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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa

Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that highÂlights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interdeÂpendencies among...

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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Waithaka, Michael (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...

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2013 Global Food Policy Report

Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...

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Improved dairy cows in Uganda: Pathways to poverty alleviation and improved child nutrition:

Kabunga, Nassul S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

milk productivity, milk commercialization, and food expenditure. …

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Infrastructure and cluster development

Ayele, Gezahegn; Moorman, Lisa; Wamisho, Kassu; Zhang, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Rural nonfarm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an important form of industrial organization in the rural nonfarm sector. Based on a primary survey of both urban and rural handloom weaver clusters in Ethiopia, one of the country’s...

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Impacts of climate change on agriculture and policy options for adaptation

Yu, Bingxin; Zhu, Tingju; Breisinger, Clemens; Hai, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

productivity and mitigate the impact of climate change, using a multilevel mixed effects model. This two-pronged approach allows …

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Do health investments improve agricultural productivity?

McNamara, Paul E.; Ulimwengu, John M.; Leonard, Kenneth L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge … the link between health investments and agricultural productivity. The evidence from some micro-level studies suggests … that inexpensive health interventions can have a very large impact on labor productivity. The macro-level evidence at the …

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Cluster-based industrialization in China: Financing and performance

Long, Cheryl; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

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Evaluating the impact of agricultural projection modeling using the "IMPACT” framework

Ryan, James G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

various policy scenarios to be explicitly modeled to assess their consequences on food prices, productivity, production …

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Farmer management of production risk on degraded lands: the role of wheat genetic diversity in Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Di Falco, Salvatore; Chavas, Jean-Paul; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

productivity in less favored production environments of a developing agricultural economy. Drawing production data from household … richness increases farm productivity. Variety richness also reduces yield variability but only for high levels of genetic …

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