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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:
Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and quality of maternal and child care to carry out a cluster analysis of country typologies. The purpose is to identify where agriculture-led interventions might address binding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886777
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Measuring food policy research capacity: Indicators and Typologies:
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
We surveyed 30 countries to measure the capacity of their individuals, organizations, and policy process system to undertake food and agricultural policy research. Our Food Policy Research Capacity Index, constructed using measures of human capacity (PhD full-time equivalent researchers per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635685
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Agricultural mechanization patterns in Nigeria: Insights from farm household typology and agricultural household model simulation:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700933
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Toward a typology of food security in developing countries:
Yu, Bingxin; You, Liangzhi; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
. This paper conducts a factor and sequential typology analysis to identify groups of countries categorized according to five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521822
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Is the relationship between aid and economic growth nonlinear?:
Kourtellos, Andros; Tan, Chih Ming; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"There have been intensive debates on the role of aid in promoting economic development in developing countries by … on other outcome variables, such as those included in the Millennium Development Goals." from Authors' Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037999
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A typology for vulnerability and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Rockmore, Marc; Chamberlin, Jordan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This paper considers vulnerability reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from a more aggregated macro viewpoint. We focus on risk related to agriculture, since vulnerability and agriculture are intimately linked in SSA due to the location of the poor, their dependence on agriculture and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038028
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Typology of farm households and irrigation systems: Some evidence from Nigeria
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Edeh, Hyacinth - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685632
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Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application:
Yu, Bingxin; Guo, Zhe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
The great diversity of agricultural activities and practices across the African continent has significant implications for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200210
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Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China
Zhang, Xiaobo; Hu, Dinghuan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Although the role of industrial policy in economic development is a frequent topic of debate in both the literature and … potato cluster in China, we show that industrial policymaking at the local level contributes greatly to economic development … development. As the case study demonstrates, economic development is a continuous process with constantly evolving binding supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291933
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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:
Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Economic development transforms an economy from one that is largely agricultural to one that is largely manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850557