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The economic impact and the distribution of benefits and risk from the adoption of insect resistant (Bt) cotton in West Africa:
Falck-Zepeda, Jose; Horna, Daniela; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
greater confidence in the process of setting agricultural research investment priorities." from Authors' Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038130
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The global effort to eradicate rinderpest:
Roeder, Peter; Rich, Karl - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459985
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Governance decentralization and local infrastructure provision in Indonesia:
Chowdhury, Shyamnal; Yamauchi, Futoshi; Dewina, Reno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper examines the recent decentralization of governance in Indonesia and its impact on local infrastructure … provision. The decentralization of decisionmaking power to local jurisdictions in Indonesia may have improved the matching of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459975
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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
absence or inadequacy of risk-mitigating institutions and markets, and the need to protect the world's poorest communities … policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196693
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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
average rate of developing countries. Previous studies concluded that SSA should increase investment in agricultural research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:
Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
The goal of this paper is to examine how financial constraints affect firms’ decisions to export when the mode of intra-sectoral competition is endogenous. We propose an extension of Neary and Tharakan’s (2012) model, in which firms resort to external funders to finance fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272219
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Green and blue water accounting in the Limpopo and Nile Basins: Implications for food and agricultural policy
Sulser, Timothy B.; Ringler, Claudia; Zhu, Tingju; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459976
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Measuring the effect of transaction costs for investment in irrigation pumps: Application of unobserved stochastic threshold model to the case of Nigeria
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adeoti, Adetola I.; Salau, Sheu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
increase in farmers� investment in irrigation is essential. While Nigerian farmers� low level of investment in irrigation … an investment. Although reducing transaction costs is important because the reduction provides farmers with a more … return from irrigation investment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762150
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Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model?
Houssou, Nazaire; Diao, Xinshen; Cossar, Frances; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Even though the intention of the government is to promote private sector-led mechanization, findings suggest that the AMSEC model is unlikely to be a profitable business model attractive to private investors even with the current level of subsidy. The low tractor utilization rate as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634909
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Do health investments improve agricultural productivity?
McNamara, Paul E.; Ulimwengu, John M.; Leonard, Kenneth L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge for economists. This review paper aims to answer the question: Does improved population health lead to higher rates of agricultural growth? In attempting to answer this question,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519795