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Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda:
Jagger, Pamela; Pender, John L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
technologies may be necessary to ensure technology diffusion throughout communities. This information may be taken as an indicator … in the context of land management. The limited impact of agriculture and environment focused organizations on technology … adoption is discouraging though may be linked to the limited profitability of technology adoption in the short-run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996754
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Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets?
Chamberlin, Jordan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
productivity and commercialization of smallholder agriculture.... This work uses household survey data, district-level production …. Several key issues are highlighted: the less prevalent use of inputs, lower commercialization, and lower welfare rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762120
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Agricultural commercialization, land expansion, and homegrown land-scale farmers: Insights from Ghana:
Chapoto, Antony; Mabiso, Athur; Bonsu, Adwinmea - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
farm-size expansion, and commercialization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700936
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Asset versus consumption poverty and poverty dynamics in the presence of multiple equilibria in rural Ethiopia
Liverpool, Lenis Saweda O.; Winter-Nelson, Alex - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
space, depending on commercialization opportunities and agroecological factors. The asset-based poverty classifications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505341
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Smallholders' commercialization through cooperatives: A diagnostic for Ethiopia
Bernard, Tanguy; Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z.; Taffesse, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This paper examines the impact of cooperatives on smallholder commercialization of cereals, using detailed household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038084
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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations
Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The authors of this book identify the factors affecting land inheritance and schooling across generations in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Ghana-countries with very different social and cultural traditions. Based on household surveys at each site, the authors examine how these factors affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752677
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Who will be fed in the 21st century? Challenges for science and policy
Wiebe, Keith D. (contributor); Ballenger, Nicole (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Global food production has more than doubled over the past 40 years, growing faster than population, and will likely keep pace in the 21st century. Yet today one-eighth of the world's people lack secure access to the food they need to live active and healthy lives. This volume describes how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752691
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Promising approaches to address the needs of poor female farmers: Resources, constraints, and interventions
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Pandolfelli, Lauren - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Recognizing that “gender matters,” many development interventions have aimed to close the gender gap in access to resources, both human and physical, and to address the specific needs of female farmers. This paper critically reviews attempts to increase poor female farmers' access to, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967161
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762129
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Land tenurial systems and the adoption of Mucuna planted fallow in the derived savannas of West Africa:
Manyong, Victor M.; Houndékon, Victorin A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
security over land was among the factors that significantly affect the adoption of the technology, with a high marginal effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113247