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The role of rainfed agriculture in the future of global food production:

Rosegrant, Mark W.; Cai, Ximing; Cline, Sarah A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

crop yields in rainfed areas through agricultural research; and reforming policies and increasing investments in rainfed …

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Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs

Murgai, Rinku; Ali, Mubarik; Byerlee, Derek - In: World Bank Research Observer 16 (2001) 2, pp. 199-218

, there were wide spatial and temporal variations between the two Punjabs. Although output growth and crop yields were much …

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Implications of accelerated agricultural growth on household incomes and poverty in Ethiopia: A general equilibrium analysis

Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

meet its targets for crop yields and livestock productivity, then it should be possible to reach and sustain the six …

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Implications of accelerated agricultural growth on household incomes and poverty in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Accounting Matrix (SAM). The CGE model results indicate that if Ethiopia can meet its targets for crop yields and livestock …

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Pathways of rural development in Madagascar

Zeller, Manfred; Lapenu, Cécile; Minten, Bart; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

This paper is based on community-level data from 188 villages in rural Madagascar. The survey that was conducted in 1997 made extensive use of long-term recall questions ascertaining changes during the past 10 years in rice yields, wages, population, soil fertility, and other pertinent variables...

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Pathways of rural development in Madagascar

Zeller, Manfred; Lapenu, Cécile; Minten, Bart; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

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New approaches to crop yield insurance in developing countries:

Skees, Jerry; Hazell, P. B. R.; Miranda, Mario - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

Natural disasters can be extremely disruptive to farmers and to others whose incomes depend on a successful crop. Society can gain from more efficient sharing of crop and natural disaster risks. However, the costs associated with traditional agricultural risk programs have historically exceeded...

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Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen; Aidoo, J. B.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana. We find that customary land tenure institutions have evolved toward individualized systems to provide incentives to invest in tree...

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AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF ENSO (EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION) ON GLOBAL CROP YIELDS

Ferris, John N. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

Forecasts of global crop yields prior to planting have generally been single values, based entirely on past trends … forecasting errors can be reduced, generating more normal distributions of these errors. Keywords: El Niño, ENSO, forecasting crop … yields, long range weather forecasting, agricultural modeling, food security, risk management …

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Modeling agricultural production risk and the adaptation to climate change

Finger, Robert; Schmid, Stéphanie - In: Agricultural Finance Review 68 (2008) 1, pp. 25-41

crop yields in the future. …

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