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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
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Patterns and Trends in Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa: Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Markets and Promoting Sm...
Jayne, Thomas S.; Mason, Nicole M.; Myers, Robert J.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
on smallholder crop marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa, and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530523
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Factors Contributing to Zambia's 2010 Maize Bumper Harvest
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Chapoto, Antony - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Zambia’s maize crop grew by roughly 48% between the 2009 and 2010 harvests, leading to the largest crop recorded in recent history. The 2009 maize harvest was also very good, making the 48% rise in 2010 even more remarkable. The forces driving that increase, however, remain widely debated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741310
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What is the Scope for Increased Fertilizer Use in Kenya?
Sheahan, Megan; Black, Roy; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Despite upward trends in fertilizer application rates on maize fields over the last twenty years, there remains a perception in Kenya that fertilizer use is not expanding quickly enough and that application rates are not high enough to reverse the country’s growing national food deficit. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909783
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EVALUATION OF THE 2006/7 AGRICULTURAL INPUT SUBSIDY PROGRAMME, MALAWI. FINAL REPORT
Dorward, Andrew; Chirwa, Ephraim; Kelly, Valerie A.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
This report evaluates the 2006/7 Malawi Government Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (AISP). The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the impact and implementation of the AISP in order to provide lessons for future interventions in growth and social protection. The evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741302
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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...
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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 … 2008/09 marketing season were still roughly double their levels of the mid-1990s. The national minimum wage in Mozambique …/07 marketing seasons, respectively. During the 2008/09 marketing season, Maputo minimum wage earners’ rice and wheat flour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530524
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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878812
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Wheat Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Drivers, and Policy Implications
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Shiferaw, Bekele A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing rapidly, faster than any other major food grain. Between 2000 and 2009, per capita wheat consumption in SSA increased at a rate of 0.35 kilogram (kg)/year, outpacing maize and rice. Total wheat consumption increased by nearly 650,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878900
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Staple Food Consumption Patterns in Urban Zambia: Results from the 2007/2008 Urban Consumption Survey
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
and improved urban food marketing system performance in Zambia will need to take into consideration the demand patterns of … priorities to improve the performance of the food marketing system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456958