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A Value Chain Task Force Approach for Managing Private-Public Partnerships: Zamiba’s Task Force on Acceleration of Cassava Utilization.

Chitundu, Maureen; Droppelmann, Klaus; Haggblade, Steven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006

Smallholder farmers operate in vertical supply chains. Therefore, an understanding of key opportunities and constraints up through the value chain becomes necessary for sustaining smallholder growth. Yet market analysis is of little value unless key private and public sector stakeholders agree...

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Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa?

Poole, Nigel D.; Chitundu, Maureen; Msoni, Ronald - In: Food Policy 41 (2013) C, pp. 155-165

This paper presents a critique of commercialising smallholder farming for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. First it questions the validity of an overarching ‘metanarrative’ approach to development. Then it discusses the different types of knowledge, values and method and draws attention to...

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Análise de Mortalidade de Adultos em Agregados Familiares Rurais em Moçambique e as Implicações para as Políticas

Mather, David; Marrule, Higino Francisco de; Donovan, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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Analysis of Adult Mortality Within Rural Households in Mozambique and Implications for Policy

Mather, David; Marrule, Higino Francisco de; Donovan, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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Assessment of the Farm Level Agronomic and Financial Benefits of the Magoye Ripper in Maize and Cotton Production in Southern and Eastern Provinces

Kabwe, Stephen; Donovan, Cynthia; Samazaka, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006

This research focuses on the performance in the Magoye ripper in maize and cotton production in Eastern and Southern Provinces during the 2004/2005 productions year. Findings include the following: In maize production, the ripper enabled higher yields compared to traditional animal ploughing, by...

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Framework and Initial Analyses of Fertilizer Profitability in Maize and Cotton in Zambia

Donovan, Cynthia; Damaseke, M.; Govereh, Jones; Simumba, D. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2002

Inorganic fertilizers will play a role in government programs, but whether or not a single policy is valuable for all farmers depends upon the net gain for the farmers. The research here seeks to demonstrate how to answer the question “Is fertilizer profitable in Zambia for maize and cotton in...

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Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies

Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2005

This paper summarizes empirical results from a synthesis of a set of country studies undertaken by Michigan State University and partner institutions in five African countries, each of which is based upon large-scale rural household surveys. The results demonstrate that the post-death land/labor...

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A Cross-Country Analysis of Household Responses to Adult Mortality in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications For HIV/AIDS Mitigation And Rural Development Policies.

Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004

This paper summarizes and synthesizes across the results of a set of country studies on the effects of prime-age adult mortality on rural households in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia. Each study is based on large representative rural household surveys. These findings have...

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The Impacts of Prime-Age Adult Mortality on Rural Household Income, Assets, and Poverty in Mozambique

Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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Impacts of Prime Age Adult Mortality on Rural Household Income, Assets, and Poverty in Mozambique: Analysis with the TIA Panel Data Set

Donovan, Cynthia; Mather, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007

Research Results from the Department of Statistics and the Policy Department, MINAG-Directorate of Economics

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