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How Fruit Consumption Might Be Fruitful for the Economy: Analyzing Effects of Improvements in Fruit and Vegetable Availability and Accessibility in Uzbekistan
Ergashev, Alisher - Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und … - 2013
inefficient agricultural production in Uzbekistan has serious adverse consequences on the yields of fruit and vegetables, and thus … accessibility on demand and public health in Uzbekistan. In addition, potential and existing constraints and opportunities to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909650
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Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005.
Mather, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Crop income is the predominant source of income for most rural Mozambican households, accounting for 73% of rural household income on average in 2002, and greater than 80% of the total income of the poorest 40% of rural households. While the Government of Mozambique recognizes the need to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880014
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Improving Food Security in Africa: Highlights of 25 Years of Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. A combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall (until the food crisis of 2007/08) in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from undernutrition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504231
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Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Food Security Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. Until the food crisis of 2007/08, a combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from under-nutrition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555529
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Sources of Agricultural Productivity Growth in Central Asia: The Case of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Lerman, Zvi; Sedik, David J. - Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, … - 2009
Uzbekistan. Both countries are characterized by a significant shift of resources from the traditional Soviet model of collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549262
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2nd Forum on Irrigation and water for sustainable development: 15 –16 December, 2008 Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Balcha, Yodit - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398466
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Institutional analysis of irrigation management in Uzbekistan using Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Case studies of water consumers associations in Bukhara region
Hamidov, Ahmad; Khamidov, Mukhamadkhan; Thiel, Andreas - Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und … - 2013
Given the fact that water consumers associations (WCAs) in Uzbekistan were established about a decade ago in a top … region – southwestern part of Uzbekistan – and involved focus group discussions with members of fifteen WCAs using semi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909647
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Economic analysis of afforestation of marginal croplands in Uzbekistan
Djanibekov, Utkur; Khamzina, Asia; Villamor, Grace B.; … - Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und … - 2013
Irrigated agricultural production in Uzbekistan is threatened by the impacts of land degradation, irrigation water … afforestation on marginal croplands on example of irrigated drylands of Uzbekistan. This includes analyzing the impacts of … farm incomes. To consider the bimodal structure of agriculture in Uzbekistan, the stochastic dynamic farm-household model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909656
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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization
Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
This paper traces the trajectories of successful commercial smallholders operating under differing sets of market institutions. Analysis focuses on maize, cotton, and horticulture, three widely marketed crops with strikingly different market institutions. Maize receives intensive government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880015
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Trends in the Production, Trade, and Consumption of Food-Legume Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa
Akibode, Comlanvi Sitou - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Food legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa play a vital role by being a source of livelihood for millions of people; and offer tremendous potential to contribute to the alleviation of malnutrition among resource-poor farmers. They contribute to the sustainability of cropping systems and soil fertility....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294267