado
… additionally increase community and individual food security by providing fresh food to those who struggle to feed themselves and their families. This study examined the relationship between community gardens and increased food security in Denver, and is one of the first studies of its kind in …
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The reformed Committee on World Food Security and the global governance of food security
… explores the reformed UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) as an institution addressing a changed world, and as an illustration of evolving global food security governance. The research sets out to answer the extent to which the CFS is realising its reform objectives and how it is …
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Factors affecting the food security status and participation in food security intervention programmes in Maphumulo
This study assessed the factors affecting the food security status and participation in food security intervention programmes in Maphumulo. A number of food security intervention programmes were introduced in KZN Province to ensure food security. However, household food security status remains a …
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Food Security and Preferential Trade Agreements
… seen as an opportunity for or threat to food security. Until now there is no consensus on the (empirical) impact in the literature. First, I analyse the impact of PTAs on food security across 93 low and middle income countries for 1990-2014. To take into account some of the multifaceted …
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Two essays on food security in Zimbabwe
The issue of food security is still a critical problem for international development. There is still no single solution for this global concern therefore research must be able to narrow down the determinants in order to mitigate the harmful effects such as child malnutrition. This thesis will …
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Climate change and food security: effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the Sahel of northern Nigeria
… effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the semi-arid land of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The rural population in northeast Nigeria depends on agricultural resources for food security and employment, as about 80% of the population depends on agriculture. This makes …
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Student food security: the (dis)connection between student food experiences, sustainability and green spaces from the lens of food security
The food security of university students in South Africa is an area of research which is becoming increasingly researched and recognised. Internationally, there has been research into university student food security, recognition of student food insecurity and the links to academic success, and the …
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Three essays on food security and dietary diversity
The concern for food security is a cornerstone in the development process for every country. This dissertation is examining food security from three perspectives. First, chapter one explores the most important economic and developmental factors leading to food security and combines these factors in …
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Global Food Security Under Climate-Water-Energy Nexus
… climate change, etc. threaten the global food security. The focus of this study is to advance the understanding of the associations between crops productivity and large scale and local scale climatic variables, climate change, technology enhancement and assessing food-water-energy nexus to …
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Pakistan’s Food Security from Wheat Value Chain Perspective
… of Pakistan is also central to the nation’s food security and is intimately entangled with the national politics. Thus, the case study of Pakistan’s wheat economy offered an opportunity to explore the complexities of relationships among different actors at local, regional and national levels …
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Global food security: Drivers, measurement, and humanitarian response
… and humanitarian response dimensions of global food insecurity. The first study, based in Zambia, shows that increases in the price of milk during the critical weaning period are associated with higher risks of child stunting in urban areas. The second study evaluates aid allocation in …
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Complementary factors in agricultural investment and food security
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Three essays on machine learning and food security
… the interactions between weather shocks, food prices, food policy and food security. Food insecurity has resurfaced to be a vital issue in the past two decades in sub-Saharan Africa. Income and price shocks that endanger food security could from different aspects, including drought, flood, …
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Wild Foods for Sustainable Food Security and Nutrition
… need to re-evaluate how we produce quality food if we are to meet goals to reduce all forms of malnutrition and environmental and climate commitments. Whilst dominant paradigms around agriculture and environmental conservation have tended to view food production and sustainability goals as …
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The role of African leafy vegetables in food security
… We found that ALVs play an important role in food security and that critical differences exist between formal and informal sectors. Women play a stronger role in informal sectors, but the balance between the formal and informal markets is changing, and this may jeopardize the incomes of many …
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Food Security Crop Price Transmission and Formation in Nigeria
… and operations of markets for seven key food security crops (cassava, cowpeas, maize, millet, rice, sorghum, and yams) in Nigeria.</p> <p>Chapter 2 is an empirical analysis of the current agricultural statistics system in Nigeria. A number of sources gather and report agricultural …
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