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The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Poverty in Tanzania: A Household Perspective from Rural Kilimanjaro and Ruvuma

Sarris, Alexander H.; Savastano, Sara; Christiaensen, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

productive. We find that agricultural productivity directly affects household consumption and hence overall poverty and welfare …

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Agriculture, Income Risks and Rural Poverty Dynamics: Strategies of Smallholder Producers in Kenya

Kuyiah, Joanne Wasswa; Obare, Gideon A.; Herrero, Mario; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

growth. Smallholders often operate in a risky environment, which affects the level and variability of household resource …

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Does Land Use Patterns Matter for Bt-Maize: The Case of Maize Farming System in Kenya

Muhammad, Lutta; Owuor, George; De Groote, Hugo; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

productivity and household incomes across maize agro-ecologies, with the purpose to establish a decision support system for …

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The Role of Food from Natural Resources in Reducing Vulnerability to Poverty: A Case Study from Zimbabwe

Mithofer, Dagmar; Waibel, Hermann; Akinnifesi, Festus K. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

multi-period stochastic household income model. The data were collected in a case study in Zimbabwe using detailed monthly …

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Trade Policy Reforms in the Cereals Sector of the SADC Region: Implications on Food Security

Mutambatsere, Emelly - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This study evaluates the welfare implications of tariff reforms in the cereals sector of the SADC region. Applying the global simulation model (GSIM), a multi-country partial equilibrium model, to the cereals industries of thirteen SADC countries, the study computes price and welfare effects of...

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Food Security and Efficacy of the Intervention Mechanism in India

Prahadeeswaran, M.; Ramasamy, C.; Selvaraj, K.N. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Rice and wheat are the two major foodgrains in India and their level of production determines the country self-sufficient. Forecasts on cereals supply range from 250 to over 300 million tones in the country by the year 2020. Mere availability of foodgrains is not a sufficient condition to ensure...

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Determinants and Measurements of Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Some Empirical Policy Guide

Amaza, P.S.; Umeh, Joseph Chinedu; Helsen, J.; Adejobi, A.O. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

determinants of this food insecurity factors are, household size, gender, educational level, farm size and type of household farm …

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The Niger Food Crisis: Causes and Implications for Research and Development from an Integrated Agricultural Economics Perspective

Abele, Steffen; Twine, Edgar - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

During the 2004 food crisis in Niger, the weakness of the main production system, millet, to produce enough food to sustain short term crises, has been revealed. Questions arise how the Nigerian smallholder systems can be assisted by research and development policies to intensify production and...

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Household Food Security in Rural Areas of Nepal: Relationship between Socio-economic Characteristics and Food Security Status

Maharjan, Keshav Lall; Khatri-Chhetri, Arun - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

-economic characteristics among rural households in the remote western mountains of Nepal. Accordingly, the relationship between household …'s resource endowment and food security status was analyzed based on the calorie requirement for all household members according … Squared Food Insecurity Gap to capture successively more detailed aspects of the food insecurity status of the household. It …

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Weather Risk and the Off-Farm Labor Supply of Agricultural Households in India

Ito, Takahiro; Kurosaki, Takashi - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

labor allocation using household data from rural areas of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. The regression results show that …

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