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, we sought to investigate whether reduced tillage results in more or less productivity gain than chemical fertilizer. The … crop productivity in the low-rainfall region. In the high-rainfall region, however, chemical fertilizer is overwhelmingly …
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This study measures the impact of fanya juu bunds (an important soil and water conservation technology and the most popular type of contour bund in east Africa) on the value of crop production in a high-rainfall area in the Ethiopian highlands using cross-sectional multiple plot observations. We...
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less productivity gains than chemical fertilizer. Our results reveal a clear superiority of organic farming practices over …
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This paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to … that export their staple food. …
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modified (GM) food as being equivalent to conventional food. A central argument by proponents of GM is that the end products … previous observations that GM food can be a credence good causing a market failure. Second, consumers are also willing to pay a … that most of today’s GM food is indistinguishable from GM-free food,consumers disagree.´ <p> …
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In the year 2000 the government of Zimbabwe launched the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) as part of its ongoing land reform and resettlement programme, which seeks to address the racially skewed land distribution pattern inherited at independence in 1980. This paper uses data on...
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food supply in sub-Saharan Africa. Fertilizer use in Ethiopia is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa. Particularly in … the northern half of the Ethiopian highlands, use of dung as manure is also limited partly because of a significant level …’ decision to use dung as fuel and as manure, and (2) the determinants of consumption of woody biomass and dung as household fuel …
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The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
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This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. Use is made of the latest version of the GTAP database and model. Our results suggest that by following...
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