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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
"The A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate agricultural efficiency index. Then, controlling for … household characteristics and other exogenous variables, the efficiency index is regressed on the probability of being sick … efficiency and poverty reduction. Overall, regression results confirm the negative impact of health impediment on farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038012
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Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations:
Jean, Sebastien; Laborde, David; Martin, Will - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"The formula approach used in many trade negotiations involves large formula cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities that allow smaller cuts for selected products. Difficulties in evaluating the effects of these exceptions can create major problems. We use a political-economy welfare function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038109
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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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Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Yu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 … performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production, resulting from changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395594
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An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Nin Pratt, Alejandro; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years … poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038002
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Sources of inefficiency and growth in agricultural output in subsistence agriculture: A stochastic frontier analysis
Nisrane, Fantu; Berhane, Guush; Asrat, Sinafikeh; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
agricultural output, this method explicitly incorporates efficiency differences in the analysis. The empirical analysis uses panel … improvements during the 1994–2004 period. Nonetheless productivity levels in 2009 were not different from levels in 1994, and … they had declined between 2004 and 2009. Average level of farming efficiency for the surveyed farmers across all the years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132608
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Migration, local off-farm employment, and agricultural production efficiency: Evidence from China:
Yang, Jin; Wang, Hui; Jin, Songqing; Chen, Kevin Z.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper studies the effect of local off-farm employment and migration on rural households’ technical efficiency of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132677
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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
support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … 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