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Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops

Joshi, P.K.; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

by diversification into higher-value crops. The results reflect the slowing growth of wheat and rice yields in India, as …

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Food prices and poverty reduction in the long run:

Headey, Derek D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

the long run (one to five years) higher food prices reduce poverty and inequality. The magnitudes of these effects vary …

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Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria

Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many developing countries. The main objective of this paper is to...

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Rural non-farm income and inequality in Nigeria:

Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"This paper investigates the contribution of rural non-farm income to income inequality by examining the contribution …-farm income) to income inequality in Nigeria. The results reveal the relative importance of specific income sources to income … inequality and the various determinants of income inequality in rural Nigeria. Although non-farm income is distributed more …

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Estimating the impact of agricultural technology on poverty reduction in rural Nigeria:

Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"It has often been argued that new agricultural technologies lead to poverty reduction. This paper argues that any changes in poverty situation attributed to those who adopt new agricultural technology (treatment group) without a counterfactual comparison of carefully selected nonadopters...

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