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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic … rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to … the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the share of local rice production in the total quantities of rice …
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Gendered Impact of Irrigated Rice Schemes’ Governance on Farmers’ Income, Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Benin
Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, Florent M.; Diagne, Aliou; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
well managed. This is well illustrated by the case of Koussin-Lélé rice scheme in the central Benin. This paper apply … inequality indices and frontier production function to data from a sample of male and women rice farmers to analyze the gender …
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Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Outcomes of AAAE Conference
Nambiro, Elizabeth; Omare, Musa N.; Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Africa and urgent measures are needed to increase farm yields and incomes in order to stem collapse of economies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256555
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Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: A Must For Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Dittoh, Saa; Abizari, Abdul-Razak; Akuriba, Margaret A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) underscore an overriding importance of human development for sustained economic, social, political and other development, and nutrition is the beginning of human development. Nutrition has, however, not been viewed as a development imperative in many...
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Investigating the Sources of Agricultural Growth in Africa: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, and Technology Absorption
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper investigates sources and determinants of agricultural growth in Africa, concentrating on the growth path during the last three decades. The analysis employs the broader framework provided by empirical growth literature and recent developments in Total Factor Productivity (TFP)...
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Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya.
Manyong, Victor M.; Alene, Arega D.; Odhiambo, George D.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash crop. Vulnerability analysis was conducted on a sample of 802 households in eight districts of Nyanza and Western provinces. Farmers perceived Striga as the major cause of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068366
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Development and Dissemination of Improved Cassava Varieties in Uganda: Analysis of Adoption Rates, Variety Attributes and Speed of Adoption
Abele, Steffen; Twine, Edgar; Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
The transition out of extreme poverty and hunger in agrarian economies requires an understanding of how new agricultural technologies are adopted by poor farmers. In Uganda, improved germplasm from the cassava breeding program has generated new varieties that are increasingly being grown by...
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Heterogeneous Impacts Of Cooperatives On Smallholders’ Commercialization Behavior: Evidence From Ethiopia.
Bernard, Tanguy; Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z.; Taffesse, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper examines the impact of marketing cooperatives on smallholder commercialization of cereals using detailed household data in rural Ethiopia. We use the strong government role in promoting the establishment of cooperatives to justify the use of propensity score matching in order to...
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Linking Mara Fruits and Vegetable Growers to Serengeti National Park Tourist Hotels Market
Babu, Adventina; van de Meerendonk, Han; Maganga, C. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Tourism in Tanzania has been on the rise since late 1990s when the markets were fully liberalized. This has created a high demand for horticultural produces from tourist hotels located in Serengeti national park in the northwest of Tanzania. Analysis was carried out to determine supply and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068378
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Classification and influence of agricultural information on striga and stemborer control in Suba and Vihiga Districts, Kenya
Njuguna, Esther M.; Amudavi, David Mulama; Khan, Zeyaur R. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper reports on findings of a study to examine the sources used by farmers in search of agricultural information on striga and/or stemborers control technologies and factors that influence acquisition of such information in Western Kenya region. A random sample of 476 households in Suba...
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