developing world. Financial and technological innovations that mitigate these risks have the potential to greatly benefit farmers … independently and in a bundled package. Findings indicate that farmers are generally unwilling to pay for drought-tolerant rice …€™ valuation of the rice increases. Farmers value insurance on its own, but even more so when bundled with the drought …

/05 to 2008/09, prices of major cereals (teff, maize, wheat and sorghum) have fluctuated sharply in both nominal and real … imports of wheat. From July 2005 to March 2007, private sector wheat imports were profitable and domestic wheat prices closely … wheat prices, so private sector wheat imports were no longer profitable. Most recently, rationing of foreign exchange for …

Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing … scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the editors and contributors of Southern African Agriculture and Climate … consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050. They also offer recommendations to national …

lowered market wheat prices, though market prices remained above import parity levels. Allowing the private sector access to …Beginning in April 2008, lack of access to foreign exchange effectively stopped private sector wheat imports … foreign exchange for wheat imports (or auctioning government wheat imports of the same volume) would have eliminated the wheat …

crops: barley, maize, teff, and wheat. Since maize is the only crop that exhibits considerable adoption of improved seed, we …

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 …

probit. This framework allows policy simulations that underscore the impact of farmers' health status on both agricultural … efficiency and poverty reduction. Overall, regression results confirm the negative impact of health impediment on farmers …' agricultural efficiency. Simulation results show that improving farmers' agricultural efficiency by investing in farmers' health …

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 …

-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 … the effects of changes in world prices and to assess dynamic effects of shocks and policies on growth and income …