impact on agricultural production decisions remains limited. Data from 1,200 Ghanaian rice farmers suggest that noncognitive …, and technical efficiency in rice production, and that the size of the estimated impacts exceeds that of traditional human …

and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from farmers' maize and rice fields, and comparisons with Asia …

This paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to … neighboring countries, Vietnam and Thailand. Lao PDR has extensive export controls on rice, generating a sizable difference … since they give rise to price spikes, keep the long-term price of glutinous rice low, and thereby hinder increases in income …

estimates of agricultural distortions to assess its contribution to the price spikes in 1972-74 and 2006-08 for rice and wheat …. The analysis suggests that 45 percent of the increase in rice prices in 2006-08, and 30 percent of the increase in wheat …-insulating behavior by the industrial countries. This provides little stabilizing benefit in the rice market because countries not …

-yielding-variety rice. The findings indicate output declines of 15.6 percent in nine subdistricts where soil salinity will exceed 4 … income declines from high-yielding-variety rice production in many areas, including a 10.5 percent loss in Barisal region and …

This paper investigates the potential of and constraints to a rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa's large … water access is generally good and institutional support for chemical fertilizer exists, rice farmers achieve attractive …

Asia's green revolution in rice was transformational and improved the lives of millions of poor households. Rice has … become an increasingly important part of African diets and imports of rice have grown. Agronomists point out that large areas … in Africa are well suited for rice and are encouraged by the field tests of new rice varieties. So is Africa poised for …

Philippines to estimate the impact of irrigation management transfer on irrigation association performance and on rice yields … irrigation management transfer is associated with a 2-6 percent increase in farm yields. Rice production in irrigation management … transfer areas is greater even after controlling for various differences among rice farmers in transfer and non-transfer areas …

Internal labor migration rates in India have been largely static and low in recent times compared with those in other … the India Human Development Survey, which provides a more recent source of data compared with the Census and other …-12, empirical analysis based on the India Human Development Survey highlights several socioeconomic factors associated with the …

of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …