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policy environment and increased attention to agriculture has had a major effect on overall productivity growth based on … environment and increased investments in agriculture at a time when African governments and donors have been rallying to increase … their support to agriculture. Is African agriculture undergoing a new and sustained recovery after many decades of stagnant …
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This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of … the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects … productivity improvement, and proposing lessons relevant for future research and policymaking to promote productivity growth in …
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Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing … scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the editors and contributors of Southern African Agriculture and Climate … consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050. They also offer recommendations to national …
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This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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. Consistent with the PASDEP, Ethiopia is also in the process of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development … of devoting at least 10 percent of public expenditures to agriculture and to achieving a 6 percent growth rate in … meet its targets for crop yields and livestock productivity, then it should be possible to reach and sustain the six …
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Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to … experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … of policy briefs offer important insights into how to address the key global issues of agricultural productivity, food …
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In spite of remarkable growth in Ethiopia’s agricultural production and overall real incomes (GDP/capita) from 2004/05 to 2008/09, prices of major cereals (teff, maize, wheat and sorghum) have fluctuated sharply in both nominal and real terms. International prices of cereals also...
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This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336
This paper was written to help bolster the case and present visual evidence demonstrating why it is important to seriously consider spatial soil fertility variability in Ghana and to promote area-specific fertilizer recommendations. Using geostatistical analysis of soil samples collected from...
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This paper presents evidence on rural Ethiopian households’ time allocation to different activities, especially fuel collection work, and examines the effect of changes in the availability of firewood resources on households’ time allocation to fuel collection and on- and off-farm...
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