Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) remains a public health problem in many developingcountries. Thousands of preschool children go blind every year, and many of them die due toVAD. Also VAD weakens the immune system, making children to be prey to infection diseases. Adults are also affected by VAD, and...

This paper attempts to demonstrate how location of an agricultural economic activity in relation to urban centers determines households' decision to allot their agricultural land to the production of either staple crop or a high value but risky cash crop. Analyzing household data from villages...

With growing awareness of the dangers of an irreversible loss of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), there has been a major effort devoted to collecting and conserving plant genetic resources. The objective of this study is to assess the level of investments in PGRFA...