books by International Food Policy Research Institute     books:     International Food...      Household Decisions, Gender, and Development: A Synthesis of Recent Research (International Food Policy ... International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004 What does the latest research tell us about gender and development? This book summarizes the research results and policy implications of 27 studies on the subject. The findings in this book are grounded in empirical, quantitative evidence, but they are presented in nontechnical language. The book is organized according to the following broad ...             The Future of Food: Biotechnology Markets and Policies in an International Setting International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001 What is the future of food? Everyone agrees that feeding the world in the decades ahead will require substantial increases in crop yields. But how we get there has become a remarkably contentious question because of biotechnology. What should be biotechnology's role in assuring affordable and sustainably grown food for all? How we answer this ...             The Politics of Precaution: Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries (International Food Policy ... Robert L. Paarlberg International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001 Genetically modified (GM) food crops have inspired increasing controversy over the past decade. By the mid-1990s they were widely grown in the U.S., Canada, and Argentina, but precautionary regulations continue to limit their use elsewhere. The restrictive policies of Europe and Japan toward GM crops have been much discussed. Less attention has ...             Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization (International Food Policy Research Institute) International Food Policy Research Institute, 1995 In Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization, John Mellor brings together a distinguished group of contributors to examine the lessons drawn from those less developed countries whose success in agricultural development accelerated growth of other sectors, with favorable effects on overall growth, employment, income distribution, and dispersal ...             The Triangle of Microfinance: Financial Sustainability, Outreach, and Impact (International Food Policy ... International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003 Since the 1980s when the microfinance revolution began, much has been accomplished, but the field became more refined in the 1990s as a result of shifts in paradigms, strategies, and development practices. This volume addresses the three policy objectives that now occupy those who wish to use credit as a development tool: financial sustainability ...             Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Teklu, ... International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000 Though famine has affected many parts of the world in the twentieth century, the conditions that produce famine -- extreme poverty, armed conflict, economic and political turmoil, and climate shocks -- are now most prevalent in Africa. Researchers differ on how to address this problem effectively, but their arguments are often not informed by ...             Sustainability, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation: A Policy and Agroecological Perspective (International Food ... International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000 Developing countries are under enormous pressure to produce more food for their growing populations, conserve natural resources, and reduce poverty. In the short term, however, these objectives may compete with one another. This book focuses in particular on the interactions between agricultural growth and environment and between environment and ...             Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy over GM Crops (International Food Policy ... Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Ebbe Schiøler International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001 In recent years the media have reported, frequently with alarm, on the increasing use of genetically modified crops in agriculture. Some groups have expressed concern about consumer safety and the risks of large-scale ecosystem damage. Others have noted the resulting shift of power away from locally controlled farming operations toward large ...             Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization (International Food Policy Research Institute) C. Ford Runge, Benjamin Senauer, ... International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003 An excellent read!! As a student of international health policy, I found this book contributed greatly to developing my own perspective on the plight of global hunger and the issues surrounding food security policy. It was an interesting read, easy to comprehend, and very well written. ...             Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa (International Food Policy Research Institute) Mylène Kherallah International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002 The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the great challenges for the international development community. Eliminating hunger and promoting widespread growth in the region inevitably involves agriculture, given its central role in the region's economies. Over the past 20 years, most African governments ...             What's Economics Worth?: Valuing Policy Research (International Food Policy Research Institute) International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004 In an era of limited research resources and limitless research needs, demonstrating the worth of any research discipline to policymakers and administrators is a prerequisite for obtaining future funding and making an impact in policy matters. Economists have worked diligently in developing both quantitative and qualitative indicators of the value ...             Land and Schooling: Transferring Wealth across Generations (International Food Policy Research Institute ... Agnes R. Quisumbing, Jonna P. Estudillo, ... International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003 In rural societies, passing down land and providing an education are the main ways parents assure the future welfare of their children. If, however, parents educate their sons and not their daughters and only sons inherit land, women will be worse off compared to men. Is the distribution of income and welfare between men and women changing? While ...          products you might be interested in search for books agroecological, biotechnology, globalization, industrialization, international, sustainability      geepe.com    web randomly chosen VHS: Mother Lode