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Improving governance to eradicate hunger and poverty:

Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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Dynamics of structural transformation: An empirical characterization in the case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana

Badibanga, Thaddee; Diao, Xinshen; Roe, Terry; Somwaru, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"The paper develops a metric of structural transformation that can account for the production of new varieties of goods embodying advancements in technological know-how and design. Our measure captures the dynamics of an economy's transformation and can be viewed as an extension of Hausmann and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038063

Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application:

Yu, Bingxin; Guo, Zhe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …

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Time allocation to energy resource collection in rural Ethiopia: Gender-disaggregated household responses to changes in firewood availability:

Scheurlen, Elena - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

This paper presents evidence on rural Ethiopian householdsâ€™ time allocation to different activities, especially fuel collection work, and examines the effect of changes in the availability of firewood resources on householdsâ€™ time allocation to fuel collection and on- and off-farm...

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Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh:

Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asiaâ€™s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200214

Interactions between health and farm-labor productivity:

Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo; Chiang, Catherine; Thangata, Paul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

livelihood. This report provides an overview of current knowledge of the impact of health issues on farm-level productivity and … productivity and poor health. At the household level, the investment in health can improve resilience and enhance the ability to … productivity, health, and resilience of farm households. …

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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

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Efficiency and productivity differential effects of land certification program in Ethiopia: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tigray:

Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experi-mental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the … envelopment analysis-based Malmquist-type productivity index to decompose productivity differences into (1) within-group farm …

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The case of tomato in Ghana: Productivity

Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z.; Kolavalli, Shashi L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

The tomato sector in Ghana has failed to reach its potential, in terms of attaining yields comparable to other countries, in terms of the ability to sustain processing plants, and in terms of improving the livelihoods of those households involved in tomato production and the tomato commodity...

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Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana:

Chapoto, Antony; Ragasa, Catherine - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Using cross-sectional data on 630 maize farmers and 645 maize plots in Ghana, this paper provides empirical evidence on the responsiveness of maize yield to fertilizer use and use intensity and the economics of fertilizer use with or without subsidy. Similar to previous studies in Ghana and...

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