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Technical Compendium: Descriptive Agricultural Statistics and Analysis for Zambia in Support of the USAID Mission’s Feed the Future Strategic Review
Sitko, Nicholas J.; Chapoto, Antony; Kabwe, Stephen; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Zambia’s Feed the Future (FtF) strategy by providing a broad empirical analysis of the current conditions and historical … trends shaping Zambia’s agricultural and food sector; and 2. To serve as a technical reference for organizations tasked with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020872
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The New Generation of African Fertilizer Subsidies: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
Kelly, Valerie A.; Crawford, Eric W.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
For several reasons, fertilizer subsidies are again popular policy tools. First, there is broad agreement that fertilizer is a critical yet still-underused input for improving productivity and food security in Africa. Second, politicians have felt greater urgency to increase domestic food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145033
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Factors Affecting Poverty Dynamics in Rural Zambia.
Chapoto, Antony; Banda, Diana J.; Haggblade, Steven; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Rural poverty rates in Zambia have remained very high, at 80%, over the past decade and a half, whilst urban poverty … dynamics that have improved the welfare of small-scale farm households in Zambia, combined with an agenda for disseminating … Zambia households. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220517
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The 2011 Surplus in Smallholder Maize Production in Zambia: Drivers, Beneficiaries, & Implications for Agricultural & Poverty Reduction Policies
Mason, Nicole M.; Burke, William J.; Shipekesa, Arthur M.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
In 2011, Zambia recorded its second consecutive record-breaking maize harvest, and aggregate maize production levels in … corresponds with the scaling up of the Government of the Republic of Zambia's (GRZ) two flagship agricultural sector programmes … been no major reduction in rural poverty rates in Zambia since 2004. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368845
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Mountains of Maize, Persistent Poverty
Jayne, Thomas S.; Mason, Nicole M.; Burke, William J.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
The past two years are a tribute to Zambian farmers; they have responded admirably to government efforts to promote maize production. But ironically, rural poverty remains stubbornly high despite the fact that the government has spent over 2% of the nation’s gross domestic product in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368863
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Dynamic Pathways into and out of Poverty: A Case of Small Holder Farmers in Zambia
Banda, Diana J.; Hamukwala, Priscilla; Haggblade, Steven; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
The study surveyed 127 households from Central, Eastern, Luapula, Northern, and Southern Provinces of Zambia. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277140
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Why Are Zambian Farmers Not Harvesting All Their Maize?
Shipekesa, Arthur M.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
agronomic practices to farmers may substantially promote maize production and yields in Zambia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277142
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Do input subsidies reduce poverty among smallholder farm households? Evidence from Zambia
Mason, Nicole M.; Tembo, Solomon T. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
-representative surveys of smallholder farm households in Zambia to estimate the effects of an increase in ISP fertilizer on household incomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068524
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Rural land rental markets in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia
Chamberlin, Jordan; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
This is a draft paper, submitted in advance of presentation at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068838
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DOES THE CURRENT SUGAR MARKET STRUCTURE BENEFIT CONSUMERS AND SUGARCANE GROWERS?
Chisanga, Brian; Meyer, Ferdinand H.; Winter-Nelson, Alex; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
The market structure in Zambia’s sugar industry is highly concentrated, leading to consumers paying higher prices than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143701