Regional developments [In 2014-2015 Global food policy report]

Ousmane Badiane, Julia Collins, Tsitsi Makombe, Clemens Breisinger (), Perrihan Al-Riffai, Olivier Ecker, Danielle Resnick (), Kamiljon Akramov, Allen Park, Pramod Kumar Joshi, Kevin Z. Chen, C. Peter Timmer and Maximo Torero

Chapter 9 in 2014-2015 Global food policy report, 2015, pp 73-94 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions; in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The individual regional sections cover many critical topics: 1. Renewed focus on the role of agriculture in broad economic growth, poverty reduction, and food and nutrition security in Africa 2. Policy reforms in fuel subsidies, agriculture, and food trade in the Middle East and North Africa 3. Economic challenges and opportunities for Central Asia’s food system 4. Responses to high food inflation and climatic risk in South Asia 5. Laying of the groundwork for multilateral cooperation on food policy in East Asia 6. Progress in South-South learning initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean tempered by weather and other shocks

Keywords: gender; refugees; exports; infectious diseases; economic development; agricultural policies; agricultural research; volatility; stunting; smallholders; land use; children; hygiene; land rights; conflicts; water use; diet; poverty; rural areas; obesity; climate change; undernutrition; nutrition policies; food policies; land tenure; indicators; sustainability; hunger; food safety; malnutrition; aquaculture; nutrition; markets; trade; epidemics; drought; agricultural development; food security; migration; risk; fisheries; food prices; public expenditure; women; governance; capacity building; South America; Eastern Africa; Southern Asia; Africa; Central Asia; Latin America; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Asia; Southern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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