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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457075
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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878812
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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880018
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Can the FISP More Effectively Achieve Food Production and Poverty Reduction Goals?
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Sitko, Nicholas J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Despite being framed as a key component of the nation’s poverty reduction strategy, evidence suggests that inputs distributed under Zambia’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) tend to be targeted to the least poor rural households.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909546
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Revisiting Grain Movement Control and Taxation in Ethiopia: A Policy Brief
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1998
Grain Marketing Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, Addis Ababa
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Levies on Agricultural Commodities: Who Benefits? A Rapid Assessment
Mwiinga, Billy; Shawa, Julius J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2005
This report provides an initial assessment of the impact of agricultural commodity taxes levied by local district authorities on the national objectives of food security, poverty alleviation and economic growth. A study was undertaken to provide government with a better understanding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456981
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The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons From a Decade of Experience
Tschirley, David L.; Poulton, Colin; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006
With cotton sector reform in much of SSA a decade old, it is now possible to review the empirical record and begin drawing lessons from experience. This paper assesses the record of five countries in southern and eastern Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. In four of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456994
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STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF ETHIOPIA’S COFFEE EXPORT SECTOR
Minten, Bart; Tamru, Seneshaw; Kuma, Tadesse; Nyarko, Yaw - American Association of Wine Economists - AAWE - 2014
We study the structure and performance of the coffee export sector in Ethiopia, Africa’s most important coffee producer …, including an elimination of vertical integration for most exporters. Ethiopia’s coffee export earnings improved dramatically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097981
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Have coffee reforms and coffee supply chains affected farmers' income? The case of coffee growers in Rwanda
Murekezi, Abdoul Karim; Loveridge, Scott - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
of this situation, the Government of Rwanda has introduced coffee sector reforms that aimed to transform the sector in a … farmers in Rwanda rely on the conventional market by selling parchment coffee. The present study analyzes the effects of …Low prices in the international coffee markets have worsened the economic well-being among coffee farmers. In the face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012561
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Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment, and Development Linkages
Clay, Daniel C.; Reardon, Thomas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1998
The triple challenge of rapid population growth, declining agricultural productivity, and natural resource degradation are not isolated from one another; they are intimately related. However, strategic planning and development programming tend to focus on individual sectors such as the...
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