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, particularly in relation to agriculture, which are highly political and can have large effects on global, national, and local food systems. The aim of this study was to analyse two multilateral trade policy ... multilateral trade policy decisions relevant to food and nutrition security, to understand the political and power dynamics in the spaces in which these decisions are being made at the global level, in order to
presented an argument with a family resemblance to ours at a meeting of the International Political Economy Society in 2010. Their never-published paper deployed a different sample, unit of analysis ... Political instability by raising bread prices* relationship. As illustrated in the appendix, the underlying parameter estimates again show medium-to-high robustness for cereal prices. While our results are
An adequate supply of energy, micronutrients and macronutrients is essential to achieve food and nutrition security to prevent malnutrition. Socio-economic, political, and climatic events, however ... policy changes and political, socioeconomic and climatic events from 1961 to 2013 in Zambia. Due to the lack of national food consumption data, food supply data from the FAO food balance sheets, matched to
undermining and misdirecting extension. Finally, the political-economic underpinnings of extension require critical scrutiny and strategic interventions. While many challenges threaten extension effectiveness ... within the political economy of agrarian change” and thus shaped by powerful social and economic forces (Cook et al., 2021) . Extension in SSA has its roots in colonial administrations’ efforts to
political spheres. This makes finding solutions complex as traditional linear models of treatment and effect have proven only minimally successful or unfeasible at the population level. There is also a ... growing global challenge, and no country has yet reversed the upward trend in prevalence. The causes are multifaceted, spanning individual, societal, environmental, and political spheres. This makes finding
countries. Drawing from political economy and food system transformation discourses, we are using the popular intervention types of nutrition-sensitive value chains (marketization logic) and biofortification ... incorporating their embeddedness in the wider food systems and the relevant political-economic and social relations that influence the production and consumption of food. We conclude that the systemic nature of
–2017) and political commitment to- and policy coherence in- nutrition. We reviewed nutrition-relevant Rwandan policies and programs (2000–2018) and conducted 90 semi-structured interviews with national ... . Analysis consisted of thematic analysis and the assessment of events, policy developments, and strategies that influenced nutrition in Rwanda, including operationalization of political commitment and policy
, 6706, KN Wageningen , The Netherlands Violent political conflict has been documented to have comprehensive adverse effects on economic activity and, thus, substantially harm social welfare. As conflict ... corridors. Changes in market size; Conflict; Differentiated goods; Economic space; Food demand; Fresh food marketing; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; MENA; Palestine 1 Introduction Violent political conflict
holds. Political stability is hypothesized to be the root cause in far-right support in Germany (and lack thereof in Luxembourg), and the examples of Norway and Greece support this hypothesis. By ... ? Through an exploratory analysis of select European countries revealing the effects of political stability in recent years, one can understand the factors that create support for far-right extremist
political statements in favor of their own systems. President Carter was able to use the belief many Americans held that the U.S.S.R. was to be defeated and delegeitimized at every step to support a boycott ... came true in 1896 when the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece. De Coubertin’s vision was to foster international relations through sport that would transcend the petty political
processes of food production, distribution, retail, consumption, and the natural, technological, political, social, and economic environments within which they are embedded. These interlinkages are manifested ... level of analysis. In Table 2, the first food system domain relates to the policy environment. This domain is about national and international political and institutional actors, that shape ultra
advocacy, political attention, evidence around intervention coverage, civil society involvement, and activity of nutrition champions. These factors have been especially important in creating and sustaining ... implementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. Enabling environment components that improved included the framing of nutrition as a multisectoral issue, nutrition advocacy, political
to include: economic, social, geographical, and political influences. Despite many similarities between the U.S. and Australia, several differences noted included: a broader definition of food security ... the programs can vary widely depending on political ideology, history, and needs. In the U.S., there are fifteen federal programs that are specific to food aid (i.e., food commodities and/or food
. Taking a largely political economy lens, he has focused primarily on food policy and the facilitation of new institutional arrangements for fo o d s ys t e m g ove r n a n c e . Scott has wide-ranging ... time – less is known about the “enabling environments” that are foundational for building political momentum and converting this momentum into results on the ground (Gillespie et al., 2013; Ruel
structural factors (including longstanding social inequities), and changes in political commitment, cross-sectoral coherence and capacity. Given the inherent multisectoral nature of nutrition, many countries ... environment, particularly with regard to political commitment, cross-sectoral coherence and capacity? 4.1 Trends and associations in determinants of change Table 2 summarises findings from regression
conditions (22–47%), and maternal factors (15–30%). Political and bureaucratic leadership engaged civil society and development partners facilitated change. Policy and program actions to address the ... maternal factors, socioeconomic conditions, coverage of health and nutrition interventions, under broader political and enabling societal conditions for achieving declines in stunting. These findings also
This research analyzes the evolution of Islamism, or political Islam, from its roots as a backlash to Western imperialism in the Middle East to its manifestation as Arab Nationalism up to 1967 to its ... , or holy war, against religious dissidents. The reality, however, is not so straightforward: the movement we know today as Islamism is the latest incarnation of a string of political movements in the
reveals the agreements as demonstrative of deeper patterns of political power and strategy in the Middle East that persist today. This paper moreover compares the Middle East with the European colonization ... intensity of Arab claims to Palestine, demonstrating early stages of modern political attitudes and catalysts to the conflict of the modern day Middle East. The second pact made by Britain concerning the
Jenkins Braden S. Ritchey 0 0 Part of the Applied Ethics Commons , Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, Feminist, Gender Follow this and additional works at: https ... , (2) cis women would gain more power in the political sphere, and (3) it would invite all women to abandon their identity as a woman since it articulates “a negative ideal that challenges male dominance
from the aftermath of the Maoist insurgency. This paper will seek to understand the role of poverty in the historically and presently unfolding political environment of Nepal. Several factors show direct ... caste, and to whom literacy is not a foreign concept. Nepal’s violent political environment is not a result of its brutal history, but rather its brutal poverty. Nepal has been an independent kingdom for