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Anticipating and Responding to Drought Emergencies in Southern Africa: Lessons from the 2002-2003 Experience
Tschirley, David L.; Nijhoff, Jan J.; Arlindo, Pedro; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006
This paper examines the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response in southern Africa through the lens of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555530
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Smallholder Heterogeneity and Maize Market Participation in Southern and Eastern Africa: Implications for Investment Strategies to Increase Marketed Food Staple Supply
Mather, David; Boughton, Duncan; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
living for both rural and urban households. Hence, these objectives figure prominently in Comprehensive Africa Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368797
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The Value of Accurate Crop Production Forecasts.
Jayne, Thomas S.; Rashid, Shahidur - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Crop production forecasts are widely recognized as an important input into food balance sheets and for anticipating production shortfalls. However, the role of accurate crop production forecasting systems in mitigating food price instability and transitory food insecurity is often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741279
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Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security
Haggblade, Steven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Africa has inherited highly arbitrary political borders that vastly complicate current efforts to accelerate … agricultural growth and reduce hunger. Because Africa’s inherited political borders arbitrarily partition agro-ecological zones and … agricultural trade and dampening incentives for farmers and agribusinesses to invest in Africa’s many regional breadbasket zones …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741280
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Improving Food Security in Africa: Highlights of 25 Years of Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
world’s population suffering from undernutrition (from 20% in 1990/92 to 16% in 2006). Yet over a billion people still face … addressing the major current challenges facing food and agricultural systems in Africa are summarized in FSG (2009). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504231
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Medição do Impacto dos Bens Públicos e Privados sobre os Rendimentos Familiares Provenientes de Culturas em Moçambique Rural, 2002-2005
Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
). Decreases in crop income are associated with drought. Results demonstrate that there are both public and private investments … dissemination of drought-resistant varieties for maize and cassava, conservation farming, animal traction, market information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519292
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Measuring the Impact of Public and Private Assets on Household Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005
Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
). Decreases in crop income are associated with drought. Results demonstrate that there are both public and private investments … dissemination of drought-resistant varieties for maize and cassava, conservation farming, animal traction, market information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519295
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Início Antecipado da Campanha de Comercialização de Milho, Feijões e Mandioca: Preços Altos Caracterizam a Campanha de Comercialização de 2007/08
SIMA, Equipe Tecnica do - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519301
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Workshop on Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire, September 26-29, 1995
Ba, Moussa Batchily; Staatz, John M.; Farrelly, Laura L.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999
At the initiative of USAID, the ADB, MSU, and INSAH, 40 researchers, policy makers and private-sector entrepreneurs from 19 countries, representing 20 African and international organizations, met in Abidjan for a continent-wide workshop to debate issues related to transformation of African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543609
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Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security
Nijhoff, Jan J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543652