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Summary of Efficiency and productivity differential effects of the land certification program in Ethiopia:
Ghebru, Hosaena; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Although theory predicts that better property rights to land can increase land productivity through tenure security … quasiexperimental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the Ethiopian land certification program by identifying … intensity (technical efficiency). For this purpose, we adopted a data envelopment analysis–based Malmquist-type productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132772
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204459
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Land tenure and natural resource management: A comparative study of agrarian communities in Asia and Africa
Otsuka, Keijiro (contributor); Place, Frank (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Management in Sumatra; Tree and Cropland Management in Malawi; Customary and Private Land Management in Uganda; Management of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850591
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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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An evaluation of the effectiveness of farmland protection policy in China:
Li, Man - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Almost two decades have passed since China first enacted legislation to protect farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use. Yet hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land are still developed to urban area each year, raising the question of whether the legislation is effective in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781477
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Constraints to increasing agricultural productivity in Nigeria: A review
Phillip, Dayo; Nkonya, Ephraim; Pender, John L.; Oni, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of … the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects … productivity improvement, and proposing lessons relevant for future research and policymaking to promote productivity growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762139
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing … eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland … scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the editors and contributors of Southern African Agriculture and Climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811
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Efficiency and productivity differential effects of land certification program in Ethiopia : Quasi-experimental evidence from Tigray:
Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experimental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the … envelopment analysis–based Malmquist-type productivity index to decompose productivity differences into (1) within-group farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132680
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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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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … editors and 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755479