Development in Practice, Volume 21, Issue 4-5 (2011)

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Development in Practice, Volume 21, Issue 4-5 (2011)

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FOREWORD

Foreword
Deborah Eade
Pages: 455-459
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
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GUEST EDITORS' INTRODUCTION

Article
Global food-price shocks and poor people – an overview
Marc J. Cohen & Melinda Smale
Pages: 460-471
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
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PART I: THEMES

Article
Subsistence farming as a safety net for food-price shocks
Alain de Janvry & Elisabeth Sadoulet
Pages: 472-480
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
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Understanding and responding to the links between conflict and hunger
Ellen Messer & Marc J. Cohen
Pages: 481-487
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforUnderstanding and responding to the links between conflict and hunger | Full Text | References | PDF (76.5 KB)
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Gender and the global food-price crisis
Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Julia Behrman & Lucy Basset
Pages: 488-492
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforGender and the global food-price crisis | Full Text | References | PDF (60.3 KB)
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The links between food security and seed security: facts and fiction that guide response
Shawn McGuire & Louise Sperling
Pages: 493-508
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe links between food security and seed security: facts and fiction that guide response | Full Text | References | PDF (137.6 KB)
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Genetically modified crops and the ‘food crisis’: discourse and material impacts
Glenn Davis Stone & Dominic Glover
Pages: 509-516
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforGenetically modified crops and the ‘food crisis’: discourse and material impacts | Full Text | References | PDF (85.9 KB)
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The long-term implications of the 2007–08 commodity-price boom
John Baffes
Pages: 517-525
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe long-term implications of the 2007–08 commodity-price boom | Full Text | References | PDF (160.2 KB)
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Article
Which instruments best tackle food price instability in developing countries?
Franck Galtier
Pages: 526-535
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforWhich instruments best tackle food price instability in developing countries? | Full Text | References | PDF (92.2 KB)
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Article
Bearing risk is hard to do: crop price risk transfer for poor farmers and low-income countries
Leander Schneider
Pages: 536-549
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforBearing risk is hard to do: crop price risk transfer for poor farmers and low-income countries | Full Text | References | PDF (114.4 KB)
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PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES

Article
The Mexican tortilla crisis of 2007: the impacts of grain-price increases on food-production chains
Alder Keleman & Hugo García Rañó
Pages: 550-565
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe Mexican tortilla crisis of 2007: the impacts of grain-price increases on food-production chains | Full Text | References | PDF (329 KB)
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Article
Food crisis, small-scale farmers, and markets in the Andes
Carlos A. Perez, Claire Nicklin & Sarela Paz
Pages: 566-577
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforFood crisis, small-scale farmers, and markets in the Andes | Full Text | References | PDF (101.6 KB)
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Article
The effects of changing food prices on welfare and poverty in Guatemala
Miguel Robles & Meagan Keefe
Pages: 578-589
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe effects of changing food prices on welfare and poverty in Guatemala | Full Text | References | PDF (102.2 KB)
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Location, vocation, and price shocks: cotton, rice, and sorghum-millet farmers in Mali
Melinda Smale, Lamissa Diakité & Naman Keita
Pages: 590-603
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforLocation, vocation, and price shocks: cotton, rice, and sorghum-millet farmers in Mali | Full Text | References | PDF (179.4 KB)
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Article
Lessons from the 2008 global food crisis: agro-food dynamics in Mali
William G. Moseley
Pages: 604-612
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforLessons from the 2008 global food crisis: agro-food dynamics in Mali | Full Text | References | PDF (189.6 KB)
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Article
Characteristics and strategies favouring sustained food access during Guinea's food-price crisis
Loek E.A. Peeters & Daniel G. Maxwell
Pages: 613-628
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforCharacteristics and strategies favouring sustained food access during Guinea's food-price crisis | Full Text | References | PDF (178.3 KB)
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Article
Can inflation be a good thing for the poor? Evidence from Ethiopia
Elisa Ticci
Pages: 629-641
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforCan inflation be a good thing for the poor? Evidence from Ethiopia | Full Text | References | PDF (191.1 KB)
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Article
Agro-food market policy and food security in South Africa
Peter T. Jacobs
Pages: 642-651
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforAgro-food market policy and food security in South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (142.1 KB)
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Article
High global food prices – crisis or opportunity for smallholder farmers in Tanzania?
Joseph P. Hella, Ruth Haug & Illuminatous M. Kamile
Pages: 652-665
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforHigh global food prices – crisis or opportunity for smallholder farmers in Tanzania? | Full Text | References | PDF (180.7 KB)
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Article
The functioning of the Egyptian food-subsidy system during food-price shocks
Rachel Trego
Pages: 666-678
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe functioning of the Egyptian food-subsidy system during food-price shocks | Full Text | References | PDF (105.9 KB)
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Article
The impact of high food prices on poverty in China
Kaiyu Lu & Bingxin Yu
Pages: 679-690
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe impact of high food prices on poverty in China | Full Text | References | PDF (280.6 KB)
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Article
Combating the menace of food insecurity: the experience of West Bengal
Dilip Kumar Ghosh
Pages: 691-704
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforCombating the menace of food insecurity: the experience of West Bengal | Full Text | References | PDF (114.9 KB)
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Article
Revisiting the impact of economic crisis on Indonesian agro-food production
Mary M. Young
Pages: 705-717
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforRevisiting the impact of economic crisis on Indonesian agro-food production | Full Text | References | PDF (110.7 KB)
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Article
The impact of high food prices on food security in Cambodia
Chan Sophal
Pages: 718-731
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThe impact of high food prices on food security in Cambodia | Full Text | References | PDF (239.4 KB)
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Article
Food-price hikes and the situation of farm workers in the Philippines
Edgardo L. Santoalla
Pages: 732-740
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforFood-price hikes and the situation of farm workers in the Philippines | Full Text | References | PDF (80.9 KB)
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Article
International food prices, agricultural transformation, and food security in Central Asia
Kamiljon T. Akramov
Pages: 741-754
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforInternational food prices, agricultural transformation, and food security in Central Asia | Full Text | References | PDF (220 KB)
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Article
Two agricultural shocks in the former USSR, 60 years apart
Thomas Lines
Pages: 755-767
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
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Article
Thinking and acting outside the charitable food box: hunger and the right to food in rich societies
Graham Riches
Pages: 768-775
Published online: 29 Jun 2011
AbstractforThinking and acting outside the charitable food box: hunger and the right to food in rich societies | Full Text | References | PDF (75.4 KB)
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