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"This study examines the sources of crop income growth in Indian agriculture over the 1980s and 1990s. Using a method … developed by Minot (2003), the analysis decomposes crop income growth into the contribution of yield increases, area expansion … level, technology (higher yield) was the main source of crop income growth during 1980s, while rising prices and …
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"Malawi has experienced modest economic growth over the last decade and a half. However, agricultural growth has been … growth, rural development and food security. This paper analyzes agricultural growth and investment options that can support … CAADP, which include achieving six percent agricultural growth and allocating at least ten percent of budgetary resources to …
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restoring agricultural growth, rural development and food security. This paper analyzes the agricultural growth and investment … the principles and objectives of the CAADP, which include the achievement of six percent agricultural growth and … indicate that it is possible for Zambia to reach the CAADP target of six percent agricultural growth, but this will require …
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"Over the past two decades, Uganda has experienced strong economic growth. However, agriculture has not performed as … framework of development priorities aimed at restoring agricultural growth, rural development and food security. This paper … analyzes the agricultural growth and investment options that can support the development of a comprehensive rural development …
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"Agriculture has been the backbone of a Ghanaian economy that has recorded positive per capita GDP growth over the last … from favorable weather conditions and world market prices for cocoa. However, growth patterns have been erratic over a … 2005. The high rate of expansion achieved in recent years may be difficult to sustain, as growth hasbeen led by extensive …
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as a continent-wide framework to facilitate faster agricultural growth and progress toward poverty reduction and food and … growth and poverty-reduction outcomes. …
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-change-induced higher global prices for food will lower Yemen's overall GDP growth, raise agricultural GDP, decrease real household incomes …
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productivity, growth declines and the GDP share of the nontraded sector further increases. Smart use of oil revenue thus not only … support the development of manufacturing or export-oriented service sectors. Yet the recent growth experience of many African … economic growth and structural change by developing a multisector intertemporal general equilibrium model. We find that the …
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growth and poverty. Our results indicate that maximizing the poverty-reducing effects of a biofuels industry in Tanzania …-poor growth than do sugarcane-based systems. However, if smallholder yields can be improved rather than expanding cultivated land …
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