Crop Insurance for Agricultural Development: Issues and Experience (International Food Policy Research Institute)

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Seasonal Variability in Third World Agriculture: The Consequences for Food Security (International Food Policy Research Institute)

The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Hazell, Professor Peter B. R.

In this volume Per Pinstrup-Andersen brings together a distinguished group of leading authorities to extend the analysis of food and nutrition policy beyond the simple measurement of cost-effectiveness.Using qualitative as well as quantitative data from Asia, Latin America, and the United States, the authors ask how these policies are formulated within larger political and economic contexts and follow the impact of these policies on the populations involved. They contend that explicit consideration of economic as well as political trade-offs is likely to result in more realistic advice to governments, identification of opportunities for coalition-building, more effective government action, and reduced food insecurity and malnutrition.The book is divided into five parts. Part One provides evidence of national political economy issues related to food and nutrition. Part Two examines the impact of policies at the local and household levels. Part Three explores the relationship of nutrition and labor productivity. Part Four assesses future research needs and policy implications. Part Five offers general conclusions by the volume's editor.

The Political Economy of Food and Nutrition Policies (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Pinstrup-Andersen, Mr. Per

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 empirical analysis from a famine context. Broadening current theories and models of development for conquering famine, Famine in Africa grounds its findings in long-term empirical research, especially on the impact of famine on households and markets.
The authors present the results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. With these data, the authors explain the factors that cause famines and assess efforts to mitigate and prevent them. Famine in Africa is an important resource for international development specialists, students, and policymakers.
"A famine is a catastrophic disruption of the social, economic, and institutional systems that provide for food production, distribution, and consumption. For a long time famines have been considered anomalies -- crises that must be remedied by short-term relief activities so that the normal processes of development can be resumed... We now know differently. Famines can destroy not just life, but also the hope of development. They can make progress infinitely more difficult than it had been before. Relief operations alone, even if successful in terms of saving lives, are not a sound basis for a sustainable future. More -- much more -- is needed." -- from the Introduction

Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention (International Food Policy Research Institute)

von Braun, Professor Joachim

Teklu, Professor Tesfaye

Webb, Professor Patrick

Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh (International Food Policy Research Institute)

This book describes how Bangladesh transformed its food markets and food policies to free the country from the constant threat of famine. Since 1990, the Bangladeshi government has dismantled its food rationing system, privatized grain distribution, eased restrictions on international trade, and reduced its own presence in grain markets. The foundation for these developments was laid in the preceding decades. Improvements in agricultural science in the 1970s roughly doubled farm yields, while in the 1980s liberalization of irrigation restrictions, the lifting of import barriers to irrigation technology, and the privatization of fertilizer distribution rapidly increased rice cultivation. These increases in production, coupled with improvements in infrastructure and a more slowly growing and increasingly urban population, have substantially changed the structure of food grain markets, leading to increased marketing volumes, lower prices, and significantly larger private grain stocks.The book sets the Bangladeshi case in the larger context of the South Asian subcontinent and other developing countries in Asia. The authors examine the shifting structure of supply and demand in the grain markets, the history of government intervention in those markets, and the more recent changes that altered the arguments for such intervention and led to policy changes. The case of Bangladesh also has more general relevance as a study of the outcomes of a market-oriented reform program.Contributors are Raisuddin Ahmed, Steven Haggblade, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Akhter U. Ahmed, A.W. Nuruddin Ahmed, Lutful Hoque Chowdhury, Wahiduddin Mahmud, Francesco Goletti, Herbie Smith, A. S. M. Jahangir, Shamsur Rahman, Golam Kabir, Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Sajjad Zohir, Paul Dorosh, David A. Atwood, Nuimuddin Chowdhury.

