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What are the effects of input subsidy programs on equilibrium maize prices? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia

Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; Mason, Nicole; Jayne, Thomas; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

effects of fertilizer subsidies on retail maize prices in Malawi and Zambia using market or district-level panel data covering … the 2000/01 to 2011/12 maize marketing years. Results indicate that roughly doubling the size of Malawi’s subsidy program … fertilizer subsidy programs in Malawi and Zambia have had a minimal effect on reducing retail maize prices. …

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Rural land rental markets in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia

Chamberlin, Jordan; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA

This is a draft paper, submitted in advance of presentation at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.

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Input Subsidies, Cash Constraints and Timing of Input Supply:-Experimental Evidence from Malawi

Holden, Stein T.; Lunduka, Rodney - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

The study investigated the demand for fertilizer among rural farm households in Malawi that have been exposed to high …

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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...

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Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework

Pearce, David - 2002

This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects. As with good benefit–cost analysis, there are good practices that need to be observed when undertaking poverty analysis. While poverty is a broad concept, and can be addressed...

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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?

Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - 2008

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...

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2009

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Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

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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...

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Rural Poverty and Employment Effects of Bt Cotton in India

Subramanian, Arjunan; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy. While previous studies have examined direct productivity effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and other GM crops, little is known about wider socioeconomic outcomes. We...

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