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Simulating the impact of climate change and adaptation strategies on farm productivity and income: A bioeconomic analysis
Fofana, Ismael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This study applied at the farm level in Tunisia aims at understanding the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity and income in Africa. Possible future climates are presented through different climate scenarios. The latter combines three levels of increasing temperature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189424
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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations
Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The authors of this book identify the factors affecting land inheritance and schooling across generations in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Ghana-countries with very different social and cultural traditions. Based on household surveys at each site, the authors examine how these factors affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752677
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Agroforestry, nutrition, and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Swallow, Brent M.; Ochola, Sophie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"For the practice of agroforestry to yield its full potential, it needs to bring health and nutrition to the fore. The figure presents a simple conceptual framework of agroforestry, health, and nutrition linkages that focuses on five pathways between agroforestry and health, dubbed the MINER...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997023
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Why women are progressive in education?: Gender disparities in human capital, labor markets, and family arrangement in the Philippines
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tiongco, Marites - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Philippine Labor Force Survey support that family arrangement to tighten commitment between daughters and parents keeps a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132714
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The comprehensive Africa agriculture program as a collective institution:
Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Birner, Regina; Flaherty, Kathleen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
governance and commitment to agriculture. These include negative spillover effects of poor governance (for example, obstacles to … rather than harmonized approaches to support African agriculture. The paper discusses the strategies that CAADP can use to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145648
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145651
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Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Jin; Reardon, Thomas Anthony - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Most of the poor in the developing countries are smallholder farmers. Improving their productivity is essential for reducing poverty. Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200207
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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200208
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Using a spatial growth model to provide evidence of agricultural spillovers between countries in the NEPAD CAADP Framework:
Ulimwengu, John; Sanyal, Prabuddha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
The NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has been endorsed by African Heads of State …. The program aims at stimulating agriculture-led development to alleviate poverty and hunger, and achieve sustainable food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862349
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In-depth assessment of the public agricultural extension system of Ethiopia and recommendations for improvement:
Davis, Kristin; Swanson, Burton; Amudavi, David; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Eighty-three percent of the population of Ethiopia depends directly on agriculture for their livelihoods, while many … others depend on agriculture-related cottage industries such as textiles, leather, and food oil processing. Agriculture … government is continuing to invest heavily in agriculture. A core part of the government's investment in agriculture is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862358