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Explicitly integrating institutions into bioeconomic modeling:

Swallow, Kimberly A.; Swallow, Brent M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Bioeconomic models can provide powerful insights into the interactions between people and the natural ecosystems on which they depend. For example, bioeconomic models of fisheries have long been used to provide early warnings about the sustainability of harvest levels or the impacts of new...

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Farmers' health status, agricultural efficiency, and poverty in rural Ethiopia: A stochastic production frontier approach

Ulimwengu, John M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"The A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate agricultural efficiency index. Then, controlling for household characteristics and other exogenous variables, the efficiency index is regressed on the probability of being sick. Estimation is performed using the treatment effect...

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The linkages between agriculture and malaria: Issues for policy, research, and capacity strengthening

Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo; Asante, Felix A.; Tarekegn, Jifar; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"Malaria afflicts many people in the developing world, and due to its direct and indirect costs it has widespread impacts on growth and development. The global impact of malaria on human health, productivity, and general well-being is profound. Human activity, including agriculture, has been...

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Population pressure and livelihood dynamics: Panel evidence from Bangladesh

Rashid, Shahidur; Tefera, Nigussie; Lemma, Solomon; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

provides evidence that are contrary to earlier findings on induced innovation theory. Using a unique panel dataset, we examine …

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Toward a typology of food security in developing countries:

Yu, Bingxin; You, Liangzhi; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

The recent global food and financial crises have reversed the last decade's progress in reducing hunger and poverty. This paper conducts a factor and sequential typology analysis to identify groups of countries categorized according to five measures of food security—consumption, production,...

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The patterns of patents in China:

Xie, Zhuan; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Innovations are a key driver of long-term economic growth. There has been an explosion of patent filings in China in the past three decades. But empirical studies on the pattern of innovations at the firm level are rather scant primarily due to lack of firm-specific patent data. We have made...

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Measuring agricultural innovation system properties and performance: Illustrations from Ethiopia and Vietnam

Spielman, David J.; Kelemework, Dawit - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"The rapidly changing nature of the global food and agriculture system suggests the need to rethink how innovation can … which they are a part. A more systems-oriented understanding of how innovation occurs in a society and economy is critical … agricultural innovation system, it is difficult for policymakers, investors, donors, and practitioners to promote policies and …

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How does food price increase affect Ugandan households?: An augmented multimarket approach

Ulimwengu, John M.; Ramadan, Racha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"Almost unaffected by the 2008 wave of soaring world food prices, Ugandan local market prices exhibit signs of high price volatility in the first quarter of 2009. At the household level, while net producers may reap some benefits from this increase in food prices, net consumers are more likely...

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Institutional change, rural services, and agricultural performance in Kyrgyzstan:

Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Omuraliev, Nurbek - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

's agrarian transition are in sharp contrast with those of other transition countries in Central Asia. This paper reviews the …

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Migration and technical efficiency in cereal production: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Wouterse, Fleur S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"This paper uses data envelopment analysis and new data from Burkina Faso to test the impact of intercontinental and continental migration on technical efficiency in the production of two cereals—millet and sorghum—by rural households. Econometric evidence supports our theoretical...

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