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We preliminarily find that providing sustainable land management (SLM) training to standard contact farmers and having them maintain demonstration plots within the community on a whole had low impact on the knowledge and adoption of SLM practices. However, the aspect of our intervention that...
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services and how this translates to observed differences in technology adoption and agricultural productivity. We employ a … DAs are not significant in all productivity models estimated for females and males, which is in contrast to past studies …. In some crop-specific productivity models estimated, it is the perceived quality of DA visits and access to radio that …
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, there is limited or conflicting evidence as to their effect on productivity and poverty, especially in East Africa. This … per capita. FFSs had a greater impact on crop productivity for those in the middle land area (land poverty) tercile …. Participation in FFSs increased income by 61 percent when pooling the three countries. FFSs improved income and productivity overall …
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This paper makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural R&D system. It reviews the evidence on exactly why it is important to pay attention to gender issues in agriculture and why it is necessary to recognize womens distinct food-security roles throughout the entire value chainfor both...
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development outcomes ranging from agricultural productivity to poverty reduction. It comes as little surprise, then, that …
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This empirical study uses data from 1970 to 2010 to estimate levels of neopatrimonialism in Malawi. We then test how neopatrimonialism has affected policy-induced agriculture producer incentives. Three dimensions are used to measure neopatrimonialism – systematic clientelism, a power...
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This paper was written to help bolster the case and present visual evidence demonstrating why it is important to seriously consider spatial soil fertility variability in Ghana and to promote area-specific fertilizer recommendations. Using geostatistical analysis of soil samples collected from...
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rice–fish systems, have considerable proven potential for increasing agricultural productivity and food security. In … productivity and farm incomes in Bangladesh. Findings also suggest that although the emergent innovation system around these riceâ …
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Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experimental 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 …
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