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Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005.

Mather, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Crop income is the predominant source of income for most rural Mozambican households, accounting for 73% of rural household income on average in 2002, and greater than 80% of the total income of the poorest 40% of rural households. While the Government of Mozambique recognizes the need to...

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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization

Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

sectors. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods, the analysis aims to identify personal characteristics and …

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The Cost of Maize Production by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia

Burke, William J.; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Banda, Dingiswayo - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

Many agricultural policy discussions in Zambia revolve around the cost of producing maize. Despite the importance of having accurate estimates of production costs, smallholders’ cost of maize production in Zambia remain poorly understood. Various estimates are provided by interested parties,...

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Effects of Policy Reforms on Price Transmission in Coffee Markets: Evidence from Zambia and Tanzania

Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda; Abdulai, Awudu - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

In the late 1990s, several governments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) embarked on various market reforms to improve commodity market performance. The success of such market reforms depends partly on the strength of the transmission of price signals between spatially separated markets and between...

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...

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The Maize Price Spike of 2012/13: Understanding the Paradox of High Prices despite Abundant Supplies

Sitko, Nicholas J.; Kuteya, Auckland N. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

The 2012 harvest was, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock national food balance sheet estimates, a major surplus production season. However, by November the same year, Zambia started experiencing widespread maize meal shortages and skyrocketing maize meal prices. Responding to...

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Analysis of the Soya Bean Value Chain in Zambia’s Eastern Province

Lubungu, Mary; Burke, William J.; Sitko, Nicholas J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

linkages to the growing markets for soya in Zambia, and to provide concrete strategies to overcome them. The primary data used … in this study stem from qualitative research conducted in Eastern Province of Zambia. The data were collected through … guided interviews with key actors at each node of the soya bean value chain. In addition to qualitative research, data from …

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Fertilizer Subsidies and Smallholder Commercial Fertilizer Purchases: Crowding Out, Leakage, and Policy Implications for Zambia

Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Targeted fertilizer subsidies are growing in popularity in Sub-Saharan Africa and are a pillar of the Government of the Republic of Zambia’s (GRZ’s) agricultural sector strategy. For example, over the 2004 to 2011 fiscal years, the budget allocation to the Fertilizer Support Programme (FSP)...

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Hybrid Seed, Income, and Inequality among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Zambia

Smale, Melinda; Mason, Nicole M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia is a major achievement in African agriculture. Since independence in 1964, and most notably from the 1970s, the commitment of the Government of Zambia (GoZ) to ensuring food security through the involvement of smallholder...

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An Annotated Bibliography of Agricultural Education and Training Impact Evaluations

Turner, Eleanor; Mughisha, Johnny; Haggblade, Steven; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

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