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Accelerating Africa’s Food Production in Response to Rising Food Prices – Impacts and Requisite Actions
Authors
Xinshen Diao, Shenggen Fan, Derek Headey, Michael Johnson, Alejandro Nin Pratt, Bingxin Yu
Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
yuan 30 Apr, 2012 16:31
Location
http://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=39402
Source / Citation
Diao, X.; Fan, S.; Headey, D.; Johnson, M.; Nin-Pratt, A. and B. Yu. Accelerating Africa's Food Production in Response to Rising Food Prices - Impacts and Requisite Actions. ReSAKSS Working Paper No.3. 2008.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

2011 Global Hunger Index
Authors
von Grebmer, Klaus;
Torero, Maximo;
Olofinbiyi, Tolulope;
Fritschel, Heidi;
Wiesmann, Doris;
Yohannes, Yisehac;
Schofield, Lilly;
von Oppeln, Constanze
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe
Publication date
yuan 26 Apr, 2012 15:35
Location
http://www.ifpri.org/publication/2011-global-hunger-index
Source / Citation
von Grebmer K, Torero M, Olofinbiyi T, Fritschel H, Wiesmann D, Yohannes Y, Schofield L, von Oppeln C. “Global Hunger Index. The challenge of hunger: Taming price spikes and excessive food price volatility.” International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern World Wide, Detsche Welthugerhilfe e.v. Washington D. C., Dublin, Bonn.

"The 2011 Global Hunger Index, published jointly by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe, shows that although the world has made some progress in reducing hunger, the proportion of hungry people remains too high. Of course, the absolute number of hungry people remains unacceptably high as well. This is the sixth year that IFPRI has calculated the Global Hunger Index and analyzed this multidimensional measure of global hunger.

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