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Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or any subsequent set of goals aiming to reduce poverty worldwide. Related research has developed a multitude of instruments to measure pro-poor growth using absolute and...
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Although high yielding modern rice varieties (MVs) have been gradually disseminating over Sub-Saharan Africa, little is known on how the adoption of MVs influences agriculture productivity and household income. To fill this research gap, we analyze two kinds of data sets in Tanzania: a national...
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changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs. Policy interventions, including fiscal, trade and …
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adoption of modern technologies. Based on empirical results, we argue that modern inputs and improved practices of rice …
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Billions of dollars flow into low-income countries each year to help alleviate poverty. Assessing the effectiveness of these dollars is necessary to measure program success and to allocate such funds among competing projects. This study measures the impact of the first phase of the Cocoa...
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generating activities and restricting access to inputs. The paper theoretically models the relationship between gender …
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This study examines the role of public agricultural research and development (R&D) in the process of knowledge production and productivity growth in U.S. agriculture from a new perspective. The seminal work of Griliches (1967) established the relationship between investments in R&D, the process...
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Farm output in 1978 equalled the record set in 1977 and inputs used decreased 1 percent. Cropland used for crops …
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and scale efficiencies, implying inputs are used in minimum levels necessary to achieve given output levels and fields are … close to optimal in size. However, most fields exhibit allocative and economic inefficiencies and do not use inputs in the …
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