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Estimating the Number of People Eating Biofortified Foods On-Farm and from Markets: a Detailed Methodology and Tool

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: Biofortification is a cost-effective and scalable approach to reducing micronutrient deficiencies. Currently, there are scant data detailing the number (reach) and proportion (coverage) of individuals consuming biofortified foods, which is a ...
Richard Alioma, Rita Wegmüller, Bho Mudyahoto, James P Wirth, Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Munawar Hussain, Erick Boy   +6 more
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
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2020 Global food policy report: Building inclusive food systems

Food systems are at a critical juncture—they are evolving quickly to meet growing and changing demand but are not serving everyone’s needs. Building more inclusive food systems can bring a wide range of economic and development benefits to all people ...
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
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Food Security: Self–Sufficiency of Rice in Malaysia

International Journal of Management Studies, 2011
Malaysia’s stance on food security is largely translated in terms of achieving self-sufficiency in rice production at about 65-70% of the local consumption. Since Malaysia does not have the comparative advantage in rice production, it implements a wide
Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Emmy Farha Alias, Kusairi Mohd Noh, Muhammad Tasrif   +3 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Governance of the wildlife trade and the prevention of emerging zoonoses: a mixed methods network analysis of transnational organisations, silos, and power dynamics

Globalization and Health
Introduction The wildlife trade is an important arena for intervention in the prevention of emerging zoonoses, and leading organisations have advocated for more collaborative, multi-sectoral approaches to governance in this area. The aim of this study is
Chloe Clifford Astbury, Anastassia Demeshko, Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Ryan McLeod, Mary Wiktorowicz, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Katherine Cullerton, Kirsten M. Lee, Arne Ruckert, A. M. Viens, Peter Tsasis, Tarra L. Penney   +11 more
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Getting Ahead of the Game: Experiential Learning for Groundwater Governance in Ethiopia

International Journal of the Commons
Groundwater management is highly complex, with many users sharing the same resource often with limited understanding of their interconnectedness. Behavioral experiments (games) that simulate real-life common-pool resource use have shown promise as an ...
Hagar ElDidi, Wei Zhang, Ivy Blackmore, Fekadu Gelaw, Caterina De Petris, Natnael Teka, Seid Yimam, Dawit Mekonnen, Claudia Ringler, Ruth Meinzen-Dick   +9 more
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Do Universal Free School Meals Improve the Dietary Quality of Food‐At‐Home Purchases?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since 2014, the number of schools offering universal free meals to all enrolled children without requiring annual meal applications has increased meaningfully. Using USDA's Purchase to Plate Crosswalk, a difference‐in‐differences framework, and a nationwide consumer panel, the effect of universal‐free‐meal exposure on the diet quality of food ...
Xueying Ma, Andres Cuadros‐Meñaca, Michael R. Thomsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source