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Agriculture and food (2015)
Book Chapter
Araya, Y., Dorward, A., Gideon, J., Kock, R., Smith, L., & Waage, J. (2015). Agriculture and food. In J. Waage, & C. Yap (Eds.), Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development (45-50). Ubiquity Press. https://doi.org/10.5334/bao.f

Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: Drivers, scope and potential impacts (2015)
Journal Article
Antonelli, M., Siciliano, G., Turrvani, M. E., & Rulli, M. C. (2015). Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: Drivers, scope and potential impacts. Land Use Policy, 47, 98-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.04.007

This paper investigates the recent wave of investments in agricultural land, often referred to as land grabbing; a term that not only emphasises the appropriation of resources by investors but also implies a criticism of their potential impacts on li... Read More about Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: Drivers, scope and potential impacts.

Heroes, villains and victims: agricultural subsidies and their impacts on food security and poverty reduction (2015)
Book Chapter
Dorward, A., & Morrison, J. (2015). Heroes, villains and victims: agricultural subsidies and their impacts on food security and poverty reduction. In G. Robinson, D. Schmallegger, & J. Cleary (Eds.), Handbook on The Globalisation of Agriculture. Edward Elgar

Subsidies have been a pervasive feature of agricultural policy in both high and low income countries. This chapter describes different kinds of subsidies and reviews evidence on their economic, food security and poverty impacts. The evidence suggests... Read More about Heroes, villains and victims: agricultural subsidies and their impacts on food security and poverty reduction.

Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change (2014)
Journal Article
Tanner, T., Lewis, D., Wrathall, D., Bronen, R., Cradock-Henry, N., Huq, S., Lawess, C., Nawrotski, R., Prasad, V., Rahman, M. A., Alaniz, R., King, K., McNamara, K., Nadiruzzaman, M., Henly-Shepard, S., & Thomalla, F. (2015). Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1(4), 23-26. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2431

The resilience concept requires greater attention to human livelihoods if it is to address the limits to adaptation strategies and the development needs of the planet's poorest and most vulnerable people. Although the concept of resilience is increas... Read More about Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change.

Can conventional macroeconomic policies prevent persistent stagnation in the European Union? (2014)
Report
Cozzi, G., McKinley, T., & Michell, J. (2014). Can conventional macroeconomic policies prevent persistent stagnation in the European Union?

This Policy Brief is the first of a series of three that explore progressive policies that could address the current economic dilemma of the European Union. This first one assumes a continuation of conventional macroeconomic policies together with a... Read More about Can conventional macroeconomic policies prevent persistent stagnation in the European Union?.

China goes global (2014)
Journal Article
Urban, F. (2014). China goes global. International innovation, 159, 83-85

4th Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health, London, 3–4 June 2014 (2014)
Journal Article
Kanter, R., Figuereido Augusto, G., Walls, H., Cuevas, S., Flores-Martinez, A., Tak, M., & Picchioni, F. (2014). 4th Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health, London, 3–4 June 2014. Food Security, 6(5), 747-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0379-8

What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. (2014)
Journal Article
Cornelsen, L., Green, R., Turner, R., Dangour, A. D., Shankar, B., Mazzocchi, M., & Smith, R. D. (2015). What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. Health Economics, 24(12), 1548-1559. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3107

Recent years have seen considerable interest in examining the impact of food prices on food consumption and subsequent health consequences. Fiscal policies targeting the relative price of unhealthy foods are frequently put forward as ways to address... Read More about What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally..

Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation (2014)
Journal Article
Taplin, R. (2014). Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation. Leonardo, 47(5), 509-510. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00827

The fusion of visual art and climate science to produce something new to mediate the urgency of the climate change issue is explored in relation to Simon O’Sullivan’s conception of contemporary art invoking Deleuze and Guattari’s ethico-aesthetics an... Read More about Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation.

Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) (2014)
Journal Article
Chinsinga, B., & Poulton, C. (2014). Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). Development Policy Review, 32(s2), 123-150. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12079

The Malawi FISP resurrected debates about the role of subsidies in African agricultural policy. Recent literature has highlighted the social and political interests that influence the distribution of input‐subsidy vouchers, often tending to reduce th... Read More about Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP).