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Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi
Fisher, Monica; Kandiwa, Vongai - In: Food Policy 45 (2014) C, pp. 101-111
Nationally representative data for Malawi were used to measure the gender gap in adoption of modern maize and to investigate how, if at all, Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has impacted the gap. Regression results show the probability of adopting modern maize was 12% lower for wives...
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Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Policies and Implications for Latin America
Watanuki, Masakazu; Jank, Marcos Sawaya; Jales, Mário … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book investigates key issues in regard to liberalization of agricultural trade in the Western Hemisphere, including potential scenarios for liberalization at the regional and multilateral levels, the effects of U.S. and European Union agricultural policies on trade, and how a Free Trade...
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Typologies of governance models
Mantino, Francesco - Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria (INEA), … - 2009
In many countries the so-called “institutional framework” is reasonable if one considers the stratification of national, regional and local administrations that characterise them, with a highly decentralised structure. Not only that: this “institutional framework” has been enriched by...
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Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Policies and Implications for Latin America
Watanuki, Masakazu; Jank, Marcos Sawaya; Jales, Mário … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book investigates key issues in regard to liberalization of agricultural trade in the Western Hemisphere, including potential scenarios for liberalization at the regional and multilateral levels, the effects of U.S. and European Union agricultural policies on trade, and how a Free Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772322
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …
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Famine in Africa: Causes, responses, and prevention
von Braun, Joachim (contributor); Teklu, Tesfaye (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
€”extreme poverty, armed conflict, economic and political turmoil, and climate shocks—are now most prevalent in Africa. Researchers … famine context. Broadening current theories and models of development for conquering famine, Famine in Africa grounds its … results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger …
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Human welfare
von Grebmer, Klaus; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Drivers of change
Trabucco, Antonio; Zomer, Robert; Thornton, Philip K.; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Political, demographic, and institutional classifications
Sebastian, Kate; Wood, Stanley; Stads, Gert-Jan; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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