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This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
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, in the process, uses farm survey data from Kenya to investigate changes in multiple indicators during the post …
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developing countries with the help of panel household survey data from Kenya. We find evidence for a positive association between …. Interestingly, the effect differs depending on which market vegetables are being produced for: commercialization through the export …
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This paper critically examines the dimensions of market access. Using farm panel survey data from Kenya, we investigate …
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Factors influencing the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques are studied using survey data from individual vegetable producers from Florida, Michigan, and Texas. Farmers who adopt IPM tend to be less risk averse and use more managerial time on farm activities than nonadopters....
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-Saharan Africa, the effects may intensify following social–political unrest and unstable governance. Interestingly, though uncommon …, both happenings took place consecutively causing huge economic meltdown on the horticulture sub-sector in Kenya. This paper … evaluates the impacts of two events: (1) the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya and (2) the 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption …
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-section sample of 439 small-scale export farmers in Kenya to evaluate the impact of EU retailer food-safety standards on producers … potentially prevent resource-poor smallholders from maintaining their position in the lucrative export markets, they can also …
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panel of 363 farmers interviewed in 2005 and 2008. Finding shows that the incidences of pesticide-related health impairments …
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modern market system is very small, and (d) the role of urban agriculture in supplying Lusaka markets for these vegetables is …
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access to a planter is essential for smallholders to adopt Bt corn, while adopters of Roundup Ready soybeans have larger …
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