Low levels of agricultural productivity and investment hinder economic growth in developing countries. This paper … and a 18.4 percent drop in productivity, with labor going to planting rubber seedlings. In the group with wife … participation, households had higher levels of investment (planting 20 percent more rubber seedlings) and were able to maintain pre …

Increasing agricultural productivity and investment is critical to reducing poverty, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa …, where agriculture remains the dominant income-generating activity. One potential way to promote investment and improve the … higher levels of investment …

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in Cote d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using …, but it is particularly remarkable for export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption of fertilizer and … commercial agriculture and have witnessed greater reductions in land area compared with their male counterparts. The results show …

agricultural yields and low food prices. Critical to this success has been sustained public sector investment combined with a … decentralized and competitive research system in the US. Recent intellectual property reforms motivated increased private investment …. For new technologies, the case of agriculture demonstrates that government has an important role in antitrust, the …

security and nutrition of raising the annual growth in agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) from the current estimate … of 1.6 percent to 2 percent by 2030 through investment in agricultural research and development (R&D). The study also … compared three R&D investment strategies: (1) gradual TFP increase, (2) accelerated TFP increase, and (3) developing …

agricultural yields and low food prices. Critical to this success has been sustained public sector investment combined with a … decentralized and competitive research system in the US. Recent intellectual property reforms motivated increased private investment …. For new technologies, the case of agriculture demonstrates that government has an important role in antitrust, the …