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Is the Glass Half-empty or Half Full? An Analysis of Agricultural Production Trends in Zambia
Zulu, Ballard; Nijhoff, Jan J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2000
This policy brief highlights some of the key trends in Zambia agricultural production since the implementation of partial agricultural reform.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519291
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Food Security Survey: Phase I, Agricultural Production and Land Use Season 2000A
Edson, Mpyisi; Jean Baptiste, Nyarwaya; Emmanuel, Shingiro - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2000
REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL RESOURCES, AND FORESTRY, Food Security Research Project (FSRP) and Division of Agricultural Statistics (DSA)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456942
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Measuring the Impacts of Prime-age Adult Death on Rural Households in Kenya
Yamano, Takashi; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2002
Using a two-year panel of 1,422 Kenyan households surveyed in 1997 and 2000, we measure how primeage adult mortality affects rural households’ size and composition, agricultural production, asset levels, and off-farm income. First, the paper uses adult mortality rates from available data on an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457028
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Enquete sur la Sécurité Alimentaire : Phase I; Production Agricole et Utilisation des terres Saison 2000A
Mpyisi, Edson; Nyarwaya, Jean Baptiste; Shingiro, Emmanuel - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2000
REPUBLIQUE RWANDAISE MINISTERE DE L’AGRICUTURE, DE L’ELEVAGE ET DES FORETS; Food Security Research Project (FSRP) et Division des Statistiques Agricoles (DSA)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457063
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Food System Dynamics: Anticipating and Adapting to Change
Minde, Isaac Joseph - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
This paper underscores the scope and nature of needed responses to the rapidly changing food systems in Africa. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913293
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Food Science and Technology Curricula in Africa: Meeting Africa’s New Challenges
Minnaar, Amanda; Taylor, John R.N.; Haggblade, Steven; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913295
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Technical and Institutional Capacities of AET Institutions in Southern Africa: Are there Lessons for the Rest of Africa?
Madakadze, Casper; Masamvu, Tane; Terreblanche, Fanie; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
education and training institutions (AET) in southern Africa. Data were gathered on key selected areas such as student enrolment … institutions which can then potentially be applied to other AET institutions. South Africa demonstrated the greatest degree of … diversity in their AET institutions. What is even more remarkable is that South Africa arguably has the most market driven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913298
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An Ex Post Economic Impact Assessment of Bean/Cowpea Crsp’s Investment on Varietal Development in Senegal
Magen, Benjamin B. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
The Bean/Cowpea CRSP has been funding the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) since 1982 with the goal of developing improved varieties of cowpea. Cowpea is well suited to Senegalese production zones, and is a relatively inexpensive protein source. It can be eaten as both green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010921477
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MSU/FSG Study of the Impact of WFP Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement on Markets, Households, and Food Value Chains
Tschirley, David; Myers, Robert; Zavale, Helder - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
This study examines the impact of the World Food Program’s (WFP) Local and Regional Procurement of food aid (LRP) on households and markets. It focuses on four countries and commodities where WFP LRP has had a meaningful share of the market: maize in Uganda and Mozambique, beans in Ethiopia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932121
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Evolving Skill Needs in the Food System of East and Southern Africa: Results from Agribusiness Company Interviews
Scheltema, Nico; Meyer, Ferdinand H.; Ejobi, Francis; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
agribusiness companies in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, and South Africa. The study was conducted in the context of … anticipated dramatic changes in Africa’s food consumption patterns over coming decades, driven by rising incomes and urban … (1) except for South Africa, companies predominantly employ O-level graduates but (in all countries including South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212090