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Promises and realities of community-based agricultural extension
Feder, Gershon; Anderson, Jock R.; Birner, Regina; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
In view of the market failures and the state failures inherent in providing agricultural extension, community-based approaches, which involve farmers‘ groups, have gained increasing importance in recent years as a third way to provide this service. The paper discusses the conceptual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478785
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Political economy of state interventions in the Bangladesh food-grain sector:
Islam, Nurul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper illustrates how the evolution of input/output policies in the food-grain sector in Bangladesh have been the result of interaction between various interest groups such as agricultural/rural and industrial/urban groups. The interaction between the diverse viewpoints and responsibilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114767
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Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction
Adato, Michelle; Ahmed, Akhter U.; Lund, Francie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
, and intrahousehold transfers that promote resilience to shocks, mitigating their negative effects. However, in countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996934
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Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction
Adato, Michelle; Ahmed, Akhter U.; Lund, Francie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
, and intrahousehold transfers that promote resilience to shocks, mitigating their negative effects. However, in countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997071
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Preliminary evidence on internal migration, remittances, and teen schooling in India:
Mueller, Valerie; Shariff, Abusaleh - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Migration can serve as an outlet for employment, higher earnings, and reduced income risk for households in developing countries. We use the 2004–2005 Human Development Profile of India survey to examine correlations between the receipt of remittances from internal migrants and human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037993
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Evolving public expenditure in Chinese agriculture: Definition, pattern, composition, and mechanism:
Yu, Bingxin; Chen, Kevin Z.; Zhang, Yumei; Zhang, Haisen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The Chinese economy has recently experienced a rapid and fundamental transformation, and the public expenditure on agriculture has also changed to reflect shifts in policy priorities. This paper reviewed public agricultural expenditure in a comprehensive way using detailed expenditure data at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114781
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The impact of “At-the-Border†and “Behind-the-Border†policies on cost-reducing research and development:
Berthoumieu, Julien; Bouët, Antoine - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
-the-border policies like output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public R&D investments. This is a new type of protectionism that becomes … restraints, and minimum price agreements) as well as “behind-the-border†policies (output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public … on R&D, as well as the impact of production subsidies, public R&D investments, and minimum price agreements on private R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272215
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Building resilience to conflict through food security policies and programs: Evidence from four case studies :
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Food insecurity at the national and household level not only is a consequence of conflict but can also cause and drive conflicts. This paper makes the case for an even higher priority for food security–related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277441
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Operational details of the 2008 fertilizer subsidy in Ghana: Preliminary report
Banful, Afua Branoah - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"In July 2008, the government of Ghana instituted a country-wide subsidy on 50Kg bags of four types of fertilizer in an effort to mitigate the effect of rising energy and food prices. Farmers received the subsidy in the form of fertilizer- and region-specific vouchers distributed by agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762127
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Impact of fertilizer subsidies on the commercial fertilizer sector in Nigeria:: Evidence from previous fertilizer subsidy schemes
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Deb, Sayon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762148