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More than 90 percent of the population in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop production has not kept up … with population growth during the last two decades is attributed to land degradation and productivity decline resulting in …
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key drivers of gender gaps in agriculture productivity in Nigeria: women use fewer inputs and have limited participation … Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). Specifically, the underlying analysis aims to (i) examine women … use, extension services, and labor productivity; (iii) examine women's participation and inputs use against budget …
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This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus...
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welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the study … drivers of the so-called feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This feminization has relevance for everyone given … agriculture's role in regional food security, national shared prosperity, and household resilience to shocks. The objective of …
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products. Given the importance and sensitivity of the food and agriculture sector in the country, the report highlights a …
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Most recent African indigenous knowledge (IK) literature, especially in agriculture, emphasizes that Africans are …
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This report evaluates the requirements for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture to guide policy … makers on investment priorities and phasing. Because agriculture is vital for national food security and is a strong … contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is increasingly vulnerable to climate …
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Fostering more rapid rural development, particularly raising the productivity and competitiveness, and accelerating the …
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's dependence on rainfed agriculture and the associated food insecurity. He develops a theoretical framework to assess the welfare … irrigation water. Households with poor health are less likely to adopt productivity-enhancing as well as resource …
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