SRPN: Food Shortages & Scarcity (Topic)最新文献

How Costly is using Livestock as a Saving Device? A Note on Meat Prices during Food Shortages 使用牲畜作为节约手段的成本有多高?粮食短缺时期的肉类价格

SRPN: Food Shortages & Scarcity (Topic) Pub Date : 2020-04-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3581236

W. Zant

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How Much Do Infrastructural Investments Mitigate Impacts of Seasonal Shocks on Food Security? 基础设施投资在多大程度上缓解了季节性冲击对粮食安全的影响?

SRPN: Food Shortages & Scarcity (Topic) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3506560

Henry Kankwamba, Lukas Kornher

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Growing Kenya: Exploring Investment Opportunities in Kenya's Fertilizer Industry 发展肯尼亚:探索肯尼亚化肥行业的投资机会

SRPN: Food Shortages & Scarcity (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-05-29 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3102885

A. Rahnema, P. Giordano, I. Otieno

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Kenya: Food Security Brief 肯尼亚:粮食安全简报

SRPN: Food Shortages & Scarcity (Topic) Pub Date : 2012-01-25 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1992451

Patricia A. Bunyasi

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Targeting Food Security Interventions When 'Everyone is Poor': The Case of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme 当“人人都贫穷”时，以粮食安全干预为目标:埃塞俄比亚的生产安全网计划为例

SRPN: Food Shortages & Scarcity (Topic) Pub Date : 2010-08-08 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1656341

D. Gilligan, J. Hoddinott, Neha Kumar, A. Taffesse

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