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development of agricultural strategies by expanding the number of commitments and goals under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … and simulation of the Malabo goals on poverty and hunger. The modeling framework is applied to Kenya using the most recent … data. The Malabo Agenda simulation results indicate that Kenya's current nonagriculture-led growth is not sufficient to …
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This paper is part of a set of country case studies that take a detailed look at public expenditures in agriculture and …/2011, this paper first reviews the institutional arrangement and budgeting process in Kenya, followed by a description of the … structure of public expenditure account in Kenya. The expenditure data are aggregated according to clearly delineated …
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Annual data on Kenya from 1950 to 2014 are used to analyze the determinants of the level and composition of government … expenditures for six functions (general administration, defense, education, health, agriculture, and other economic functions …
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This research was designed to understand better the patterns of agricultural intensification and transformation occurring in Africa South of the Sahara using the Ghanaian case. The paper examines changes in farming systems and the role of various endogenous and exogenous factors in driving the...
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Evidence continues to mount that foodborne illness imposes a staggering health burden in developing countries. However, standard approaches used by developed country governments to ensure food safety are not appropriate in settings where regulatory enforcement capacity is weak and most firms are...
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in eastern and central Kenya, we explore the relationship between price, brand, and aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin is …
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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 …
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adaptation. Data were collected in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali using both an e-survey platform and face …
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After nearly two centuries of lagging behind the industrial countries, growth in many developing countries has surged since the early 1990s. This outperformance has major implications for almost all areas of agricultural economics and, if continued, will likely do so into the future. This paper...
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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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