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Income and Poverty Impacts of USAID-Funded Programs to Promote Maize, Horticulture, and Dairy Enterprises in Kenya, 2004-2010

Smale, Melinda; Mathenge, Mary K.; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Since 2002, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded programs to promote maize, dairy, and horticulture enterprises among smallholder farmers in Kenya under the Strategic Objective 7 of Increased Rural Household Incomes. On behalf of USAID, Tegemeo Institute has...

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An Overview and Economic Assessment of Sorghum Improvement in Mali.

Smale, Melinda; Kergna, Alpha; Assima, Amidou; Weltzien, Eva - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

Sorghum is one of the world’s most important cereals in terms of total production. Grown largely as livestock feed in the US, sorghum is a primary food staple and source of cash for smallholder farming families in the West African savannah. The dominant type of sorghum produced in this region...

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Farmer Demand for Soil Fertility Management Practices in Kenya’s Grain Basket

Kamau, Mercy W.; Smale, Melinda; Mutua, Mercy - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

Land degradation cripples smallholder crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa, including those found in the densely populated, grain basket areas of Kenya. Research in the early nineties already documented and rated nutrient depletion to be very high in the east African Highlands. Whereas some of...

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Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons for Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food

Jayne, Thomas S.; Jones, Stephen P. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1996

This study surveys the empirical record of grain marketing and pricing policy in selected Eastern and Southern Africa … market reform has not adversely affected consumers; and (e) why marketing board deficits have risen rather than declined …

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Survey Data Cleaning Guidelines: (SPSS and Stata). 1st Edition.

Beaver, Margaret - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

The purpose of this document is to outline the steps in the process of preparing data for analysis after data entry is complete. Examples of commands are given for both SPSS – version 19 – and Stata – version 11. These steps are a culmination of two decades of working with agricultural...

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Agricultural R&D and Economic Growth

Dinopoulos, Elias - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1996

The paper develops a dynamic general-equilibrium model of Schumpeterian growth which is fueled by industrial and agricultural R&D. The former is private and results in better production processes, whereas the latter is government-financed (public and applied) R&D and generates better crop...

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The Effect of Liberalization on Grain Prices and Marketing Margins in Ethiopia

Jayne, Thomas S.; Negassa, Asfaw; Myers, Robert J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1998

state marketing board, while not abolished, has been substantially downsized and has become a marginal actor in the current … grain marketing system. Hence, the case of Ethiopia between 1990 and 1997 may constitute a particularly important test of … transition to a market-oriented system would reduce grain marketing costs and pass along benefits to both farmers and consumers. …

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Zambia's Stop-And-Go Revolution: The Impact of Policies and Organizations on the Development and Spread of Maize Technology

Howard, Julie A.; Mungoma, Catherine - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1996

-managed marketing system. Options facing Zambian policy makers for increasing food production under evolving political and economic …

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The Rate of Return to Agricultural Research in Uganda: The Case of Oilseeds and Maize

Laker-Ojok, Rita - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1994

This paper is intended to address primarily the determination of the rate of return to previous investments by USAID and GOU in soybean, sunflower, and maize research in Uganda, but will, to a more limited extent, also discuss the anticipated returns to ongoing research in these three commodity...

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Green Revolution Technology Takes Root In Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia; Statistic...

Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Stepanek, Julie; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

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