Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our colleagues explain! (Part 1, Daniel Gilligan)
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
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29.04.18
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In this video, Daniel Gilligan, senior research fellow at IFPRI and leader of PIM’s research flagship “Social Protection for Agriculture and Resilience”, discusses why social protection programs, such as cash transfers, food rations, school meals, and public works are now a leading strategy that governments use to help reduce poverty and help households to become more resilient.
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