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The concept of the global hunger index
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger globally, regionally, and by country.
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Is an end in sight? A review of trends offers cause for optimism.
The world has made progress in reducing hunger since 2000, but still has a long way to go.
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Global, regional, and national trends
Despite the lower hunger level reflected by the 2015 global GHI score, the number of hungry people in the world remains unacceptably high.
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Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development
The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data.
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Local warming and violent conflict in North and South Sudan
Weather shocks and natural disasters, it has been argued, represent a major threat to national and international security.
Rapid political, economic, and agricultural changes have taken place in Ethiopia in the past two decades. Ethiopia has made major advances toward increasing growth and improving human well-being.
The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual IFPRI publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels.
El Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales para el año 2011 es una nueva publicación anual del IFPRI que proporciona un análisis exhaustivo, basado en investigaciones, de los principales retos de política alimentaria en los planos mundial, reg
Agrarian communities dependent on rainfall are vulnerable to production shortfalls due to drought and other climatic shocks.
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Land Degradation: Land under Pressure
In 2011 two United Nations bodies adopted ambitious goals for halting land degradation and achieving sustainable development. These goals will be difficult, but not impossible, to meet.
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Food Prices: Riding the Rollercoaster
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Disasters: Déjà vu in the Horn of Africa
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Overview: Major Food Policy Developments in 2011
The agriculture, nutrition, and health nexus came to prominence in 2011.
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