Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic … rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to … the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the share of local rice production in the total quantities of rice …

Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic … rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to … the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the share of local rice production in the total quantities of rice …

well managed. This is well illustrated by the case of Koussin-Lélé rice scheme in the central Benin. This paper apply … inequality indices and frontier production function to data from a sample of male and women rice farmers to analyze the gender …

This study identifies the reasons for low producer prices of rice that have not covered its production costs for many … years in Madagascar. The following points will be discussed: the farmers’ marketing conditions and the rural rice market … structure, including the functions of each intervening trader preceding rice distribution in urban centers. The study also …

hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and …

countries having varying policy stances on biotechnology, COMESA (COMESA—Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a … of shaping a regional consensus on biotechnology policy for their 20 countries between 2004 and 2006 and adopted it in …

Managing food price instability is a long standing policy challenge, which, with mixed experiences of agricultural … price policy reforms, has re-emerged as a contemporary policy issue. This is particularly true for Ethiopia, where managing … food price stability continues to be a formidable policy challenge. The objective of this paper is to examine the …

hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and …