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Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi:
Phiri, Horace; Edris, Abdi Khalil - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This empirical study uses data from 1970 to 2010 to estimate levels of neopatrimonialism in Malawi. We then test how neopatrimonialism has affected policy-induced agriculture producer incentives. Three dimensions are used to measure neopatrimonialism – systematic clientelism, a power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132590
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Scaling-up adoption of improved technologies: The impact of the promotion of row planting on farmers’ teff yields in Ethiopia:
Vandercasteelen, Joachim; Dereje, Mekdim; Minten, Bart; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132630
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Examining the sense and science behind Ghana’s current blanket fertilizer recommendation:
Chapoto, Antony; Tetteh, Francis - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper was written to help bolster the case and present visual evidence demonstrating why it is important to seriously consider spatial soil fertility variability in Ghana and to promote area-specific fertilizer recommendations. Using geostatistical analysis of soil samples collected from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132670
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Change and diversity in smallholder rice-fish systems: Recent evidence from Bangladesh
Dey, Madan M.; Spielman David J.; Haque, A.B.M. Mahfuzul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
rice–fish systems, have considerable proven potential for increasing agricultural productivity and food security. In … productivity and farm incomes in Bangladesh. Findings also suggest that although the emergent innovation system around these riceâ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132676
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Efficiency and productivity differential effects of land certification program in Ethiopia : Quasi-experimental evidence from Tigray:
Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experimental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the … envelopment analysis–based Malmquist-type productivity index to decompose productivity differences into (1) within-group farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132680
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Intellectual property rights, technology diffusion, and agricultural development: Cross-country evidence:
Spielman, David J.; Ma, Xingliang - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been extensively debated in the literature on technology transfers and agricultural production in developing countries. However, few studies offer cross-country evidence on how IPRs affect yield growth, for example, by incentivizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132711
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Leveling with friends: Social networks and indian farmers’ demand for agricultural custom hire services:
Magnan, Nicholas; Spielman, David J.; Lybbert, Travis J.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This research was undertaken to understand how information about a new agricultural technology is transmitted through social networks, and what effect information gained through social networks has on technology demand at the household level. The technology in question is laser land leveling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132726
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Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program:
Benin, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Use of mechanization in African agriculture has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food prices crisis. Many developing country governments—including Ghana, the case study of this paper—have resumed support for agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132738
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Variable returns to fertilizer use and its relationship to poverty: Experimental and simulation evidence from Malawi:
Harou, Aurélie; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Despite the rise of targeted input subsidy programs in Africa over the last decade, several questions remain as to whether low and variable soil fertility, frequent drought, and high fertilizer prices render fertilizer unprofitable for large subpopulations of African farmers. To examine these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132744
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Summary of Efficiency and productivity differential effects of the land certification program in Ethiopia:
Ghebru, Hosaena; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Although theory predicts that better property rights to land can increase land productivity through tenure security … quasiexperimental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the Ethiopian land certification program by identifying … intensity (technical efficiency). For this purpose, we adopted a data envelopment analysis–based Malmquist-type productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132772