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Did the plan Sénégal emergent affect cropping decisions in the Senegal River Basin?
Moss, Charles B.; Mbaye, Samba; Naseem, Anwar; Oehmke, … - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17
developing economies from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Senegal’s Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE) provides a data point in … this discussion. Senegal and international donors invested in agricultural supply chains starting in 2012 to facilitate the … emergence of commercial agriculture for peanuts, rice, and vegetables. This study focuses on these investments in the Senegal …
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Agricultural input subsidies and productivity: The case of Paraguayan farmers
Lopez, Cesar Augusto; Salazar, Lina; de Salvo, Carmine Paolo - 2017
It is a well-known fact that a great majority of countries implement agricultural input subsidies as a tool to boost agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the agricultural budget, little emphasis has been placed...
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Farm productivity and market structure : evidence from cotton reforms in Zambia
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2005
This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610940
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Agricultural input subsidies and productivity : the case of Paraguayan farmers
Lopez, Cesar Augusto; Salazar, Lina; Salvo, Carmine Paolo de - 2017
It is a well-known fact that a great majority of countries implement agricultural input subsidies as a tool to boost agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the agricultural budget, little emphasis has been placed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661156
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Crop diversification and technical efficiency in Afghanistan : stochastic frontier analysis
Ahmadzai, Hayatullah - 2017
Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), this paper centered on analysing the impact of Crop Diversification (CD) on farm level technical efficiency in Afghanistan. Data from a household level survey conducted in 2013-2004 by the Central Statistic Organization (CSO) is used in the analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638217
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Farm Productivity and Market Structure. Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2006
This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063309
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Designing Impact Evaluations for Agricultural Projects
Maffioli, Alessandro; Winters, Paul; Salazar, Lina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The purpose of this guideline is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluations for agricultural projects, particularly projects that directly target farmers, and seek to improve agricultural production, productivity and profitability. Specific issues in evaluating agricultural projects...
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Agricultural insurances based on meteorological indices: realizations, methods and research agenda
Leblois, Antoine; Quirion, Philippe - 2010
In many low-income countries, agriculture is mostly rainfed and yields highly depend on climatic factors. Furthermore, farmers have little access to traditional crop insurance, which suffers from high information asymmetry and transaction costs. Insurances based on meteorological indices could...
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Agricultural Insurances Based on Meteorological Indices: Realizations, Methods and Research Agenda
Leblois, Antoine; Quirion, Philippe - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
In many low-income countries, agriculture is mostly rain-fed and yields highly depend on climatic factors. Furthermore, farmers have little access to traditional crop insurance, which suffers from high information asymmetry and transaction costs. Insurances based on meteorological indices could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465546
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Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from Mozambique
Glover, Steven M.; Jones, Sam - 2016
The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of...
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