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Papers by Rafael Flor

Research paper thumbnail of Essay Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution

Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most... more Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most ambitious and successful assaults on hunger in the history of the African continent. Through a national input subsidy program, coinciding with better rainfall conditions, maize production doubled in 2006 and almost tripled in 2007. From a 43 % national food deficit in 2005, Malawi achieved a 53 % surplus in 2007, some of which was exported to neighboring countries. An associated decline in the price of maize conveys important benefits to low-income urban

Research paper thumbnail of National Maize Production and Maize Food Requirement over 25 Years

Research paper thumbnail of Cuantificación de la fijación y reducción potencial de emisiones de co2 en la clase de manejo Pinus maximinoi/Pinus oocarpa del Cerro Uyuca, Honduras

Research paper thumbnail of The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Research paper thumbnail of The Proceedings of the Conference on Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

The Proceedings of the Conference on Reduction of Food Loss and Waste, 2019

An aim of this conference and its proceedings volume is to reach different but complementary comm... more An aim of this conference and its proceedings volume is to reach different but complementary communities that can broaden the alliance needed to address the challenge of food loss and waste. Key objectives are to share the latest scientific evidence on how to reduce food loss and waste and thereby contribute to global food and nutrition security. Secondly, to provide recommendations for expanded global and national actions, including public and private investments and initiatives by citizens, corporations, governments, and international organizations. Moreover, the alliance of actors must become broader to make significant improvements globally in reducing FLAW.

Research paper thumbnail of Cuantificacion de la Fijacion y Reduccion Potencial de Emisiones de CO2 en la Clase de Manejo Pinus maximinoi/Pinus oocarpa del Cerro Uyuca, Honduras

Research paper thumbnail of Halving Hunger: It Can be Done

Research paper thumbnail of An Evaluation of Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goal One Hunger Target: A country‐level, food and nutrition security perspective

Research paper thumbnail of Potential Values of Rainfall, Sea Surface Temperatures, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index on the Predictability of Crop Yields in Burkina Faso

Research paper thumbnail of Poverty And Hunger Special Feature: The African Millennium Villages

Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of The African Green Revolution: Results from the Millennium Villages

Advances in Agronomy, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of The African Millennium Villages

Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution

Research paper thumbnail of Child hunger in the developing world: An analysis of environmental and social correlates

Research paper thumbnail of Essay Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution

Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most... more Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most ambitious and successful assaults on hunger in the history of the African continent. Through a national input subsidy program, coinciding with better rainfall conditions, maize production doubled in 2006 and almost tripled in 2007. From a 43 % national food deficit in 2005, Malawi achieved a 53 % surplus in 2007, some of which was exported to neighboring countries. An associated decline in the price of maize conveys important benefits to low-income urban

Research paper thumbnail of National Maize Production and Maize Food Requirement over 25 Years

Research paper thumbnail of Cuantificación de la fijación y reducción potencial de emisiones de co2 en la clase de manejo Pinus maximinoi/Pinus oocarpa del Cerro Uyuca, Honduras

Research paper thumbnail of The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Research paper thumbnail of The Proceedings of the Conference on Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

The Proceedings of the Conference on Reduction of Food Loss and Waste, 2019

An aim of this conference and its proceedings volume is to reach different but complementary comm... more An aim of this conference and its proceedings volume is to reach different but complementary communities that can broaden the alliance needed to address the challenge of food loss and waste. Key objectives are to share the latest scientific evidence on how to reduce food loss and waste and thereby contribute to global food and nutrition security. Secondly, to provide recommendations for expanded global and national actions, including public and private investments and initiatives by citizens, corporations, governments, and international organizations. Moreover, the alliance of actors must become broader to make significant improvements globally in reducing FLAW.

Research paper thumbnail of Cuantificacion de la Fijacion y Reduccion Potencial de Emisiones de CO2 en la Clase de Manejo Pinus maximinoi/Pinus oocarpa del Cerro Uyuca, Honduras

Research paper thumbnail of Halving Hunger: It Can be Done

Research paper thumbnail of An Evaluation of Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goal One Hunger Target: A country‐level, food and nutrition security perspective

Research paper thumbnail of Potential Values of Rainfall, Sea Surface Temperatures, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index on the Predictability of Crop Yields in Burkina Faso

Research paper thumbnail of Poverty And Hunger Special Feature: The African Millennium Villages

Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of The African Green Revolution: Results from the Millennium Villages

Advances in Agronomy, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of The African Millennium Villages

Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution

Research paper thumbnail of Child hunger in the developing world: An analysis of environmental and social correlates