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of a broader process of innovation and learning. A new idea, model, or approach is typically embodied in a pilot project … experience from scaling up feeds back into new ideas and learning. The authors of the 20 policy briefs included here explore the … Village-Level Organizations to Improve Rural Livelihoods by Raj M. Desai and Shareen Joshi •Oxfam America: Learning from the …
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, we demonstrate that improving economy-wide learning unambiguously increases the rate of growth of output, technology …
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"Using original data collected about growers, traders, processors, markets, and village communities, we compare the situation in four states – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa. We examine the way that information about crop attributes is conveyed (or not) along the value...
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Local brands are rapidly gaining agricultural market share in developing countries. However, it is not well understood how they reshape agricultural value chains and what the implications are for consumers and producers. In a detailed case study of the value chain of makhana in Bihar, we see the...
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This research has been undertaken to understand the rationale for the implementation of decreasing export taxes along the value chain in middle-income countries, in particular in the oilseeds value chain. This paper studies the implementation of Differential Export Tax (DET) rates along value...
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We study the value chain of teff, Ethiopia’s most important staple food crop by area and value. Based on large-scale primary surveys, we find significant changes in the last decade. First, there is increasing adoption of modern inputs (chemical fertilizer, improved varieties, and...
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