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288993: Intra-industry trade in biofuels: how environmental legislation fuels resource use and GHG emissions

Seth Meyer, Josef Schmidhuber and Jesús Barreiro-HurléPublication

288992: Who invests in agriculture and how much? An empirical review of the relative size of various investments in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries

Sarah K. Lowder, Brian Carisma and Jakob Skoet

288991: Adoption and intensity of adoption of conservation farming practices in Zambia

Aslihan Arslan, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, Solomon Asfaw and Andrea Cattaneo

288990: Post-Green Revolution food systems and the triple burden of malnutrition

Miguel Gomez, Christopher Barrett, Terri Raney, Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Janice Meerman, André Croppenstedt, Sarah K. Lowder, Brian Carisma and Brian Thompson

288989: Geographic determinants of rice self-sufficiency in Southeast Asia

David Dawe

288988: The economics and nutritional impacts of food assistance policies and programs

Erin C. Lentz and Christopher Barrett

288987: Food value chain transformations in developing countries - Selected hypotheses on nutritional implications

Miguel Gomez and Katie D. Ricketts

288986: Food system strategies for preventing micronutrient malnutrition

Dennis D. Millera and Ross M. Welcha

288985: Climate-Smart Agriculture? A review of current practice of agroforestry and conservation agriculture in Malawi and Zambia

David Kaczan, Aslihan Arslan and Leslie Lipper

288984: Nonlinear cointegration in the food-ethanol-oil system.Evidence from smooth threshold vector error correction models

Natalia Merkusheva

288983: What do we really know about the number and distribution of farms and family farms in the world? Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2014

Sarah K. Lowder, Jakob Skoet and Saumya Singh

288982: Contributing to the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition: lessons from Bangladesh

Marie Jo A. Cortijo

288981: Testing for bubbles in agricultural commodity markets

Francisco Areal, Kelvin Balcombe and George Rapsomanikis

288980: Climate variability, adaptation strategies and food security in Malawi

Solomon Asfaw, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, Aslihan Arslan, Andrea Cattaneo and Mutie Kachulu

288979: The challenges of managing agricultural price and production risks in sub-Saharan Africa

Lavinia Antonaci, Mulat Demeke and Antonio Vezzani

288978: Identifying the family farm. An informal discussion of the concepts and definitions

Elisabeth Garner and Ana Paula de la O Campos

288977: Food security impact of agricultural technology adoption under climate change. Micro-evidence from Niger

Solomon Asfaw, Federica Di Battista and Leslie Lipper

288976: Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia

Aslihan Arslan, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, Solomon Asfaw, Andrea Cattaneo and Misael Kokwe

288975: An in-depth review of the evolution of integrated public policies to strength family farms in Brazil

Mauro Eduardo Del Grossi and Vicente P.M. de Azevedo Marques

288974: Livelihood diversification and vulnerability to poverty in rural Malawi

Solomon Asfaw, Nancy McCarthy, Adriana Paolantonio, Romina Cavatassi, Mulubrhan Amare and Leslie Lipper

288973: Can budget support to the cotton sector be used more efficiently? An assessment of the policy support measures in Mali and Burkina Faso

Hélène Gourichon, Bouréma Kone, Barthélémy Lanos and Alban Mas Aparisi

288972: Agricultural transformation of middle-income Asian economies: diversification, farm size and mechanization

David Dawe

288971: A dynamic analysis of resilience in Uganda

d’Errico, Marco and Stefania Di Giuseppe

288970: Diversification strategies and adaptation deficit: Evidence from rural communities in Niger

Solomon Asfaw, Alessandro Palma and Leslie Lipper

288969: Smallholder productivity under climatic variability: Adoption and impact of widely promoted agricultural practices in Tanzania

Aslihan Arslan, Federico Belotti and Leslie Lipper

288968: Welfare impacts of climate shocks: evidence from Tanzania

Aslihan Arslan, Federico Belotti, Solomon Asfaw, Panagiotis Karfakis and Leslie Lipper

288967: Can smallholders double their productivity and incomes by 2030?

Orsolya Mikecz and Robert Vos

288966: The Global Agriculture Perspectives System (GAPS) Version 1.0

Aikaterini Kavallari, Piero Conforti and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

288965: Diversification under climate variability as part of a CSA strategy in rural Zambia

Aslihan Arslan, Romina Cavatassi, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, Federica Alfani and Misael Kokwe

288964: Linking farm diversification to household diet diversification: Evidence from a sample of Kenyan ultra-poor farmers

Mulat Demeke, Janice Meerman, Antonio Scognamillo, Alessandro Romeo and Solomon Asfaw

288963: Assessing the policy environment for cash crops in Malawi: what could hinder the achievement of the National Export Strategy objectives?

