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Social services, human capital, and technical efficiency of smallholders in Burkina Faso:
Wouterse, Fleur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This study applies regression analysis as well as a non-parametric method to survey data from Burkina Faso to analyze the role of human capital in explaining technical efficiency in smallholder agricultural production. Exploiting the panel nature of the data and explicitly treating human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862355
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Opportunities and challenges for community involvement in public service provision in rural Guatemala:
Speer, Johanna; Vásquez, William F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The purpose of the research summarized in this paper is to provide policy-relevant knowledge on the governance of rural services in Guatemala and thus to contribute to improving the provision of services that are essential for agricultural and rural development. Based on quantitative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132715
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Common-pool resources, livelihoods, and resilience: Critical challenges for governance in Cambodia
Ratner, Blake D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Common-pool resource management is a critical element in the interlocked challenges of food security, nutrition, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance challenges facing Cambodia's forests and fisheries, the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395596
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Development domains for Ethiopia: capturing the geographical context of smallholder development options
Chamberlin, Jordan; Pender, John; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The choices that smallholder farmers are able to make are strongly conditioned by the geographic conditions in which they live. The importance of this fact for rural development strategy is not lost on policy makers. For example, the government of Ethiopia frequently frames policy discussions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996730
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Development domains for Ethiopia: capturing the geographical context of smallholder development options
Chamberlin, Jordan; Pender, John; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The choices that smallholder farmers are able to make are strongly conditioned by the geographic conditions in which they live. The importance of this fact for rural development strategy is not lost on policy makers. For example, the government of Ethiopia frequently frames policy discussions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037964
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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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 … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact
Zeller, Manfred (contributor); Meyer, Richard L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the poor might be resolved by access to credit alone -- the ability to acquire assets, to start businesses, to finance emergency needs and to insure against illness and disaster. Part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850584
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Famine in Africa: Causes, responses, and prevention
von Braun, Joachim (contributor); Teklu, Tesfaye (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
€”extreme poverty, armed conflict, economic and political turmoil, and climate shocks—are now most prevalent in Africa. Researchers … famine context. Broadening current theories and models of development for conquering famine, Famine in Africa grounds its … results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850590
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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