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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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Indeed, the reality of Ethiopia’s agriculture and food security situation is complex because of variations across … complete picture of Ethiopia’s agriculture and food security must include both the very serious acute and chronic food …
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Ethiopia is changing at an accelerating pace. Major investments in roads are bringing tens of millions of people effectively closer to major urban centers and services. Expansion of telecommunications, especially through cellular phones, likewise has connected much of the country and vastly...
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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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Ethiopia’s crop agriculture is complex, involving substantial variation in crops grown across the countryâ …€™s agriculture and food economy, accounting for about three-fourths of the total area cultivated, 29 percent of agricultural gross …
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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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