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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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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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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 …The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges
Dorosh, Paul A.; Rashid, Shahidur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253099
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Is there persistence in the impact of emergency food aid? Evidence on consumption, food security, and assets in rural Ethiopia
Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The primary goal of emergency food aid after an economic shock is often to bolster short-term food and nutrition security. However, these transfers also act as insurance against other shock effects, such as destruction of assets and changes in economic activity, which can have lasting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037783
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Socioeconomic considerations in biosafety decisionmaking: Methods and implementation
Horna, Daniela (contributor); Zambrano, Patricia (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Despite the ongoing controversy over their use, genetically modified (GM) crops have progressively grown in popularity and are now planted in approximately 160 million hectares in 29 countries. In the discussions of biosafety regulations for GM crops and whether to approve such crops for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765168
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An assessment of IFPRI's work in Ethiopia 1995-2010: Ideology, influence, and idiosyncrasy
Renkow, Mitch; Slade, Roger - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This study provides an independent external assessment of the impact of IFPRI’s work in Ethiopia during 1995–2010. From 1995 to 2004, nearly all of IFPRI’s Ethiopia work was undertaken by Washington-based research teams working on specific themes under various “global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132595
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Who talks to whom in African agricultural research information networks? The Malawi case
Droppelmann, Klaus; Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.; Mazunda, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
of the national agricultural sector development strategy, namely the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132662
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Demand for maize hybrids, seed subsidies, and seed decisionmakers in Zambia
Smale, Melinda; Mason, Nicole - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
achievement of African agriculture but was predicated on a government commitment to parastatal grain and seed marketing, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132751
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Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: Economic and Policy Lessons from Countries South of … skeptical of them. These and other findings in Genetically Modified Crops in Africa indicate ways biotechnology can contribute … to economic development in Africa south of the Sahara. …
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