Interactions Between Health And Farm Labor Productivity
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Interactions Between Health And Farm Labor Productivity
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Author : Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Interactions Between Health And Farm Labor Productivity written by Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Provides an overview of current knowledge of the impact of health issues on farm-level productivity and decisionmaking, and the impact of agriculture on health in developing countries.
Reshaping Agriculture For Nutrition And Health
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Author : Shenggen Fan
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2012
Reshaping Agriculture For Nutrition And Health written by Shenggen Fan and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.
The fundamental purpose of agriculture is not just to produce food and raw materials, but also to grow healthy, well-nourished people. One of the sector’s most important tasks then is to provide food of sufficient quantity and quality to feed and nourish the world’s population sustainably so that all people can lead healthy, productive lives. Achieving this goal will require closer collaboration across the sectors of agriculture, nutrition, and health, which have long operated in separate spheres with little recognition of how their actions affect each other. It is time for agriculture, nutrition, and health to join forces in pursuit of the common goal of improving human well-being. In Reshaping Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, leading experts, practitioners, and policymakers explore the links among agriculture, nutrition, and health and identify ways to strengthen related policies and programs. The chapters in this book were originally commissioned as background papers or policy briefs for the conference “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health,” facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute’s 2020 Vision Initiative in New Delhi, India, in February 2011.
Impact Of Pesticides On Farmer Health And The Rice Environment
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Author : Prabhu L. Pingali
language : en
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Release Date : 1995-09-30
Impact Of Pesticides On Farmer Health And The Rice Environment written by Prabhu L. Pingali and has been published by Int. Rice Res. Inst. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-30 with Business & Economics categories.
The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact' project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was a multidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists from IRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health, and the economical aspects of their use.
Emerging Technologies To Benefit Farmers In Sub Saharan Africa And South Asia
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2009-02-21
Emerging Technologies To Benefit Farmers In Sub Saharan Africa And South Asia written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor soil, inefficient water use, and a lack of access to plant breeding resources, nutritious animal feed, high quality seed, and fuel and electricity-combined with some of the most extreme environmental conditions on Earth-have made yields in crop and animal production far lower in these regions than world averages. Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia identifies sixty emerging technologies with the potential to significantly improve agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Eighteen technologies are recommended for immediate development or further exploration. Scientists from all backgrounds have an opportunity to become involved in bringing these and other technologies to fruition. The opportunities suggested in this book offer new approaches that can synergize with each other and with many other activities to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Agricultural Transformation In Ethiopia
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Author : Atakilte Beyene
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Agricultural Transformation In Ethiopia written by Atakilte Beyene and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with Social Science categories.
For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs. But now, such farmers find themselves under threat from environmental degradation, climate change and declining productivity. As a result, smallholder agriculture has increasingly become subsistence-oriented, with many of these farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty. Smallholders have long been marginalised by mainstream development policies, and only more recently has their crucial importance been recognised for addressing rural poverty through agricultural reform. This collection, written by leading Ethiopian scholars, explores the scope and impact of Ethiopia’s policy reforms over the past two decades on the smallholder sector. Focusing on the Lake Tana basin in northwestern Ethiopia, an area with untapped potential for growth, the contributors argue that any effective policy will need to go beyond agriculture to consider the role of health, nutrition and local food customs, as well as including increased safeguards for smallholder’s land rights. They in turn show that smallholders represent a vitally overlooked component of development strategy, not only in Ethiopia but across the global South.
Planetary Health Approaches To Understand And Control Vector Borne Diseases
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Author : Kimberley Fornace
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-12-21
Planetary Health Approaches To Understand And Control Vector Borne Diseases written by Kimberley Fornace and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Mosquitoes transmit many of the pathogens that cause zoonotic diseases from wildlife and livestock to people, with devasting consequences for public health. The factors affecting the ecology and evolution of the transmission dynamics of these mosquito-borne pathogens can be revealed using multidisciplinary research approaches. This 7th volume of the ECVD series focuses on the ecological factors that determine the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne pathogens naturally circulating between animals of different taxa and their importance for human health. The authors revise the current knowledge on the pathogens that affect wildlife, including those maintained in captivity, as well as the use of cutting-edge techniques for the identification of potential vectors of these pathogens. In addition, this volume explores the role of factors related to global change, including changes in landscape use, deforestation and urbanization, as major drivers of the distribution of mosquito vectors and the dynamics of pathogen transmission. Finally, updated information on the approaches used to identify and control mosquito-borne diseases is presented, with a particular focus on those affecting humans. In summary, this book provides an updated review of the different mosquito-borne pathogens affecting animals and their public health relevance.
Gender In Agriculture
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Author : Agnes R. Quisumbing
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
Release Date : 2014-04-29
Gender In Agriculture written by Agnes R. Quisumbing and has been published by Springer Science & Business this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with Business & Economics categories.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced a 2011 report on women in agriculture with a clear and urgent message: agriculture underperforms because half of all farmers—women—lack equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive. This book builds on the report’s conclusions by providing, for a non-specialist audience, a compendium of what we know now about gender gaps in agriculture.
Shock Waves
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Author : Stephane Hallegatte
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2015-11-23
Shock Waves written by Stephane Hallegatte and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.
The Agricultural Exodus In The Philippines Are Wage Differentials Driving The Process
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Author : Mr. Eugenio M Cerutti
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 2021-08-20
The Agricultural Exodus In The Philippines Are Wage Differentials Driving The Process written by Mr. Eugenio M Cerutti and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-20 with Business & Economics categories.
Lagging labor reallocations outside agriculture amid sustained low agricultural productivity have been a key feature in the Philippines over the past 15 years. An analysis of the labor adjustments in and out of agriculture shows that a variety of factors have influenced this process. We find that the widening of wage differentials with non-agricultural sectors, improvements in labor market efficiency, and better transport infrastructure are largely associated with growing outflows of labor from agriculture, whilst the lack of post-primary education and the presence of agricultural clusters hinder such outflows. In contrast to the traditional view that agricultural employment outflows are largely driven by productivity differences and wage differentials, our results emphasize the roles of education as well as transport infrastructure in facilitating labor reallocations from agriculture to non-agriculture.
Farmers Health Status Agricultural Efficiency And Poverty In Rural Ethiopia A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach
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Author : John M. Ulimwengu
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2009
Farmers Health Status Agricultural Efficiency And Poverty In Rural Ethiopia A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach written by John M. Ulimwengu and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.