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Synergistic Green and White Revolution: Evidence from Kenya and Uganda
Jia, Xiangping - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Africa, subsidizing fertilizer is not sufficient; there exists multiple trajectories to achieve in food security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069546
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A meta-regression analysis of frontier efficiency estimates from Africa
Ogundari, Kolawole - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
by experience; extension and credit are the major drivers of agricultural efficiency levels in Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069033
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Smallholder Heterogeneity and Maize Market Participation in Southern and Eastern Africa: Implications for Investment Strategies to Increase Marketed Food Staple Supply
Mather, David; Boughton, Duncan; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
living for both rural and urban households. Hence, these objectives figure prominently in Comprehensive Africa Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368797
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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
addressing the major current challenges facing food and agricultural systems in Africa are summarized in FSG (2009). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504231
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Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security
Nijhoff, Jan J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543652
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Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Food Security Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
, the greatest number of the food insecure lives in South Asia, while Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of … research and outreach, primarily in Africa, and their value to the U.S. Global Food Security Initiative in addressing the major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555529
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Medição do Impacto dos Bens Públicos e Privados sobre os Rendimentos Familiares Provenientes de Culturas em Moçambique Rural, 2002-2005
Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop diversification into tobacco or cotton, access to market price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519292
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Measuring the Impact of Public and Private Assets on Household Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005
Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop diversification into tobacco or cotton, access to market price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519295
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Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive For Urban Consumers In Eastern And Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,...
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Donovan, Cynthia; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Africa. This study investigates patterns in staple food prices, wage rates, and marketing margins for urban consumers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530524
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The Value of Accurate Crop Production Forecasts.
Jayne, Thomas S.; Rashid, Shahidur - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Crop production forecasts are widely recognized as an important input into food balance sheets and for anticipating production shortfalls. However, the role of accurate crop production forecasting systems in mitigating food price instability and transitory food insecurity is often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741279