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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina … change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755479
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145651
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How prudent are rural households in developing transition economies:
Jin, Ling; Chen, Kevin Z.; Yu, Bingxin; Huang, Zuhui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Rural households in developing economies frequently use precautionary saving to cope with income risk. Such prudent behavior can be strengthened in transition economies where more risks are typically faced by households during and after reforms. This paper uses a rich panel of rural households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366806
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Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
Maystadt, Jean-Francois; Ecker, Olivier; Mabiso, Athur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010618001
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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)
nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …
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 … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland … change makes the challenges greater. Southern Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811
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Impact of market and population pressure on production, incomes and natural resources in the dryland savannas of West Africa: bioeconomic modeling at the village level
Barbier, Bruno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
-arid and a sub-humid savanna region in Burkina Faso in West Africa. Several simulations are carried out to the year 2030 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101359
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Cost-benefit analysis of the african risk capacity facility:
Clarke, Daniel J.; Hill, Ruth Vargas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The African Risk Capacity (ARC), has been proposed as a pan-Africa drought risk pool to insure against drought risk in … Africa south of the Sahara. If fully operationalized, the ARC will mark a major change in how donors fund emergency support … to countries in Africa during times of need. In this paper, we undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the ARC pool and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700932
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Market and climatic risks and farmers' investment in productive assets under the Second Fadama Development Project in Nigeria:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
and commodity prices. Because most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are risk-averse, they may be willing to invest in … assets, as well as historical data on rainfall and white gari price in various locations in Nigeria. The results support the … gari price were more likely to invest in milling machines that enable them to process cassava into flour instead of gari. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862362