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This paper estimates the profitability of fertilizer and hybrid seeds in Uganda, using agronomic evidence on the yield … Uganda. The paper also examines the impact of other factors that could affect input adoption, by using a relatively long …
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study examines credit for smallholder agriculture in the context of Uganda, where agriculture is about 35 percent of gross … domestic product, most farmers are smallholders, and the country has introduced policies since 2005 to extend credit access to … the sector. The analysis uses newly available household panel data from Uganda for 2005-2006 and 2009-2010 to examine (a …
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entrepreneurs in Uganda start (and strive) operating firms in male-dominated sectors, and what hinders other women from doing so …
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surveys allows examination and quantification of spillovers using intertemporal changes in smallholders' proximity and …
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diverge, partly because (positive or negative) spillovers on neighboring smallholders have never been rigorously assessed …
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Might a malaria control intervention entail agricultural effects that allow a commercial agribusiness to offset its costs? The randomized allocation of 39,936 insecticide-treated mosquito nets among 81,597 smallholder cotton farming households in 1,507 clusters helps evaluate this in the context...
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Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, by building on the limited resources farming households already possess. It is also the best and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using...
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While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries...
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This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...
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Clean, safe energy for rural areas is an important component of green growth and sustainable development. Biogas could be an important contributor, if its record in reality lives up to its expected potential. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of biogas use by smallholder farmers in...
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