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GM agricultural technologies for Africa: A state of affairs
Chambers, Judith A.; Zambrano, Patricia; Falck-Zepeda, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132814
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Farmers' health status, agricultural efficiency, and poverty in rural Ethiopia: A stochastic production frontier approach
Ulimwengu, John M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
increase in agricultural productivity and reduction in poverty rate." from authors' abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038012
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Más allá de los números: Cómo respondieron los hogares urbanos en Centroamérica a las crisis globales recientes
Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
La revisión de varios indicadores económicos muestra que tanto la crisis de alimentos como la crisis económica y financiera recientes tuvieron efectos negativos considerables sobre los países centroamericanos. La primera golpeó a la región entre el 2007 y mediados del 2008, mientras que la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132603
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Beyond the numbers: How urban households in Central America responded to the recent global crises
Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
A review of various economic indicators shows that both the recent food crisis and the financial and economic crisis have had significant negative effects on the Central American countries. The first jolt to the region came in 2007 and mid-2008, while the second occurred at the end of 2008 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611940
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Dynamics of structural transformation: An empirical characterization in the case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana
Badibanga, Thaddee; Diao, Xinshen; Roe, Terry; Somwaru, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"The paper develops a metric of structural transformation that can account for the production of new varieties of goods embodying advancements in technological know-how and design. Our measure captures the dynamics of an economy's transformation and can be viewed as an extension of Hausmann and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038063
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Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application:
Yu, Bingxin; Guo, Zhe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200210
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Time allocation to energy resource collection in rural Ethiopia: Gender-disaggregated household responses to changes in firewood availability:
Scheurlen, Elena - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This paper presents evidence on rural Ethiopian households’ time allocation to different activities, especially fuel collection work, and examines the effect of changes in the availability of firewood resources on households’ time allocation to fuel collection and on- and off-farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200212
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Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200214
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Interactions between health and farm-labor productivity:
Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo; Chiang, Catherine; Thangata, Paul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
livelihood. This report provides an overview of current knowledge of the impact of health issues on farm-level productivity and … productivity and poor health. At the household level, the investment in health can improve resilience and enhance the ability to … productivity, health, and resilience of farm households. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862317
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Agricultural mechanization patterns in Nigeria: Insights from farm household typology and agricultural household model simulation:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700933