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Potential Forest Loss and Biodiversity Risks from Road Improvement in Lao PDR

Danyo, Stephen - 2018

biodiversity loss in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The paper uses 500-meter cells to estimate the relationship between the … transport times to market and lower vehicle maintenance costs. The estimated response parameters and a composite biodiversity … indicator are used to compute an index of expected biodiversity loss from road upgrading in each 500 meter cell. The results …

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Road Improvement and Deforestation in the Congo Basin Countries

Damania, Richard - 2017

on forest clearing and biodiversity in eight Congo Basin countries. The paper demonstrates how the detailed analysis can … biodiversity threats by creating an index that combines and synthesizes several measures of biodiversity loss and impacts. It then …

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Salt of the Earth : Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity

Russ, Jason Daniel - 2020

Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date no study has attempted to quantify the impacts on global food production. This paper...

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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia

Iimi, Atsushi - 2017

Agriculture remains an important economic sector in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Among others, transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in Africa. In theory, railways have a particularly important role to play in shipping...

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Education Spillovers in Farm Productivity : Revisiting the Evidence

Gille, Veronique - 2019

This paper exploits the social organization of India to revisit the question of education spillovers in farm productivity. The fact that social interactions mainly occur within castes in rural India provides tools to show that the observed correlation between farm productivity and neighbors'...

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Agricultural Productivity and Non-Farm Employment : Evidence from Bangladesh

Shilpi, Forhad - 2018

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural transformation of non-farm activities. To guide the empirical work, this paper develops a general equilibrium model that emphasizes distinctions among non-farm activities in terms of...

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Impact of the West African Ebola Epidemic on Agricultural Production and Rural Welfare : Evidence from Liberia

de la Fuente, Alejandro - 2019

The 2014-15 Ebola epidemic took a devastating human and economic toll on three West African countries, of which Liberia was perhaps the hardest hit. The pathways through which the crisis affected economic activity in these largely agrarian societies remain poorly understood. To study these...

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Agricultural Productivity, Hired Labor, Wages and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh

Emran, Shahe - 2017

This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper develops a general equilibrium model that...

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Is Small Better? A Comparison of the Effect of Large and Small Dams on Cropland Productivity in South Africa

Blanc, Elodie - 2017

This study estimates and compares the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland productivity in South Africa. To this end, a panel data set of South African river basins is constructed. The econometric analysis reveals that although large dams increase cropland productivity...

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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Tanzania

Arndt, Channing - 2017

The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture, both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are considered to be the most vulnerable to climate change....

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