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Treating the field as a lab: A basic guide to conducting economics
Viceisza, Angelino C.G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Treating the Field as a Lab: A Basic Guide to Conducting Economics Experiments for Policymaking offers economists, researchers, and policymakers 19 basic principles for conducting experiments in developing-country contexts. In this Food Security in Practice technical guide, Angelino Viceisza...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850553
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Treating the field as a lab: A basic guide to conducting economics
Viceisza, Angelino C.G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Treating the Field as a Lab: A Basic Guide to Conducting Economics Experiments for Policymaking offers economists, researchers, and policymakers 19 basic principles for conducting experiments in developing-country contexts. In this Food Security in Practice technical guide, Angelino Viceisza...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010579132
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The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
McCarthy, Nancy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
In this paper, we develop a simple game-theoretic model to explore the relationship between management of common pool resources used as an input in livestock production (common pastures) and the adoption of inputs associated with intensified per animal production (veterinary services, purchased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113252
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Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application:
Yu, Bingxin; Guo, Zhe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200210
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Time allocation to energy resource collection in rural Ethiopia: Gender-disaggregated household responses to changes in firewood availability:
Scheurlen, Elena - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This paper presents evidence on rural Ethiopian households’ time allocation to different activities, especially fuel collection work, and examines the effect of changes in the availability of firewood resources on households’ time allocation to fuel collection and on- and off-farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200212
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Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200214
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Interactions between health and farm-labor productivity:
Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo; Chiang, Catherine; Thangata, Paul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
livelihood. This report provides an overview of current knowledge of the impact of health issues on farm-level productivity and … productivity and poor health. At the household level, the investment in health can improve resilience and enhance the ability to … productivity, health, and resilience of farm households. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862317
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Agricultural mechanization patterns in Nigeria: Insights from farm household typology and agricultural household model simulation:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700933
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Efficiency and productivity differential effects of land certification program in Ethiopia: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tigray:
Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experi-mental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the … envelopment analysis-based Malmquist-type productivity index to decompose productivity differences into (1) within-group farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762118
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The case of tomato in Ghana: Productivity
Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z.; Kolavalli, Shashi L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The tomato sector in Ghana has failed to reach its potential, in terms of attaining yields comparable to other countries, in terms of the ability to sustain processing plants, and in terms of improving the livelihoods of those households involved in tomato production and the tomato commodity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762122