Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
This study provides a method for ex-ante estimation of the distributional welfare effects of a change in the yield of a crop using household survey data. We apply this method to estimate the impact of a 1... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Research Post: Informal traders in Africa’s cities: Coopted, coerced or just neglected?
BY DANIELLE RESNICK In early 2018, as Zambia’s capital of Lusaka faced a widening cholera epidemic, the country’s president called in police and the military to raze makeshift food stalls in the city. The Minister of Local Government also issued an ord... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
Evaluating the risk of climate change-induced aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts and maize: Result of modeling analyses in six countries
This policy note summarizes research that assessed the likely impact of climate change on aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts (in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria) and in maize (in Burkina Faso, Honduras, Guatemala, Nepal, Niger, and Nigeria), and the impact of temperature, precipitation, and soil types on aflatoxin contamination. A future goal is to improve the […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Evaluating risk of aflatoxin field contamination from climate change using new modules inside DSSAT
Aflatoxins affect the health of close to 70 percent of the population of the world through contaminated food. Smallholder farmers in developing countries can be especially hard hit, since they consume a high proportion of what they produce without a clear knowledge of the level of contamination their harvest might have. Climate change can cause […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Shaping Policy Discussions on Urbanization, Child Nutrition and Public Health in Nigeria: Seminars delivered in Cross River and Ebonyi states
In two research seminars held in Cross River (21 January 2019) and Ebonyi states (23 January 2019), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on behalf of the FtF Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project engaged 212 researchers and policy ana... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
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