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Cluster-based industrialization in China: Financing and performance
Long, Cheryl; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476187
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Improved dairy cows in Uganda: Pathways to poverty alleviation and improved child nutrition:
Kabunga, Nassul S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
milk productivity, milk commercialization, and food expenditure. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755485
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Does efficient water management matter?: physical and economic efficiency of water use in the river basin
Cai, Ximing; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
applied to the Maipo River Basin in Chile. A series of modeling scenarios are defined and policy implications from physical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996619
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Integrated economic-hydrologic water modeling at the basin scale: the Maipo river basin
Rosegrant, Mark W.; Ringler, Claudia; McKinney, Daene C.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
-hydrologic modeling framework that accounts for the interactions between water allocation, farmer input choice, agricultural productivity … allocation and efficiency of water use. The model is applied to the Maipo River Basin in Chile. Economic benefits to water use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996755
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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)
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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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, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In order to distinguish the impacts of technology adoption at the extensive margin from those at the intensive margin, in the empirical analyses we tested these hypotheses focusing on the differences among marginal adopters of tractor hiring services and nonadopters of similar characteristics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272216
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336
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Efficiency and productivity differential effects of land certification program in Ethiopia: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tigray:
Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experi-mental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the … envelopment analysis-based Malmquist-type productivity index to decompose productivity differences into (1) within-group farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762118