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This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of … the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects … productivity improvement, and proposing lessons relevant for future research and policymaking to promote productivity growth in …
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"Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the majority of people affected by HIV and AIDS globally, and it is …
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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...
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The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
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Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs … 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has … served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most …
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has grown rapidly. This is due primarily to agriculture, which contributes approximately 35 percent to total GDP and … productivity and reducing poverty. A study by Alene et al. (2007) showed that a 50 percent increase in the Nigerian research budget …
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economies, agriculture, and people. Findings suggest that because of the climate change impacts on agricultural production …
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productivity and income in Africa. Possible future climates are presented through different climate scenarios. The latter combines … economic model run sequentially. The study reveals that land productivity and farm income decline under climate change …. Depending on the changes in precipitation, farm productivity falls by 15 to 20 percent and farm income 5 to 20 percent when the …
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The evidence of improved performance of agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) in recent years has indeed been … productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural …
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Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge … the link between health investments and agricultural productivity. The evidence from some micro-level studies suggests … that inexpensive health interventions can have a very large impact on labor productivity. The macro-level evidence at the …
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