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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336
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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies have grown dramatically over the past few decades, elevating them from two of the world’s poorest countries into projected economic superpowers. As a result, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132824
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Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Yu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395594
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An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Nin Pratt, Alejandro; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038002
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Growth in total factor productivity in the Ethiopian agriculture sector: Growth accounting and econometric assessments of sources of growth
Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
area expanded at 4.7 percent. The remaining growth resulted from intensive use of other inputs, increased productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132633
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Land tenure and natural resource management: A comparative study of agrarian communities in Asia and Africa
Otsuka, Keijiro (contributor); Place, Frank (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
have experienced the reduction of farm size and the decline of natural resources. Through a comparison of Asia and Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850591
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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries
Adato, Michelle (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752679
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Out of the shadow of famine: evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Raisuddin (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
developing countries in Asia. The authors examine the shifting structure of supply and demand in the grain markets, the history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752690