Rural household economies dependent on rainfed agriculture are increasingly turning to irrigation technology solutions … income management. This paper reports findings from a qualitative study undertaken in Tanzania and Kenya to examine women …

Ethiopia and Tanzania, this study examines the nature of credit constraints facing smallholders and the factors that affect …, such as chemical fertilizer, improved seeds, and irrigation technologies, among smallholders. Past research and much policy … high transaction costs, can also play important roles in credit-rationing for smallholders. Using primary survey data from …

productivity of poor smallholders, enabling them to increase income, accumulate assets, and set themselves economically on a … Tanzania that was done to assess whether the taxes (explicit or implicit) that are applied at various points along the … with key participants in fertilizer importation and marketing in Tanzania; and two surveys — one with farmers and the other …

smallholders. The objective of this research is to understand how development organizations are conceptualizing and developing … agricultural value chains in Ghana to include smallholders. The study is based on case studies of five programs supported by … encourage the development of interlinked vertical contracts between smallholders and buyers and investments to improve the …

Although the prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age in Tanzania remains high, there have been documented … in Tanzania. This study is the first known application of this methodology to understanding changes in the prevelance of …

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 … in Tanzania is long-standing. Changes in this engagement reflect the changes in China's engagement in Africa more …

In recent years, the government of Tanzania, like other governments in Africa south of the Sahara, has periodically … farmers and traders regarding the export bans frequently appear in the newspapers in Tanzania, few rigorous analyses have been … of export bans in Tanzania using a computable general equilibrium model. We find that although maize is an important food …

Existing reviews on agriculture and nutrition consider limited evidence and focus on impact size, rather than impact … one of the agriculture-nutrition pathways. Agricultural development plays a role in improving nutrition. However … agriculture — especially by women — competes with time needed for resting, childcare, and food preparation and can have unintended …