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A variable climate, political instability, and other constraints have limited agricultural development in African countries south of the Sahara. Genetically modified (GM) crops are one tool for enhancing agricultural productivity and food security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified...
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Ugandan smallholder farmers produce the nation's major food crop using numerous banana varieties with distinctive …
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variety attributes of a subsistence crop in a developing country. The model is applied to bananas in Uganda, making use of … disaggregated data on variety-specific farm-gate banana bunch prices and attributes. The hedonic analysis is applied at the farm …-gate, the first link in the market chain, while accounting for the semi-subsistence nature of banana producing households …
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We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production. Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children’s diet...
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