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Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas:
Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. This paper explores the race between these two countervailing forces, with the goal of informing two important policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700931
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: catalyzing agricultural innovation:
Pingali, Prabhu L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736381
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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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Trade liberalization under CAFTA: an analysis of the agreement with special reference to agriculture and smallholders in Central America
Morley, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper is a description and an analysis of trade liberalization under CAFTA. It shows that in the short run the impact of the agreement is likely to be small... Since the U.S. already grants tariff-free access under the CBI, trade liberalization in the CAFTA treaty appears to be asymmetric,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996578
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Trade liberalization under CAFTA: an analysis of the agreement with special reference to agriculture and smallholders in Central America
Morley, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper is a description and an analysis of trade liberalization under CAFTA. It shows that in the short run the impact of the agreement is likely to be small... Since the U.S. already grants tariff-free access under the CBI, trade liberalization in the CAFTA treaty appears to be asymmetric,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037962
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Spatial Analysis of Livestock Production Patterns in Ethiopia:
Tilamun, Helina; Schmidt, Emily - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
smallholder livestock population data from the Agricultural Census (2001/02) and data from the annual CSA Agricultural Sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762114
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Smallholder demand for maize hybrids and selective seed subsidies in Zambia
Smale, Melinda; Birol, Ekin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This analysis explores smallholder demand for hybrid maize seed by subsidy receipt. We test the hypothesis that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685095
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Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas:
Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper explores the race between these two countervailing forces, with the goal of informing two important policy questions. First, how do rural Ethiopians adapt to land constraints? And second, do land constraints significantly influence welfare outcomes in rural Ethiopia? To answer these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850562
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Agricultural commercialization, land expansion, and homegrown land-scale farmers: Insights from Ghana:
Chapoto, Antony; Mabiso, Athur; Bonsu, Adwinmea - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
strategy of large-scale or smallholder farms, paying little attention to a special group of smallholder farmers who have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700936
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Factor endowments, wage growth, and changing food self-sufficiency: Evidence from country-level panel data
Otsuka, Keijiro; Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010618000