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Technology adoption, impact, and extension in developing countries’ agriculture : a review of the recent literature
Takahashi, Kazushi; Muraoka, Rie; Ōtsuka, Keijirō - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198982
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Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity growth by farm size
Helfand, Steven M.; Magalhães, Marcelo; Rada, Nicholas E. - 2015
country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485802
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Technology adoption and the multiple dimensions of food security : the case of maize in Tanzania
Magrini, Emiliano; Vigani, Mauro - 2014
The paper analyses the impact of agricultural technologies on the four pillars of food security for maize farmers in Tanzania. Relying on matching techniques, we use a nationally representative dataset collected over the period 2010/2011 to estimate the causal effects of using improved seeds and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382013
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Productivity and the performance of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean : from the lost decade to the commodity boom
Nin, Alejandro; Falconi, César A.; Ludena, Carlos E.; … - 2015
This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … contributed significantly to the improved performance of agriculture. Observed growth patterns at the country level suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473446
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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning
Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria - 2018
Argentina’s G20 presidency has emphasized the need to improve soil management and sustainably increase agricultural productivity to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increased agricultural productivity can improve economic welfare and help address food security problems by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946855
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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning
Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria - 2018
Argentina's G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increases in agricultural productivity improve economic welfare and can help address food security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897805
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Drivers of farm performance : empirical country case studies
Sauer, Johannes; Moreddu, Catherine - 2020
This report contains an empirical analysis of the productivity and sustainability performance of different types of farms in thirteen countries. Farm productivity performance is measured through estimates of average productivity levels and through annual rates of technical change. Evidence on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249042
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Extensive and intensive agricultural supply response
Babcock, Bruce A. - In: Annual review of resource economics 7 (2015), pp. 333-348
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408365
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What will it take for biofortification to have impact on the ground? : theories of change for three crop-country combinations
Johnson, Nancy; Guedenet, Hannah; Saltzman, Amy - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333668
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Honey bee network in Africa co-creating a grassroots innovation ecosystem in Africa
Gupta, Anil K.; Shinde, Chintan; Dey, Anamika; Patel, Ramesh - 2019
potential. The Network has been involved in the sharing of grassroots technology developed in India with Kenya, notably a food … to collaborate and co -design solutions adapted to the Kenyan context. This experience revealed a willingness in Kenya to … further invest in grassroots innovation initiatives, and Network members identified many conditions that would make Kenya the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971090