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The role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, P.B.R.; Resnick, Danielle; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture's role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037900
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Philippine agricultural and food policies: Implications for poverty and income distribution
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Corong, Erwin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
The Philippines has undergone a series of trade reforms since the mid-1980s that have reduced protection on nonagricultural goods. However, protection on key food items is still in effect, and this has led to high domestic food prices. Such high prices have a considerable negative effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496527
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A multi-level analysis of public spending, growth and poverty reduction in Egypt:
Fan, Shenggen; Al-Riffai, Perrihan; El-Said, Moataz; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Egypt is a lower middle-income country with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2003 of US$3,949 measured in international dollars, or purchasing power parity (World Bank 2005a). In the decade from 1975 to 1985, Egypt enjoyed rapid economic growth... however... Egypt still lags behind...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037961
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On-site and off-Site long-term economic impacts of soil fertility management practices: The case of maize-based cropping systems in Kenya
Nkonya, Ephraim; Gicheru, Patrick; Woelcke, Johannes; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This article analyzes the on-site and off-site economic impacts of various sustainable land management (SLM) practices in Kenya. Long-term trial data are used to establish the relationship between SLM practices and maize yield. The analysis of on-site effects focuses on the profitability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038104
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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 of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253099
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Community natural resource management: the case of woodlots in northern Ethiopia
Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Pender, John L.; Tesfaye, Girmay - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots, based on a survey of 100 villages in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996613
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Dairy development in Ethiopia:
Ahmed, Mohamed A. M.; Ehui, Simeon; Yemesrach, Assefa - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
Ethiopia holds large potential for dairy development due to its large livestock population, the favorable climate for … Ethiopia can contribute significantly to poverty alleviation and nutrition in the country. Like other sectors of the economy …, the dairy sector in Ethiopia has passed through three phases or turning points, following the economic and political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996689
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Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian Highlands:
Pender, John L.; Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Benin, Samuel; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
This paper investigates the impacts of population growth, market access, agricultural credit and technical assistance programs, land policies, livelihood strategies and other factors on changes in land management, natural resource conditions and human welfare indicators since 1991 in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996694
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Determinants of cereal diversity in communities and on household farms of the Northern Ethiopian Highlands:
Benin, Samuel; Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Smale, Melinda; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
"On farm conservation of crop diversity poses obvious policy challenges in terms of the design of appropriate incentive mechanisms and possible trade-offs between conservation and productivity. This paper compares factors explaining the inter-specific diversity (diversity among species) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996738
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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
following the 2002 drought in Ethiopia: a food-for-work program known as the Employment Generation Schemes (EGS) and a program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037783