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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...

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Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security

Nijhoff, Jan J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2 …

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Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security

Haggblade, Steven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

Africa has inherited highly arbitrary political borders that vastly complicate current efforts to accelerate … agricultural growth and reduce hunger. Because Africa’s inherited political borders arbitrarily partition agro-ecological zones and … agricultural trade and dampening incentives for farmers and agribusinesses to invest in Africa’s many regional breadbasket zones …

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Transmission des hausses des prix internationaux des produits alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest : Leçons de la crise de 2007-2008 pour l’expansion de la production

Diallo, Boubacar Cisse; Dembele, Niama Nango; Staatz, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LES BIOCARBURANTS EN AFRIQUE : Les biocarburants, facteur d’insécurité ou moteur de développement (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 10-12 Novembre 2009)

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Transmission of World Food Price Changes to African Markets and its Effect on Household Welfare

Minot, Nicholas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar “Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options" on 25-26 January 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Project (AAMP)

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Has Kenyan Farmers’ Access to Markets and Services Improved? Panel Survey Evidence, 1997-2007

Chamberlin, Jordan; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

This report uses panel data on 1,267 smallholder households to monitor changes in their access to markets and services. We find that Kenyan smallholders’ proximity to infrastructure, markets, and services has improved markedly over the last decade. These improvements, however, have not been...

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Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment, and Development Linkages

Clay, Daniel C.; Reardon, Thomas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1998

The triple challenge of rapid population growth, declining agricultural productivity, and natural resource degradation are not isolated from one another; they are intimately related. However, strategic planning and development programming tend to focus on individual sectors such as the...

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Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda: Patterns and Determinants

Clay, Daniel C.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Mpyisi, Edson; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2001

One of the Government of Rwanda’s key post-war policy objectives has been to increase agricultural productivity and ensure food security by promoting a transition from semi-subsistence production and marketing practices to intensive production and highly commercialized agricultural markets....

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Food Crop Marketing and Agricultural Productivity in a High Price Environment: Evidence and Implications for Mozambique

Benfica, Rui M.S.; Boughton, Duncan; Mouzinho, Bordalo; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

This paper assesses the relationship between agricultural productivity and market participation and performance following an increase in market prices in Mozambique. We use panel data before and after the change in price regime to identify the relative importance of market access/participation...

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Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005.

Mather, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Crop income is the predominant source of income for most rural Mozambican households, accounting for 73% of rural household income on average in 2002, and greater than 80% of the total income of the poorest 40% of rural households. While the Government of Mozambique recognizes the need to...

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