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Do input subsidies reduce poverty among smallholder farm households? Evidence from Zambia

Mason, Nicole M.; Tembo, Solomon T. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

reducing rural poverty among their objectives, but are ISPs achieving these objectives? We use data from two nationally …, poverty severity, and the probability of household income falling below the US$2 and US$1.25/capita/day poverty lines. Results … substantively reduce the probability or severity of poverty. …

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Impacts of subsidized hybrid seed on indicators of economic well-being among smallholder maize growers in Zambia

Mason, Nicole M.; Smale, Melinda - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

poverty, and relative deprivation among smallholder maize growers in Zambia. The analysis contributes to the literature by …

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Stock Exchange Development and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Zhang, Yu Yvette; Boadu, Frederick O. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

Several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) embraced the structural adjustment programs (SAPs) suggested by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the 1980s. SAPs entail three main transitions: (1) from state control to market-led development; (2) from authoritarianism to...

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Input Subsidy Programs and Commercial Market Development: Modeling Fertilizer Use Decisions in a Two-Channel Marketing System

Xu, Zhiying; Jayne, Thomas S.; Govereh, Jones - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/18/06.

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The impact of Access to Credit and Training on Technological Adoption: A Case of the Rice Sector in Tanzania

Nakano, Yuko; Kajisa, Kei - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

Using an extensive household-level data set collected in Tanzania, this paper investigates the determinants of the technological adoption of rice cultivation and of paddy yield. We especially focus on the impact of credit and training on the adoption of modern technologies. Based on empirical...

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Agricultural Productivity and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Yu, Bingxin; Nin Pratt, Alejandro - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using an improved nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of...

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Do input subsidies crowd in or crowd out other soil fertility management practices? Evidence from Zambia

Levine, Kendra; Mason, Nicole M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

It is recognized that inorganic fertilizer, as is commonly distributed in large-‐scale input subsidy programs, must be used along with soil fertility management (SFM) practices in order to maximize its efficacy. We use nationally representative data with 8,839 household observations to...

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Do Remittances Alter Household Nutrition? Evidence from Rural Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

Isoto, Rosemary; Kraybill, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

There is growing interest in the role of remittances on livelihoods of households in developing countries including those in Sub-Saharan Africa. We estimate the remittance elasticity for a number of macro- and micronutrients using a sample of rural households in Tanzania. Due to endogeneity of...

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Rural land rental markets in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia

Chamberlin, Jordan; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA

This is a draft paper, submitted in advance of presentation at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.

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Market Power & Economic Consequences of Post-Harvest Losses in Rwandan Dry Bean Markets

Jones, Michael S.; Alexander, Corinne E.; Smith, Bruce - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA

To date there is extremely limited knowledge of the economic consequences of post-harvest losses for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa. Major contributors to economic losses are price penalties for poor quality marketed grain. This study investigates farm-gate level discounts demanded by rural...

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