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The Paradigm of Agricultural Efficiency and its Implication on Food Security in Africa: What Does Meta-analysis Reveal?

Ogundari, Kolawole - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 690-702

by experience, extension, and credit are the major drivers of agricultural efficiency levels in Africa. …

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Effect of Conflict on Dietary Diversity: Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire

Dabalen, Andrew L.; Paul, Saumik - In: World Development 58 (2014) C, pp. 143-158

In this paper we estimate the causal effects of conflict on dietary diversity in Côte d’Ivoire. To identify the true impact of conflict, we use (1) pre-war and post-war household data, (2) the specific counts of conflict events across departments, and (3) self-reported victimization...

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What Determines Gender Inequality in Household Food Security in Kenya? Application of Exogenous Switching Treatment Regression

Kassie, Menale; Ndiritu, Simon Wagura; Stage, Jesper - In: World Development 56 (2014) C, pp. 153-171

This paper explores the link between the gender of a household head and food security in rural Kenya. The results show that the food security gap between male-headed households (MHHs) and female-headed households (FHHs) is explained by their differences in observable and unobservable...

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Impact of Improved Maize Adoption on Welfare of Farm Households in Malawi: A Panel Data Analysis

Bezu, Sosina; Kassie, Girma T.; Shiferaw, Bekele; … - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 120-131

This paper assesses rural households’ decision to use improved maize varieties in Malawi and examines its impact on household welfare using a three-year household panel data. The distributional effect of maize technology adoption is investigated by looking at impacts across wealth and gender...

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Alert at Maradi: Preventing Food Crises by Using Price Signals

Araujo, Claudio; Araujo-Bonjean, Catherine; Brunelin, … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1882-1894

This paper aims at exploiting grain price data to detect the warning signs of looming food crises in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Firstly we identify markets which play a leading role at the national and regional level. The second step consists of identifying price crisis periods and...

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Seasonal Food Crises and Policy Responses: A Narrative Account of Three Food Security Crises in Malawi

Ellis, Frank; Manda, Elizabeth - In: World Development 40 (2012) 7, pp. 1407-1417

This paper examines seasonal food price crises in Malawi. In the 2000s, Malawi experienced three episodes in which seasonal maize prices rose in 2001–02, 2004–05, and 2007–09 by 354%, 218%, and 395%, respectively. These extreme price spikes resulted from a sequential interaction of...

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Beyond the Field: The Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Food Security and Poverty Alleviation

Larsen, Anna Folke; Lilleør, Helene Bie - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 843-859

We estimate the impact of a Farmer Field School intervention among small-scale farmers in northern Tanzania on two main development objectives: food security and poverty. We employ a series of evaluation methodologies, including a Quasi-Difference-in-Difference setup, to account for potential...

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A “Time of Agric”: Rethinking the “Failure” of Agricultural Programs in 1970s Ghana

Wiemers, Alice - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 104-117

Recent interest in a “new green revolution” in Africa has revived debate about state intervention in agricultural … markets and biotechnology. These debates take for granted that the first wave of green revolution interventions in Africa … the role of micro-historical analysis in assessing Africa’s recent agricultural past. …

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Taking Complexity in Food Systems Seriously: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

Foran, Tira; Butler, James R.A.; Williams, Liana J.; … - In: World Development 61 (2014) C, pp. 85-101

Motivated by donor interest in innovative thinking on food security, we conducted an interdisciplinary, triangulation analysis of four divergent conceptual frameworks, each relevant to diagnosing food insecurity in developing countries. We found notable tensions as well as synergistic...

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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Alkire, Sabina; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Peterman, Amber; … - In: World Development 52 (2013) C, pp. 71-91

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) measures the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector and comprises two subindexes. The first assesses empowerment of women in five domains, including (1) decisions about agricultural production, (2) access to...

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