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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa

Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …

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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Waithaka, Michael (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …

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Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges

Dorosh, Paul A.; Rashid, Shahidur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other experts, tell the story of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation. The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities...

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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries

Adato, Michelle (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...

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Is there persistence in the impact of emergency food aid? Evidence on consumption, food security, and assets in rural Ethiopia

Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"The primary goal of emergency food aid after an economic shock is often to bolster short-term food and nutrition security. However, these transfers also act as insurance against other shock effects, such as destruction of assets and changes in economic activity, which can have lasting...

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Socioeconomic considerations in biosafety decisionmaking: Methods and implementation

Horna, Daniela (contributor); Zambrano, Patricia (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Despite the ongoing controversy over their use, genetically modified (GM) crops have progressively grown in popularity and are now planted in approximately 160 million hectares in 29 countries. In the discussions of biosafety regulations for GM crops and whether to approve such crops for...

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An assessment of IFPRI's work in Ethiopia 1995-2010: Ideology, influence, and idiosyncrasy

Renkow, Mitch; Slade, Roger - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This study provides an independent external assessment of the impact of IFPRIâ€™s work in Ethiopia during 1995â€“2010. From 1995 to 2004, nearly all of IFPRIâ€™s Ethiopia work was undertaken by Washington-based research teams working on specific themes under various â€œglobal...

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Who talks to whom in African agricultural research information networks? The Malawi case

Droppelmann, Klaus; Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.; Mazunda, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

The sector-wide approach currently dominates as the strategy for developing the agricultural sector of many African countries. Although it is recognized that agricultural research plays a vital role in ensuring success of sectorwide agricultural development strategies, there has been little or...

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Demand for maize hybrids, seed subsidies, and seed decisionmakers in Zambia

Smale, Melinda; Mason, Nicole - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970sâ€“80s was a major achievement of African agriculture but was predicated on a government commitment to parastatal grain and seed marketing, the provision of services to maize growers, and a...

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Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara

Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: Economic and Policy Lessons from Countries South of … skeptical of them. These and other findings in Genetically Modified Crops in Africa indicate ways biotechnology can contribute … to economic development in Africa south of the Sahara. …

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