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The role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, P.B.R.; Resnick, Danielle; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture's role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037900
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The role of agriculture in development: implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter; Resnick, Danielle; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture's role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037950
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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
hybrid maize subsidy in Zambia is selectively biased due in part to its delivery mechanism and the self-selection of farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685095
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Hybrid seed use and diversity of diets among women in smallholder maize: Growing households in Zambia
Smale, Melinda; Moursi, Mourad; Birol, Ekin; De Groote, Hugo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705897
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Macroeconomic adjustment and agricultural performance in Southern Africa: a quantitative overview
Bautista, Romeo M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Because the economic effects of macroeconomic adjustment have been confounded by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008864010
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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
The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major …-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping season. We estimate the … in Zambia is still very much an "affair of state" in that farmers' use of F1 hybrids is explained largely by inclusion in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132751
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811
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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report
Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132826
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Why women are progressive in education?: Gender disparities in human capital, labor markets, and family arrangement in the Philippines
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tiongco, Marites - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Philippine Labor Force Survey support that family arrangement to tighten commitment between daughters and parents keeps a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132714
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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)
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582