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Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management:

Ratner, Blake D.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Hellin, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

The food security crisis, international â€œland grabs,â€ and new markets for environmental services have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links...

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Group lending with heterogeneous types:

Gan, Li; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Liu, Yanyan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

omitted-variable problem resulting from unobserved group types when modeling the repayment behavior of group members. …

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A partial equilibrium model of the Malawi maize commodity market:

Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Meyer, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This paper presents a model of the Malawi maize commodity market that is developed for use as a policy analysis tool. The model captures national and local maize market dynamics and the linkages existing within the maize market in the country. This research has been undertaken in order to...

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Impact assessment of IFPRI's research and related activities based on economywide modeling

Anderson, Kym - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

out the utility of an economywide framework (Section 2), before summarizing the inputs into TMD's economywide modeling and …

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Modeling water resources management at the basin level: methodology and application to the Maipo River Basin

Cai, Ximing; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

appropriate unit of analysis for addressing the challenges of water resources management. Modeling at this scale can provide … modeling framework. Integrated hydrologic and economic models are well equipped to assess water management and policy issues in … a river basin setting. McKinney et al. (1999) reviewed state-of-the-art modeling approaches to integrated water …

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Climate risk management through sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Nkonya, Ephraim; Place, Frank; Pender, John; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

Empirical evidence has shown that farmers can adapt to climate change by using sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices that provide local mitigation benefits, reducing or offsetting the negative effects of climate change at the level of the plot, farm, or even landscape. However,...

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Household and plot level impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management (SLWM) practices in the Blue Nile:

Schmidt, Emily; Tadesse, Fanaye - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

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Hydrological modeling of sustainable land management interventions in the Mizewa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin:

Schmidt, Emily; Zemadim, Birhanu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This analysis utilizes recent hydrological and meteorological data collected from the Mizewa watershed in order to better understand the physical impact of SLWM investments. The effectiveness of the simulated conservation practices (terraces, bunds, and residue management) are evaluated using...

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Determinants and impact of sustainable land and watershed management investments: A systems evaluation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia:

Schmidt, Emily; Chinowsky, Paul; Robinson, Sherman; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

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Agricultural research in Ghana: An IFPRI-STEPRI report:

van Rheenen, Teunis; Obirth-Opareh, Nelson; Essegbey, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

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