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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa â€” Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe â€” and explores how climate...

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Agricultural policy processes and the youth in Malawi:

Mapila, Mariam A. T. J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

youth in Africa south of the Sahara. This disillusionment raises concerns for the future of agriculture for the developing … youth in agricultural policy formulation processes is seen as one avenue for motivating youth engagement in agriculture …. This research seeks to develop a contextual understanding of the level of engagement of youth in agriculture thus providing …

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2012 Global Food Policy Report

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013

This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...

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Early childhood nutrition, schooling, and sibling inequality in a dynamic context: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"While nutritional intake in early childhood provides the basis for a child's health capital, investments in schooling provide the basis for a child's knowledge capital. That store of knowledge, in turn, will eventually be rewarded in the labor market. Does the good health built up by the child...

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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Buthelezi, Thabani; Velia, Myriam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper assesses the impact of prime-age mortality on human capital formation and labor markets by examining, first, the impact on adolescents, who may leave school in order to enter the labor market, and second, the impact on adult females who, upon the loss of a breadwinner, may decide to...

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Community, inequality, and local public goods: Evidence from School Financing in South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Nishiyama, Shinichi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"To examine how local income distribution affects both a community's ability to pay for schooling and the quality of that schooling, this research merges household and school census data from South Africa. Empirical results are twofold. First, while the median income and the average household...

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Early childhood nutrition, schooling, and sibling inequality in a dynamic context: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper examines the effects of early childhood nutrition on schooling inputs and outcomes to assess the dynamic nature of human capital production, using panel data from South Africa. Height-for-age Z-score is used as a measure of health and nutritional status in early childhood. Based on a...

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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Buthelezi, Thabani; Velia, Myriam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper examines the impact of prime-age adult mortality on the transition from school to the labor market of adolescents and on decisions by female adults to participate in the labor force in South Africa. The analysis focuses on that period—1998–2004—when South Africa experienced...

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After the negotiations: assessing the impact of free trade agreements in Southern Africa

Lewis, Jeffrey D.; Robinson, Sherman; Thierfelder, Karen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

After protracted and difficult negotiations, agreement was recently reached on the dimensions of a South African-EU free trade deal. Because of South Africa's prominence in the sub-region, implementation of this agreement will have an impact not only on South Africa, but on all the SADC...

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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)

A variable climate, political instability, and other constraints have limited agricultural development in African countries south of the Sahara. Genetically modified (GM) crops are one tool for enhancing agricultural productivity and food security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified...

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