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Strategies for stimulating poverty-alleviating growth in the rural nonfarm economy in developing countries:

Haggblade, Steven; Hazell, P. B. R.; Reardon, Thomas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

"The rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) accounts for roughly 25 percent of full-time rural employment and 35-40 percent of rural incomes across the developing world. This diverse collection of seasonal trading, household-based and large-scale agroprocessing, manufacturing and service activities plays...

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Accelerated growth and structural transformation: Assessing Ghanaâ€™s options to reach middle-income status

Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Yu, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The Government of Ghana has declared its new development goal of reaching middle-income status by 2015. Achieving this goal will require Ghana to double its per capita income over the...

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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)

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that highÂlights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interdeÂpendencies among...

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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, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...

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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:

Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …

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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence:

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

In order to distinguish the impacts of technology adoption at the extensive margin from those at the intensive margin, in the empirical analyses we tested these hypotheses focusing on the differences among marginal adopters of tractor hiring services and nonadopters of similar characteristics....

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2013 Global Food Policy Report

Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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...

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Improved dairy cows in Uganda: Pathways to poverty alleviation and improved child nutrition:

Kabunga, Nassul S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

milk productivity, milk commercialization, and food expenditure. …

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Infrastructure and cluster development

Ayele, Gezahegn; Moorman, Lisa; Wamisho, Kassu; Zhang, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Rural nonfarm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an important form of industrial organization in the rural nonfarm sector. Based on a primary survey of both urban and rural handloom weaver clusters in Ethiopia, one of the country’s...

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Impacts of climate change on agriculture and policy options for adaptation

Yu, Bingxin; Zhu, Tingju; Breisinger, Clemens; Hai, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

productivity and mitigate the impact of climate change, using a multilevel mixed effects model. This two-pronged approach allows …

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