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drive food demand in the coming decades. Baseline scenarios show food prices for maize, rice, and wheat would significantly … under varying assumptions of climate change for the three key staple crops: maize, rice, and wheat. Geared toward …
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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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, wheat, and maize. To better understand the likely economywide effects of increases of between 12 and 14 percent in the … price and wheat import scenarios, a wheat subsidy program, and maize exports. Among the effects considered are changes in …
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€œdelivery†phase of the HarvestPlus program (2014–2018), theories of change were developed for three crop-country combinations—maize …
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This study analyzes consumer acceptance of biofortified orange maize in rural Zambia by eliciting consumers … perception of yellow maize does not affect orange maize which is well liked, (b) there is a premium for orange maize with …, and (d) product experience does not translate into lower willingness to pay for orange maize. …
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crops: barley, maize, teff, and wheat. Since maize is the only crop that exhibits considerable adoption of improved seed, we … estimate a similar model for the adoption of improved seed in maize production. We find that access to fertilizer and seed is …
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This study examines the existing status, policies, and institutions for promoting agricultural output in Nepal, in particular cereals. In this context, it reviews the policies on agricultural input such as seed, fertilizer, water, agricultural equipment, research and extension, and agricultural...
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, the farming of maize in East and Southern Africa, cassava across the middle belt of Africa, cotton in West Africa …
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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, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea,...
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