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Category : Food security
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Lao PDR Comprehensive Food Security & Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) : Data Collected in October-November 2006
Author: Lao PDR
Author: World Food Programme. Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food security
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Lao PDR
Author: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Author: Paavo ElistePublisher: Fao
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"The results of this study confirm the continuing structural transformation of the Lao rice sector which started a decade ago. To some extent, the sector transformations being led by inter related factors not strictly related to government rice sector policies, including: (i) continued GDP growth led by mineral and hydropower exports; (ii) increasing job opportunities in the non-tradable, non-agricultural sector, and in neighboring countries, associated with increasing incomes; (iii) increasing shortages of farm labour and an ageing farm population; (iv) increasing urbanization and related changes in food consumption patterns; and (v) stabilization of aggregate national rice consumption as a result of a declining population growth rate and gradual diversification of diets away from rice as a source of calories. Furthermore, emergence of new private sector driven export crops. The current situation, which decouples rice sector-related government policies between farm and post-farm, each governed by different sector line ministries, may no longer be efficient. The growth in the number of commercially-oriented rice farmers as shown by the 2010 agriculture census data means that investments in further productivity improvements need to be well articulated with measures to sustain a sound market environment and this has trade policy implications."--Publisher's description.
One Billion Hungry
Author: Gordon ConwayPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801466105
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further challenges.In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet. Conway addresses a series of urgent questions about global hunger: • How we will feed a growing global population in the face of a wide range of adverse factors, including climate change? • What contributions can the social and natural sciences make in finding solutions?• And how can we engage both government and the private sector to apply these solutions and achieve significant impact in the lives of the poor?Conway succeeds in sharing his informed optimism about our collective ability to address these fundamental challenges if we use technology paired with sustainable practices and strategic planning.Beginning with a definition of hunger and how it is calculated, and moving through issues topically both detailed and comprehensive, each chapter focuses on specific challenges and solutions, ranging in scope from the farmer's daily life to the global movement of food, money, and ideas. Drawing on the latest scientific research and the results of projects around the world, Conway addresses the concepts and realities of our global food needs: the legacy of the Green Revolution; the impact of market forces on food availability; the promise and perils of genetically modified foods; agricultural innovation in regard to crops, livestock, pest control, soil, and water; and the need to both adapt to and slow the rate of climate change. One Billion Hungry will be welcomed by all readers seeking a multifaceted understanding of our global food supply, food security, international agricultural development, and sustainability.
Water and Water Resource Management
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Contributed articles presented at a seminar held by North East India Council for Social Science Research, in May 1997; study on North East India.
Census of Agriculture
Author: Lower Mekong River Basin
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
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Category : Mekong River
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Geography of Poverty and Inequality in the Lao PDR
Author: Michael EpprechtPublisher:
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Category : Equality
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Rethinking School Feeding
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821379755
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This review was prepared jointly by the World Bank Group and the World Food Programme (WFP), building on the comparative advantages of both organizations. It examines the evidence base for school feeding programs with the objective of better understanding how to develop and implement effective school feeding programs in two contexts: a productive safety net, as part of the response to the social shocks of the global food, fuel and financial crises, and a fiscally sustainable investment in human capital, as part of long-term global efforts to achieve Education for All and provide social protect.