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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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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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Cereal is the single largest subsector of Ethiopia’s agriculture. It dominates in terms of its share in rural …
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The livestock sector is an important subsector of Ethiopia’s economy in terms of its contributions to both agricultural value-added and national gross domestic product (GDP). Between 1995/96 and 2005/06, the livestock subsector’s share averaged 24 percent of agricultural GDP and 11...
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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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Agrarian communities dependent on rainfall are vulnerable to production shortfalls due to drought and other climatic shocks. The human suffering caused by such shocks is often amplified due to deficiencies in market fundamentals, such as roads, information, and risk management institutions. This...
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