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Diao, Xinshen - 2017

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Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana : Insights From a Recent Field Study

Diao, Xinshen - 2018

Ghana is one of a few African countries where agricultural mechanization has recently undergone rapid development. Except for places in the forest zone where stumps are still an issue in fields, tractors used for plowing and maize shelling have been widely adopted even among small farmers....

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Economics of Tractor Ownership Under Rainfed Agriculture with Applications in Ghana

Houssou, Nazaire - 2015

This paper assesses whether tractor investment is a rational and profitable decision for farmers using firm investment theory and tractor owner survey data collected in 2013. Under erratic rainfalls, timeliness of farming operations is critical for farmers. Based on the hypothesis that owning a...

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Agricultural Mechanization Patterns in Nigeria : Insights from Farm Household Typology and Agricultural Household Model Simulation

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nin Pratt, Alejandro; Diao, Xinshen - 2013

-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project in Nigeria to identify associations between mechanization and farm household types. We then …

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Economywide Impact of Maize Export Bans on Agricultural Growth and Household Welfare in Tanzania : A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model Analysis

Diao, Xinshen; Kennedy, Adam; Mabiso, Athur; Pradesha, Angga - 2013

In recent years, the government of Tanzania, like other governments in Africa south of the Sahara, has periodically banned the export of staple crops (maize) in an attempt to ensure the domestic food supply and protect its citizens from international food price hikes. While this policy seems to...

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Evidence on Key Policies for African Agricultural Growth

Diao, Xinshen; Kennedy, Adam; Badiane, Ousmane; Cossar, … - 2013

agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development … agriculture alone is not enough. Policy can play an important role not only to make public investment more efficient, but also is … crucial for incentivizing private sector and farmer investment in agriculture. Against this backdrop this paper takes stock of …

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