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The New Generation of African Fertilizer Subsidies: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
Kelly, Valerie A.; Crawford, Eric W.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
For several reasons, fertilizer subsidies are again popular policy tools. First, there is broad agreement that fertilizer is a critical yet still-underused input for improving productivity and food security in Africa. Second, politicians have felt greater urgency to increase domestic food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145033
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Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya
Minde, Isaac J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Crawford, Eric W.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
It is generally agreed that increasing agricultural productivity is critical to stimulating the rate of economic growth in Africa. There are many important and often complementary determinants of agricultural productivity. In this brief and the full paper it draws from, the focus is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530432
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Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya
Minde, Isaac J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Crawford, Eric W.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
This study was funded jointly by the Regional Strategic Agricultural Knowledge Support System (Re-SAKSS) for Southern Africa, based at International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, and by the United States Agency for International Development's Africa Bureau. Much of the data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457052
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Green revolution technology takes root in Africa : the promise and challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 experiment with improved cereals technology in Ethiopia
Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Stepanek, Julie; … - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002220850
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Le Coton en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre: Adaptation d’un Modèle réussi à de nouvelles réalités
Kelly, Valerie A.; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519326
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Agricultural Globalization in Reverse: The Impact of the Food Crisis in West Africa
Staatz, John M.; Dembele, Niama Nango; Kelly, Valerie A.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Background paper for the Geneva Trade and Development Forum Crans-Montana, Switzerland September 17-20, 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476093
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Pathways to Improved Profitability and Sustainability of Cotton Cultivation at Farm Level in Africa: an Approach to Addressing Critical Knowledge Gaps
Kelly, Valerie A.; Boughton, Duncan; Magen, Benjamin B. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
In 2009, the World Bank published a comparative study of cotton sector reforms, based on detailed case studies carried out during 2007/08 in nine of Africa’s main cotton producing countries. The purpose of the study was to draw practical insights from the diversity of experiences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866201
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Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda: Patterns and Determinants
Clay, Daniel C.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Mpyisi, Edson; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2001
One of the Government of Rwanda’s key post-war policy objectives has been to increase agricultural productivity and ensure food security by promoting a transition from semi-subsistence production and marketing practices to intensive production and highly commercialized agricultural markets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457075
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Structure des marchés du coton graine et performance du secteur coton : Plusieurs leçons mais pas de prescription de recommandations
Kelly, Valerie A.; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457116
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Cotton in West and Central Africa: Adapting a Successful Model to New Realities
Kelly, Valerie A.; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457126