Hélène Gourichon, Alethia Cameron and Valentina Pernechele

288962: On the costs of being small: Case evidence from Kenyan family farms

Panagiotis Karfakis, Giulia Ponzini and George Rapsomanikis

288961: The 2012 crisis in Mali and its implications on resilience and food security

d’Errico, Marco, Francesca Grazioli and Aurélien Mellin

288960: Impacts of modifying Malawi's farm input subsidy programme targeting

Solomon Asfaw, Andrea Cattaneo, Giacomo Pallante and Alessandro Palma

288959: The relationships between food security and violent conflicts: The case of Colombia

Alexander Segovia

288958: The relationships between food security and violent conflicts: The case of El Salvador

Alexander Segovia

288957: Institutions, economic freedom and structural transformation in 11 sub-Saharan African countries

Alessandro Carraro and Panagiotis Karfakis

288956: The impact of markets and policy on incentives for rice production in Rwanda

Léopold Ghins and Karl Pauw

288955: Food security and armed conflict: a cross-country analysis

Stijn van Weezel

288954: Food security and conflict: Empirical challenges and future opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict

Charles Martin-Shields and Wolfgang Stojetz

288953: Cropping system diversification in Eastern and Southern Africa: Identifying policy options to enhance productivity and build resilience

Giuseppe Maggio, Nicholas Sitko and Ada Ignaciuk

288952: Climate resilience pathways of rural households: evidence from Ethiopia

Solomon Asfaw, Giuseppe Maggio and Alessandro Palma

288951: How do extreme weather events affect livestock herders' welfare? Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Valentina Conti, Nicholas Sitko and Ada Ignaciuk

288950: Paving the way to build the resilience of men and women. How to conduct a gender analysis of resilience

Gayatri Koolwal, d’Errico, Marco and Ilaria Sisto

288949: Climate-change vulnerability in rural Zambia: the impact of an El Nino-induced shock on income and productivity

Federica Alfani, Aslihan Arslan, Nancy McCarthy, Romina Cavatassi and Nicholas Sitko

288948: Economic development and the evolution of internal migration. Moving in steps, returnees, and gender differences

Andrea Cattaneo and Sherman Robinson

288947: Household vulnerability to food insecurity in the face of climate change in Paraguay

Paul A. Ervin and Lyliana Gayoso de Ervin

37087: Have recent increases in international cereal prices been transmitted to domestic economies? The experience in seven large Asian countries

David Dawe

23811: Conflicts, Rural Development and Food Security in West Africa

Margarita Flores

23810: Public Attitudes towards Agricultural Biotechnology

Thomas J. Hoban

23809: Monitoring Poverty without Consumption Data: an Application Using the Albania Panel Survey

Carlo Azzarri, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis and Alberto Zezza

23808: Poverty, Livestock and Household Typologies in Nepal

Irini Maltsoglou and Kiyoshi Taniguchi

23807: Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica

Suzi Kerr, Leslie Lipper, Alexander Pfaff, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy and Arturo Sanchez

23806: The Economic Impacts of Biotechnology-Based Technological Innovations

Greg Traxler

23805: Private Research and Public Goods: Implications of Biotechnology for Biodiversity

Terri Raney and Prabhu L. Pingali

23804: Interactions between the Agricultural Sector and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Implications for Agricultural Policy

Thomas Jayne, Marcela Villarreal, Prabhu L. Pingali and Gunter Hemrich

23803: Resource Abundance, Poverty and Development

Erwin Bulte, Richard Damania and Robert T. Deacon

23802: Investing in agriculture for growth and food security in the ACP countries

Jacob Skoet, Kostas Stamoulis and Annelies Deuss

23801: Being poor, feeling poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania

Calogero Carletto and Alberto Zezza

23800: Identifying the factors that influence small-scale farmers' transaction costs in relation to seed acquisition

Lone B. Badstue

23799: Valuation methods for environmental benefits in forestry and watershed investment projects

Romina Cavatassi

23798: Food insecurity and vulnerability in Viet Nam: Profiles of four vulnerable groups

Food Security and Agricultural Projects Analysis Service (ESAF)

23797: Internal mobility and international migration in Albania

Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, Marco Stampini, Stefano Trento and Alberto Zezza

23796: Globalisation of Indian diets and the transformation of food supply systems

Prabhu Pingali and Yasmeen Khwaja

23795: Westernization of Asian diets and the transformation of food systems: Implications for research and policy

Prabhu Pingali

23794: Understanding vulnerability to food insecurity: Lessons from vulnerable livelihood profiling

Christian Romer Lovendal, Marco Knowles and Naoko Horii

23793: Food insecurity and vulnerability in Nepal: Profiles of seven vulnerable groups

Food Security and Agricultural Projects Analysis Service (ESAF)

23792: Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behaviour from location

Suzi Kerr, Alexander Pfaff, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Leslie Lipper, Arturo Sanchez and Jason Timmins

23791: Estimating poverty over time and space: Construction of a time-variant poverty index for Costa Rica

Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis and Leslie Lipper

23790: National agricultural biotechnology research capacity in developing countries

Joel Cohen, John Komen and Jose Falck Zepeda

23789: Agricultural policy indicators

Timothy Josling and Alberto Valdes