Agricultural research and development have profoundly increased the quantity and quality of food production in the twentieth century. As populations increase, however, and land and water resources become more scarce, we must improve productivity and efficiency to provide adequate food supplies. Issues such as the environment, genetic diversity, food safety, poverty, human health, animal rights, public versus private responsibilities, and the question of intellectual property rights further complicate this task. Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas consists of twelve chapters that describe important issues in agricultural science policy, the relevant facts, current economic thinking, and new results.
Topics Include: Changing Global Contexts and Agendas for Agricultural R &amp; D; Productivity Measures and Measurement; Research, Productivity, and Natural Resources; Research for Genetic Improvement; and a Conclusion, which suggests directions for the future. The chapters in this volume will provide researchers and policy makers with a timely review of progress on the existing agenda as well as laying the foundation for a new agenda and new directions for global agricultural science policy in the 21st century.
 Contributors: Julian M. Alston, University of California-Davis • Walter J. Armbruster, President of the Farm Foundation • Peter J. Barry, University of Illinois • Wilfred Beckerman, University of Oxford • Derek Byerlee, World Bank • Barbara J. Craig, Oberlin College • Robert Evenson, Yale University • Richard Gray, University of Saskatchewan • Zvi Griliches, Harvard University • Paul W. Heisey, U.S. Department of Agriculture • Frances Homans, University of Minnesota • Peter Lindert, University of California-Davis • Stavroula Malla, University of Saskatchewan • Philip G. Pardey, International Food Policy Research Institute and University of Minnesota • Prabhu L. Pingali, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center • Ismail Serageldin, World Bank and the American University in Cairo • Michael J. Taylor, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, Australia • Greg Traxler, Auburn University • James Wilen, University of California-Davis • Brian Wright, University of California-Berkeley.
 Published in cooperation with the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas

Agricultural research and development have profoundly increased the quantity and quality of food production in the twentieth century. As populations increase, however, and land and water resources become more scarce, we must improve productivity and efficiency to provide adequate food supplies. Issues such as the environment, genetic diversity, food safety, poverty, human health, animal rights, public versus private responsibilities, and the question of intellectual property rights further complicate this task. Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas consists of twelve chapters that describe important issues in agricultural science policy, the relevant facts, current economic thinking, and new results.
Topics Include: Changing Global Contexts and Agendas for Agricultural R &amp; D; Productivity Measures and Measurement; Research, Productivity, and Natural Resources; Research for Genetic Improvement; and a Conclusion, which suggests directions for the future. The chapters in this volume will provide researchers and policy makers with a timely review of progress on the existing agenda as well as laying the foundation for a new agenda and new directions for global agricultural science policy in the 21st century.
 Contributors: Julian M. Alston, University of California-Davis • Walter J. Armbruster, President of the Farm Foundation • Peter J. Barry, University of Illinois • Wilfred Beckerman, University of Oxford • Derek Byerlee, World Bank • Barbara J. Craig, Oberlin College • Robert Evenson, Yale University • Richard Gray, University of Saskatchewan • Zvi Griliches, Harvard University • Paul W. Heisey, U.S. Department of Agriculture • Frances Homans, University of Minnesota • Peter Lindert, University of California-Davis • Stavroula Malla, University of Saskatchewan • Philip G. Pardey, International Food Policy Research Institute and University of Minnesota • Prabhu L. Pingali, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center • Ismail Serageldin, World Bank and the American University in Cairo • Michael J. Taylor, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, Australia • Greg Traxler, Auburn University • James Wilen, University of California-Davis • Brian Wright, University of California-Berkeley.
 Published in cooperation with the International Food Policy Research Institute.

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 empirical analysis from a famine context. Broadening current theories and models of development for conquering famine,  Famine in Africa grounds its findings in long-term empirical research, especially on the impact of famine on households and markets.The authors present the results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. With these data, the authors explain the factors that cause famines and assess efforts to mitigate and prevent them.  Famine in Africa is an important resource for international development specialists, students, and policymakers."A famine is a catastrophic disruption of the social, economic, and institutional systems that provide for food production, distribution, and consumption. For a long time famines have been considered anomalies―crises that must be remedied by short-term relief activities so that the normal processes of development can be resumed... We now know differently. Famines can destroy not just life, but also the hope of development. They can make progress infinitely more difficult than it had been before. Relief operations alone, even if successful in terms of saving lives, are not a sound basis for a sustainable future. More―much more―is needed."―from the Introduction

Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention

Von Braun, Joachim

Teklu, Tesfaye

Webb, Patrick

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Crop Insurance for Agricultural Development: Issues and Experience (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Seasonal Variability in Third World Agriculture: The Consequences for Food Security (International Food Policy Research Institute)

The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India (International Food Policy Research Institute)

The Political Economy of Food and Nutrition Policies (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas

Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas

Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention