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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145651
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … editors and contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine … economic and biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755479
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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Demand for complementary financial and technological tools for managing drought risk:
Ward, Patrick S.; Spielman, David J.; Ortega, David L.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
independently and in a bundled package. Findings indicate that farmers are generally unwilling to pay for drought-tolerant rice …€™ valuation of the rice increases. Farmers value insurance on its own, but even more so when bundled with the drought …-tolerant rice variety. The results provide evidence that farmers value the complementarities inherent in a well-calibrated bundle of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272213
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Land-tenure policy reforms: Decollectivization and the Doi Moi system in Vietnam
Kirk, Michael; Tuan, Nguyen Do Anh - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459979
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From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms
Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna; Keyzer, Michiel; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
smallholder farmers in developing countries, and offers policy recommendations to help potentially profitable smallholders meet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762152
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Hybrid seed use and diversity of diets among women in smallholder maize: Growing households in Zambia
Smale, Melinda; Moursi, Mourad; Birol, Ekin; De Groote, Hugo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705897
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204459
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Reverse-share-tenancy and Marshallian Inefficiency: Landowners’ bargaining power and sharecroppers’ productivity
Hagos, Hosaena Gebru; Holden, Stein T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
While there are ample empirical studies that claim the potential disincentive effects of sharecropping arrangements, the existing literature is shallow in explaining why share tenancy contracts are prevalent and diffusing in many developing countries. Using a unique tenant-landlord matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132654
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Kevin Cleaver •Moving Local- and Community-Driven Development from Boutique to Large … System of Rice Intensification in Northern Vietnam by Gina E. Castillo, Minh Nguyet Le, and Kimberly Pfeifer •The Bill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735452