New from IFPRI on nutrition

التصدي لتزايد انعدام الأمن الغذائي في مصر في وقت التحول

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:10 -0400

إن الدروس المستفادة من تجارب البلدان الأخرى ومحاولات إصلاح الدعم السابقة في مصر تشير إلى أن التوصل إلى تفهم (لماذا ينبغي أن يحصل الأغنياءعلى الدعم؟ )وإدارة التوقعات (ما الذي سيحصل عليه السكان في المقابل؟)هي أمور ذات أهمية حاسمة للنجاح. وبالإضافة إلى ذلك، هناك فحاجة إلى ىنظام للرصد والتقييم المسبق لإفادة عملية صنع القرار ويجب أن يتعلم واضعي السياسات وأن يقوموا بالتكيف على أساس ذلك أثناء عملية الإصلاح. وأخيراً،فإنه من المرجح أن يكون إصلاح الدعم أكثر نجاحا إذا ما تم ادراجه بشكل متكامل ضمن استراتيجية وطنية أوسع نطاقا للتنمية والأمن الغذائي.

ما بعد الصحوة العربية

اقتصادات الصحوة العربية

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ifpriwfppn_egypt_ar.pdf(375.2KB)

Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in a time of transition

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:49:23 -0400

Owing to a succession of crises and worsening poverty, food security in Egypt started to deteriorate as early as 2005. These crises included the avian influenza epidemic in 2006; the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2007–2009; a further rallying of global food prices starting in late 2010; and the challenging macroeconomic context that followed political instability in the wake of the 2011 revolution. Household food insecurity and child malnutrition have risen significantly, and food subsidies are an important part of the country’s safety net.

Economics of the Arab awakening

Beyond the Arab awakening

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ifpriwfppn_egypt.pdf(337.6KB)

Food Security and Nutrition in Egypt

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:58:42 -0400

Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years according to joint reports released today by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the government’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Press Release

Food Security and Nutritional Status in Egypt Worsening Amidst Economic Challenges

Country:

Egypt

Related Publications:

Beyond the Arab awakening

Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in a time of transition

Do you know someone who has transformed thinking and action on nutrition?

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:27:09 -0400

Originally posted on the Transform Nutrition blog.

Transform Nutrition, in support of the efforts of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, have launched a new initiative to find the ‘unsung heroes’ of nutrition at national or local levels. Nominations are now welcome. Deadline is 30 June 2013.

Further information and nomination form.

Paying attention to nutrition post-2015

Marcia MacNeil — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:50:30 -0400

As 2015—the target date for the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—looms closer, the international community is reviewing how far we have come, and asking what new standards should be set in the development goals after 2015. Nutrition, policy, and advocacy experts recently gathered to discuss that very question.

The impact of irrigation on nutrition, health, and gender

Indira Yerramareddy — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:31:10 -0400

Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) is still largely rainfed. SSA also exhibits the lowest crop yields for major staples in the world, largely due to low use of irrigation and fertilizer. Rainfed agriculture poses growing production risks with increased climate variability and change. At the same time, smallholder irrigation in the region developed rapidly over the past decade, albeit starting from very low levels.

Reshaping agriculture for nutrition and health

Malaria and agriculture

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ifpridp01259.pdf(1.1MB)

New South Asia research program promotes regional cooperation to fight undernutrition

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:52:51 -0400

Despite rapid economic growth in South Asia, its rates of child undernutrition remain the highest in the world, with nearly half of children stunted or underweight. Progress to reduce these rates is extremely slow. Ironically, most people in the region make their living from farming, which researchers say, offers great potential for improving nutrition.

Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales 2011

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:03:55 -0400

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2011 Global Food Policy Report: Preview

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oc72es.pdf(7.4MB)

Food Security Futures I

admin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:15:32 -0400

Contact/RSVP:

For more information, please contact Maria Theresa Tenorio at m.t.tenorio@cgiar.org

Location:

Dublin, Ireland

The first Food Security Futures conference will bring together senior researchers from CGIAR and FAO to present their perspectives on research priorities for the 21st century. The conference is being held in Dublin, Ireland, the week before the EU Presidency (held the by Irish government) Meeting on ‘Hunger – Nutrition – Climate Justice: Making Connections for a More Sustainable World’, 15-16 April 2013.

Cash, food, or vouchers?

Indira Yerramareddy — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:41:36 -0400

The debate over whether to provide food assistance and the form that this assistance should take has a long history in economics. Despite the ongoing debate, little rigorous evidence exists that compares food assistance in the form of cash versus in-kind. This paper uses a randomized evaluation to assess the impacts and cost-effectiveness of cash, food vouchers, and food transfers. We find that all three modalities significantly improve the quantity and quality of food consumed.

Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh

Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America

Must conditional cash transfer programs be conditioned to be effective?

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ifpridp01234.pdf(1.9MB)

Are we headed for a “food cliff”?

Peter Shelton — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:09:10 -0400

By now, most Americans have heard of the pending “fiscal cliff,” but have they heard of the “food cliff?” According to Josette Sheeran, Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and former Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), falling off this precipice could have even more dire and far-reaching consequences than America’s financial woes, and would be felt throughout the world for generations to come.

Large-Scale Nutrition Research Project Launched on World Food Day

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:25:18 -0400

Undernutrition is the underlying cause of death for 2.6 million pre-school children every year—one-third of all child deaths in that age group. For those who survive, poor nutrition undermines school performance and later earning capacity. And still, with human and economic costs so high, the world has made little progress in slowing the rate of undernutrition.

Costly posturing

Indira Yerramareddy — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:04:20 -0400

Participating in and presenting gifts at funerals, weddings, and other ceremonies held by fellow villagers have been regarded as social norms in Chinese villages for thousands of years. However, it is more burdensome for the poor to take part in these social occasions than for the rich. Because the poor often lack the necessary resources, they are forced to cut back on basic consumption, such as food, in order to afford a gift to attend the social festivals.

Peer effects, risk pooling, and status seeking

Positional spending and status seeking in rural China

The role of elected and appointed village leaders in the allocation of public resources

China has reached the Lewis turning point

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ifpridp01206.pdf(1.3MB)

Agriculture For Nutrition and Health website

admin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:08:37 -0400

Agricultural practices, interventions, and policies can be better adapted and redesigned to maximize health and nutrition benefits and to reduce health risks. The primary focus of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) will be on improving human nutrition and health by bringing together research and development professionals across the agriculture, nutrition, and health (ANH) sectors to jointly tackle key challenges and design joint solutions.

Agriculture For Nutrition and Health website

Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health

Improving the nutrition and health of poor people

Gender assessment of the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Indira Yerramareddy — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:02:02 -0400

Based on the 2011 Global Hunger Index, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the most severe level of hunger and malnutrition. There is growing recognition that development in the agriculture sector and increasing productivity will be critical to reverse this trend. A growing set of literature looks at gender disparity in access to critical inputs, knowledge and markets, which have been shown to contribute to low productivity and nutrition insecurity.

Resource-rich yet malnourished

Institutional and capacity challenges in agricultural policy process

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ifpridp01201.pdf(1.1MB)

Toward an integrated approach for addressing malnutrition in Zambia

Indira Yerramareddy — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:53:07 -0400

Due to the predominance of direct, specific interventions in nutrition for development, the health sector tends to own nutrition, with interventions customarily implemented through health programs. The idea that the agriculture sector should also be a vehicle for improved nutrition is intuitive, but this sector often delivers neither good nutrition nor food security to the most vulnerable in the population.

Understanding the links between agriculture and health

Agriculture and health in the policymaking process

Cross-sectoral coordination in the public sector

Working multisectorally in nutrition

Reshaping agriculture for nutrition and health

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ifpridp01200.pdf(1.2MB)

Agriculture, income, and nutrition linkages in India

Indira Yerramareddy — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:04:27 -0400

India contains the majority of the world’s malnourished children, yet malnutrition has declined only very slowly in recent years, despite rapid economic growth and apparent improvements in food security. Understanding and addressing the causes of malnutrition in India is therefore a critically important objective. Most research on these issues has focused on nutrition-specific interventions rather than the broader economic processes that also influence nutritional change.

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ifpridp01195.pdf(802.5KB)

What dimensions of women’s empowerment matter most for child nutrition?

Indira Yerramareddy — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:49:29 -0400

Child malnutrition rates in Bangladesh continue to remain among the highest in the world. This Asian enigma of persistent malnutrition despite growth in the overall economy is often attributed to the low status of women. It is against this backdrop of higher economic growth and stagnating malnutrition rates that this paper examines the role played by women’s empowerment and endowments in relation to childhood malnutrition in Bangladesh.

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ifpridp01192.pdf(542KB)

Unattended but not undernourished

Indira Yerramareddy — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:32:32 -0400

The unprecedented, large-scale, rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their parents. Yet the consequences for child development of living without one or more parents due to migration are largely unknown. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on one measure of child development, the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the interaction terms of wage growth in provincial capital cities with initial village migrant networks as instrumental variables to account for migration selection.

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ifpridp01191.pdf(1.1MB)

Rapport sur les politiques alimentaires mondiales en 2011

admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:03:45 -0400

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2011 Politiques alimentaires mondiales rapport: Aperçu

2011 Global Food Policy Report - All Related Video

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