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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are …. -- climate change ; agriculture ; food security ; crop model ; CGE model ; Tanzania …
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Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …
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Prioritizing public investments requires information on relative returns that are difficult to derive from disparate evaluation studies. This paper presents a 'hybrid' approach that combines ex post evaluation data with an economy-wide model for experimenting ex ante with alternative investment...
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change ; uncertainty ; stochastic simulation ; CGE model ; agriculture ; Bangladesh …
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product (GDP) from 1998 to 2007 was less rapid than in other parts of the economy, agriculture also performed well, growing … accelerate growth and poverty reduction, Ethiopia’s national strategy affords an important role to agriculture as a source of … both growth and development for the broader economy. This is essential given that agriculture is an income source for most …
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"Uganda has experienced rapid economic growth and poverty reduction over the past decade but has failed to significantly improve incomes in its northern regions where prolonged conflict has hindered growth. We consider three strategies to close this regional divide: (1) develop a north-south...
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"Rising world prices for fuel and food represent a negative terms-of-trade shock for Mozambique. The impacts of these price increases are analyzed using various approaches. Detailed price data show that the world price increases are being transmitted to domestic prices. Short-run net benefit...
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framework of the Agricultural Development Plan (ADP), is in the process of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … meeting the Maputo declaration of spending at least ten percent of the government's total budget on agriculture. In fact, even … under a more optimistic and efficient spending scenario, the Government of Malawi must increase its spending on agriculture …
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"This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable … in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food … percent growth target. In this process, agriculture supports the rest of the economy through substantial and largely invisible …
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agricultural growth. Growth in agriculture is found to benefit both urban and rural households, whereas industry-led growth …, however, is not optimistic about agriculture's growth potential, focusing more heavily on industry-led growth. Therefore, as … the 6 percent agricultural growth target of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program, which Kenya has …
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