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This study examines the impact of the Wheat Initiative technology package promoted by the research and extension systems in Ethiopia on wheat growers in the highlands of the country. The package includes improved wheat seed, a lower seeding density, row planting, fertilizer recommendations, and...
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The productivity gains associated with improved cultivated varieties (cultivars) tend to break down over time as they lose the genetic advantages conferred by breeding. Cultivar depreciation, in turn, can increase the vulnerability of resource-poor households to risks associated with biotic and...
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policy that promote gender equality. This study applied to Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia aims to contribute to this … duties, are biased for female employment in Algeria and Egypt, but not in Morocco and Tunisia. Female labor …-intensive industries in Algeria and Egypt are highly protected in the benchmark and are not competitive internationally so that removing …
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relative decline of agriculture was due to the policies of import-substituting industrialization (ISI). This was also the …. We find that the declining land-labor ratio was more important than ISI in explaining relative stagnation in agriculture … agriculture …
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clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation for Africans and their development partners … to more fruitfully engage with an increasingly important actor. Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural development …
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Because many rural poor live in areas far away from markets, we investigate whether better road access could help improve their livelihood and reduce rural poverty. We use three waves of a primary panel survey at the household level conducted in 18 remote natural villages in China to study how...
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's empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women's empowerment is …
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's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a recent internationally-validated measure based on interviews of women and men within …
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A landmark achievement of the Uruguay Round, and notably, the Agreement on Agriculture, was the full inclusion of … agriculture in multilateral rules and disciplines. Since the birth of World Trade Organization (WTO), a significant number of … member countries have used the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) for resolving the disputes in agriculture. The DSM has …
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assess its relationship with public investment in agriculture. Amidst sizeable ups and downs, the magnitude and rate of … growth in private investment in agriculture has gained momentum from 2000s except in Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and … formation in farm business, is evident in agriculturally advanced states. Within agriculture, relatively higher investments in …
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