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Generating food security in the year 2020

Brown, Lynn R.; Feldstein, Hilary Sims; Haddad, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995

agricultural production, producing both food and cash crops. Population growth, urbanization, and the limited potential for …

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Development pathways and land management in Uganda: causes and implications

Pender, John L.; Jagger, Pamela; Nkonya, Ephraim M.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

This paper investigates the patterns and determinants of change in livelihood strategies (“development pathways”), land management practices, agricultural productivity, resource and human welfare conditions in Uganda since 1990, based upon a community- level survey conducted in 107 villages....

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The case of smallholder dairying in Eastern Africa:

Ngigi, Margaret - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"Agriculture plays a crucial role in the economy of sub-Saharan Africa. A feature of particular significance about the region is that the majority of households are heavily dependent on agriculture as their major source of livelihood. Smallholder agriculture is the principal producer of staple...

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Economic growth and development

Pandya-Lorch, Rajul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1994

Developing countries as a group have experienced rapid economic growth in the last three decades: between 1965 and 1990, their gross national product (GNP) per capita grew at an average annual rate of 2.5 percent to reach US$840 in 1990. However, economic performance has been uneven across...

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Population density, migration, and the returns to human capital and land: Highlights from Indonesia

Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Rapid population growth in many developing countries has raised concerns regarding food security and household welfare. To understand the consequences of population growth on in the general equilibrium setting, we examine the dynamics of population density and its impacts on household outcomes...

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Public sector agricultural research priorities for sustainable food security: Perspectives from plausible scenarios:

Nelson, Gerald C.; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

There is widespread agreement that our ability to deliver sustainable food security for all will be challenged in three dimensionsâ€”population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are essential to dealing with these challenges....

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Fertility, agricultural labor supply, and production: Instrumental variable evidence from Uganda:

Van Campenhout, Bjorn - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Human fertility is likely to affect agricultural production through its effect on the supply of agricultural labor. Using the fact that in traditional, patriarchal societies sons are often preferred to daughters, we isolated exogenous variation in the number of children born to a mother and...

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Urbanization and spatial connectivity in Ethiopia: Urban growth analysis using GIS

Schmidt, Emily; Kedir, Mekamu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

In comparison to other African countries, Ethiopia has a low urbanization rate. According to the World Bank World … Development Report (WDR) 2009, Sub-Sahara Africa is 30% urbanized, whereas Ethiopia is only 10.9% urbanized. Urbanization rates … Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia reports a 16% urbanization rate. In an effort to standardize and measure Ethiopian …

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Rethinking China's underurbanization: An evaluation of its county-to-city upgrading policy

Fan, Shenggen; Li, Lixing; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"It has been argued in the literature that China is underurbanized in large part because of restrictions on migration. While the presence of migration barriers can help explain why existing cities fail to achieve their optimal size, it cannot explain the lack of cities. Although migration has...

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Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia:

Tadesse, Fanaye; Headey, Derek - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

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