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Economywide impacts of climate change on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Calzadilla, Alvaro; Zhu, Tingju; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"Two possible adaptation options to climate change for Sub-Saharan Africa are analyzed under the SRES B2 scenario. The first scenario doubles the irrigated area in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2050, compared to the baseline, but keeps total crop area constant. The second scenario increases both rainfed...

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Female participation in African agricultural research and higher education: New insights

Beintema, Nienke M.; Di Marcantonio, Federica - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Female farmers play a vital role in African agriculture, accounting for the majority of the agricultural workforce. However, agricultural research and higher education are disproportionately led by men. There is an urgent need for greater representation of women in the field of agricultural...

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Strengthening agricultural education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa from an innovation systems perspective: Case studies of Ethiopia and Mozambique

Davis, Kristin; Ekboir, Javier; Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"This paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the region's agricultural innovation systems. Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in Sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to agricultural development by...

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Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015:

Fan, Shenggen; Johnson, Michael; Saurkar, Anuja; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"This paper proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. This method uses growth-poverty and growth-expenditure elasticities to estimate...

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Income growth and gender bias in childhood mortality in developing countries:

Ueyama, Mika - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"With poverty studies having shifted their focus from household poverty to individual poverty, a number of studies have started to examine intrahousehold resource allocation, especially gender bias within the household as potential causes of poverty. The literature has highlighted the existence...

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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Economywide impacts of climate change on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Calzadilla, Alvaro; Zhu, Tingju; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Approximately 80 percent of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to depend on the agricultural sector for their livelihoods, but-unlike in other regions of the world-agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by very low yields due to agroecological features, poor access to...

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Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in West Africa:

Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

male and female farmers who are offered index-based agricultural insurance with those who are offered a variety of savings … savings for emergencies, even when we controlled for access to informal insurance and differences in crop choice. We … savings at increasing input spending and use. Those who purchased more insurance realized higher average yields and were …

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When expectations become aspirations: Reference-dependent preferences and liquidity constraints:

Kramer, Berber - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

. This paper shows that such reference dependence can affect savings in opposite directions depending on whether people face … liquidity constraints. Existing models for wealth and intertemporal choice predict that reference dependence reduces savings but … increase optimal savings for people without access to credit. Liquidity constraints force them to take part of an income loss …

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Rural banking

Nair, Ajai; Fissha, Azeb - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

activities, and in many rural communities, secure, safe, and convenient savings and payment facilities hardly existed. In …

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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale

von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...

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