We measure if and to what extent livestock sales during food shortages affect the wealth value of livestock. For this … markets), for the period from January 1991 to December 2009. The empirical evidence is consistent with increased livestock … sales during food shortages, especially small livestock, and especially in the south. Results are robust for different ways …

Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited …

provides an overview of the status of financial education programmes developed in Africa, discusses their rationale, and offers …

Malawi periodically experiences drought leading to shortages of grain on the domestic market and a sharp increase in … farmers to produce enough grain even when drought occurs, for example, through input subsidies and efforts to improve water …, in the occasional year when drought is most extreme, supplementary assistance will still be needed in the form of …