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Agricultural growth trends and outlook for southern Africa: enhancing regional food security through increased agricultural productivity.
Chilonda, Pius.; Matchaya, Greenwell.; Chiwaula, L.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265618
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World Agricultural Trends and Indicators, 1970-88
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1989
variety of ,sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Ol>:gaI1ization of the United Nations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879591
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World Agriculture: Trends and Indicators, 1970-91
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993
.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879643
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Water efficiency of agricultural production in China: regional comparison from 1999 to 2002
Kaneko, Shinji; Tanaka, Katsuya; Toyota, Tomoyo; … - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 3 (2004) 3/4, pp. 231-251
We apply stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) techniques to a provincial level data set to measure technical and water efficiency in China's agricultural production from 1999 to 2002. The determinants of the efficiencies are identified together with the physical determinant structure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816439
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ПОТЕНЦИАЛ ПРОИЗВОДСТВА И ПРИОРИТЕТНЫЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ПРОЕКТОВ В АГРАРНОЙ СФЕРЕ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ...
ОГЛЫ, ГУСЕЙНОВ ЭЛЬМАР НАДИР - In: ИЗВЕСТИЯ … (2010) 3, pp. 83-83
В статье рассматриваются приоритетные направления использования международных проектов в аграрной сфере. Также рассматриваются проблемы, с которыми...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011221140
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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
The evidence of improved performance of agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) in recent years has indeed been … productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … average rate of developing countries. Previous studies concluded that SSA should increase investment in agricultural research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Oil prices and the developing countries- the evidence of the last decade
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1985
Many of the present difficulties of the world economy have been blamed on the two oil-price explosions of the 1970s. Professor Chichilnisky shows that, at least in the case of the oil-importing developing countries, the negative effects have been overestimated. In fact, in some respects the oil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836490
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Do health investments improve agricultural productivity?
McNamara, Paul E.; Ulimwengu, John M.; Leonard, Kenneth L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge … the link between health investments and agricultural productivity. The evidence from some micro-level studies suggests … that inexpensive health interventions can have a very large impact on labor productivity. The macro-level evidence at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519795
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Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
Australian, state and territory regimes came under review for the Commission’s inquiry into native vegetation and biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that the cost of farm regulations could be reduced if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556186
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Ajustement structurel, politiques agricoles et efforts d' adaptations paysannes en Cote d'Ivoire: le cas des cultures de plantations.
M, Allechi; Y, Affou; D, Ngaresseum - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993
Examines the economic and social consequences of the decline in international prices for coffee, cocoa, and cotton. Covers the period 1980 to 1992.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966596