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Modeling water resources management at the basin level: methodology and application to the Maipo River Basin

Cai, Ximing; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"With increasing competition for water across sectors and regions, the river basin has been recognized as the appropriate unit of analysis for addressing the challenges of water resources management. Modeling at this scale can provide essential information for policymakers in their resource...

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Foreign aid to agriculture: Review of facts and analysis

Islam, Nurul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

This paper seeks to provide a consistent and comparable set of data on the trends in the provision of aid to agriculture over time within the framework of changes in the pattern of sectoral distribution of total development aid. Furthermore, it examines the factors, relating both to the...

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Dynamics of transformation: Insights from an exploratory review of rice farming in the Kpong irrigation project:

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Jimah, Kipo; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

location of projects. In Ghana, interesting insights are obtained from the successful Kpong Irrigation Project (KIP …), contrasted with other major irrigation projects in the country. Through an exploratory review, we describe how a productive …

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Typology of farm households and irrigation systems: Some evidence from Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Edeh, Hyacinth - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

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Demand characteristics for small-scale private irrigation technologies: Knowledge gaps in Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adeoti, Adetola I.; Okoli, Silas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Small-scale private irrigation (SPRI) schemes make up most of the irrigated area in Nigeria, although they constitute …) transaction costs associated with investments in irrigation; and (4) effectiveness of public institutions activities in SPRI. …

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Measuring the effect of transaction costs for investment in irrigation pumps: Application of unobserved stochastic threshold model to the case of Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adeoti, Adetola I.; Salau, Sheu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Small-scale private irrigation schemes (SPRI) have been the driving force behind the expansion of irrigated areas in … Nigeria, despite government efforts to promote large-scale public irrigation schemes. SPRI allows adjustment of irrigation … increase in farmersï¿½ investment in irrigation is essential. While Nigerian farmersï¿½ low level of investment in irrigation …

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Economic evaluation of the Diamer-Basha dam: Analysis with an integrated economic/water simulation model of Pakistan:

Robinson, Sherman; Gueneau, Arthur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This paper describes the potential impact on the economy of Pakistan of building the Diamer-Basha dam. An integrated system of economic and water simulation models is applied to Pakistan to analyze the economywide impacts of changes in water resources in the Indus river basin, focusing on...

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Allocative inefficiency and farm-level constraints in irrigated agriculture in Pakistan:

Nasim, Sanval; Dinar, Ariel; Helfand, Steven - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

surface irrigation water in Pakistan is fixed per unit of land, so its allocative inefficiency cannot be estimate. Therefore … utilization of irrigation water across a set of farm-specific characteristics. It also provides a basis for a psssible redesign of …

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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa

Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that highÂlights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interdeÂpendencies among...

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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Waithaka, Michael (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...

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