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How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomized Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda
Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobić, Vida; … - 2017
farming practices among women smallholders in Uganda. We find that while supply of improved seeds through local, BRAC trained … by the program. These results have implications for both efficient program design and for models of technology adoption. …
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Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda
Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobic, Vida; Sulaiman, … - 2019
persistent effects, consistent with models of technology adoption that emphasize learning from experience. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059206
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Identifying the Poor – Accounting for Household Economies of Scale in Global Poverty Estimates
Jolliffe, Dean; Tetteh-Baah, Samuel Kofi - 2022
Estimates of the number of people living in extreme poverty, as reported by the World Bank, figure prominently in international development dialogue and policy. An assumption underpinning these poverty counts is that there are no economies of scale in household size – a family of six needs...
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Financial Literacy and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households
Millimet, Daniel L.; McDonough, Ian K.; Fomby, Thomas B. - 2015
Food insecurity is one of the most, if not the most, significant, nutrition-related public health issue confronted in the US. Unfortunately, we know very little about the determinants of food security except that it is not synonymous with poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307315
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Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C.; Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015
, savings and wage income, which lead to improved food security. Given minimal changes in the adoption of relatively expensive … relatively costless. These results highlight the role of improved basic methods in boosting agricultural productivity among poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307403
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Small-Scale Farming and Food Security: The Enabling Role of Cash Transfers in South Africa's Former Homelands
von Fintel, Dieter; Pienaar, Louw - 2016
Cash transfers successfully alleviate poverty in many developing countries. South Africa is a case in point, implementing one of the largest unconditional cash transfer programmes internationally, and with substantial benefits to household well-being along multiple dimensions. Yet, grants...
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Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward
Dang, Hai-Anh; Jolliffe, Dean; Serajuddin, Umar; Stacy, … - 2024
with some agriculture development indicators such as food security, food sustainability and productivity as well as other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533880
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Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture and Achieving Food Security: An Exploration in Machinery Services and Labor Reallocation in China
Zou, Baoling; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2024
connect smallholders with modern agriculture and achieve food security in China. Using household-level data from China, this … study examines the impact of hiring machinery services on farm productivity, food security, and rural households' welfare …. Findings show that mechanization services increased rural Chinese families' food security and agricultural productivity. Hiring …
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Evaluating the Long-Run Impact of an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program: Evidence Using Household Panel Data
Asadullah, Niaz; Ara, Jinnat - 2016
Using a four-round panel data set from the first phase of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction – Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR – TUP) programme of BRAC, we investigate whether a one-off transfer of livestock assets improves well-being of the very poor women in Bangladesh....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479267
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Civil War, Famine and the Persistence of Human Capital: Evidence from Tajikistan
Grogan, Louise - 2021
The dissolution of the Soviet Union and 1992-96 Tajik civil war resulted in huge human and economic losses. Nevertheless, contemporary data suggest the persistence of investments in human capital in the region most affected by famine and least favoured since the cessation of hostilities,...
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