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Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Zambia

Mulenga, Brian P.; Richardson, Robert B.; Tembo, Gelson - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

are scarce. Therefore, non-timber forest products may offer sources of income and opportunities for poverty alleviation in …

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The 2011 Surplus in Smallholder Maize Production in Zambia: Drivers, Beneficiaries, & Implications for Agricultural & Poverty Reduction Policies

Mason, Nicole M.; Burke, William J.; Shipekesa, Arthur M.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

(FSP/FISP). More than 90% of GRZ funding for Poverty Reduction Programmes is devoted to the FRA and FSP/FISP, yet there has … been no major reduction in rural poverty rates in Zambia since 2004. …

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Dynamic Pathways into and out of Poverty: A Case of Small Holder Farmers in Zambia

Banda, Diana J.; Hamukwala, Priscilla; Haggblade, Steven; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

on long term poverty dynamics i.e., how they perceived their welfare compared to that of their parents with the major … worse off (WO) than both parents were. Poverty was mainly defined from the communities' own perspectives and entailed …

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Mudanças nos Padrões dos Rendimentos de Agregados Familiares Rurais em Moçambique de 1996 a 2002 e suas Implicações para a Contribuição da Agricultura para a Redução da Pobreza...

Boughton, Duncan; Mather, David; Tschirley, David L.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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Access to Land, and Poverty Reduction in Rural Zambia: Connecting the Policy Issues

Jayne, Thomas S.; Zulu, Ballard; Kajoba, Gear; Weber, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

It might be considered unlikely that inadequate access to land would be one of the major causes of rural poverty in …

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Changes in Rural Household Income Patterns in Mozambique, 1996-2002, and Implications for Agriculture’s Contribution to Poverty Reduction.

Boughton, Duncan; Mather, David; Tschirley, David L.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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Food Crop Marketing and Agricultural Productivity in a High Price Environment: Evidence and Implications for Mozambique

Benfica, Rui M.S.; Boughton, Duncan; Mouzinho, Bordalo; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

This paper assesses the relationship between agricultural productivity and market participation and performance following an increase in market prices in Mozambique. We use panel data before and after the change in price regime to identify the relative importance of market access/participation...

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Food System Dynamics: Projecting Changes in Food Demand in East and Southern Africa through 2040

Tschirley, David; Dolislager, Michael; Meyer, Ferdinand H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been rapidly urbanizing for many years. Current estimates from the UN are that urban population growth in East Africa is over 4% per year, while in Southern Africa, which has higher urbanization levels, the growth is estimated at 2%. Overall in East and Southern...

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Do Input Subsidy Programs Raise Incomes and Reduce Poverty among Smallholder Farm Households? Evidence from Zambia

Mason, Nicole M.; Tembo, Solomon T. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2015

their objectives raising farm incomes and reducing rural poverty. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on the …, and stubbornly high rural poverty rates in both countries despite many years of large-scale ISPs, have raised doubts that … ISPs are effectively reducing poverty. …

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Gender Control and Labour Input: Who Controls the Proceeds from Staple Crop Production among Zambian Farmers?

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

Because gender roles and relations are dynamic, programs built on a solid up-to-date understanding of how men and women share labor responsibilities and the proceeds from their agricultural activities have the potential to bring forth positive outcomes. Better information on gender-based...

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