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Exchange rate misalignment and its effects on agricultural producer support estimates
Cheng, Fuzhi; Orden, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"There have been different degrees of exchange rate disequilibrium in the developing countries during transition or reform periods since the mid 1980s. The level of the exchange rate and its misalignment can have significant impacts on agricultural policy measures such as Producer Support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996566
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Agricultural policies in India
Mullen, Kathleen; Orden, David; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
this study, we evaluate the protection and support versus disprotection of agriculture in India. Our methodology involves … adjustments impact the results. Overall, our results indicate that support for agriculture in India has been counter …-cyclical. Support for agriculture has been rising when world prices are low (as in the mid 1980s and 1998-2002) and falling when world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996573
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Constraints to increasing agricultural productivity in Nigeria: A review
Phillip, Dayo; Nkonya, Ephraim; Pender, John L.; Oni, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of … the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects … productivity improvement, and proposing lessons relevant for future research and policymaking to promote productivity growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762139
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Agriculture and HIV/AIDS: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Gillespie, Stuart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the majority of people affected by HIV and AIDS globally, and it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996995
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Who will be fed in the 21st century? Challenges for science and policy
Wiebe, Keith D. (contributor); Ballenger, Nicole (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
operation of markets in three critical areas: protecting the natural resources on which agriculture depends; focusing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752691
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The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh:
Hossain, Mahabub - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459998
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Drivers of change in Ghana's cocoa sector:
Vigneri, Marcella - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Using a two year panel dataset, this paper offers an empirical investigation of the unprecedented production boom episode observed in Ghana's cocoa sector between 2002 and 2004. We look at the technology of production underlying the years of the boom, and suggest that most of the rise was due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762123
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Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications
Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
trends up to 2015 by assuming different patterns of growth. The results show that agriculture-led growth has a larger poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762133
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A partial equilibrium model of the Malawi maize commodity market:
Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Meyer, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper presents a model of the Malawi maize commodity market that is developed for use as a policy analysis tool. The model captures national and local maize market dynamics and the linkages existing within the maize market in the country. This research has been undertaken in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634908
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Impact assessment of food policy research a stocktaking workshop: synthesis report
Anderson, Jock R.; Bos, Maria Soledad; Cohen, Marc J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"This stocktaking workshop provided an opportunity for several groups with active interest in impact assessment relating to agricultural policy research to share experiences and views about what constitutes good practice in this field. The sponsoring organizations have had a long-standing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996478