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Recent food prices movements: A time series analysis
Cooke, Bryce; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476188
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Impact simulation of ECOWAS rice self-sufficiency policy:
Fofana, Ismaël; Goundan, Anatole; Domgho, Magne; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
production and meet the challenge of rice self-sufficiency in the region by 2025. Our analysis uses economic models to forecast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152381
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Eliciting farmers’ valuation for abiotic stress-tolerant rice in India:
Arora, Anchal; Bansal, Sangeeta; Ward, Patrick S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
study aims to explore the potential adoption of these risk-reducing technologies. Using discrete choice experiments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200209
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Climate, change adaptation assets and group-based approaches: Gendered perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya:
Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Ali, Snigdha; Behrman, Julia A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of climate change,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200211
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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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Demand for weather hedges in India: An empirical exploration of theoretical predictions:
Hill, Ruth Vargas; Robles, Miguel; Ceballos, Francisco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
whether demand behaves as predicted with respect to price, the basis of the hedge, and risk aversion using data from a … randomized control trial in which price and basis risk was varied for a series of hedging products offered to farmers. We find … that demand behaves as predicted, with demand falling with price and basis risk, and appearing hump-shaped in risk aversion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685638
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Adoption of weather index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia
Hill, Ruth Vargas; Hoddinott, John; Kumar, Neha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
educated, rich, and proactive individuals were more likely to purchase insurance. Risk aversion was associated with low … risk reduced demand for insurance, particularly when the price of the contract was high, and that provision of insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850561
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Organizational and institutional issues in climate change adaptation and risk management: Insights from practitioners’ survey in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali
Ragasa, Catherine; Sun, Yan; Bryan, Elizabeth; Abate, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This report provides some reflections and insights on the level of awareness, practices, and organizational and institutional issues being faced by countries as they adapt to climate change, based on interviews with 87 practitioners working in government agencies, local organizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132658
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Farmer preferences for drought tolerance in hybrid versus inbred rice: Evidence from Bihar, India:
Ward, Patrick S.; Ortega, David L.; Spielman, David J.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper addresses the previously unanswered question of whether the private sector might play a future role in developing similar strains through applications of advanced biotechnology, and whether their research and development efforts would benefit poor and vulnerable farmers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132661
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Drought risk reduction in agriculture: A review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia:
Cenacchi, Nicola - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is a high-risk endeavor in both regions, due to a combination of recurrent …, especially low access to input and output markets. These factors, combined with farmers’ high aversion to risk, stifle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132664