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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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Technical Compendium: Descriptive Agricultural Statistics and Analysis for Zambia in Support of the USAID Mission’s Feed the Future Strategic Review

Sitko, Nicholas J.; Chapoto, Antony; Kabwe, Stephen; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

This technical compendium was developed to serve two interrelated purposes: 1.To assist in the development of USAID Zambia’s Feed the Future (FtF) strategy by providing a broad empirical analysis of the current conditions and historical trends shaping Zambia’s agricultural and food sector;...

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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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Review of Sample Design for Zambia Post-harvest Survey (1997/98) and Recommendations for Improving the Sampling Strategy and Estimation Procedures

Megill, David J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2000

Following a review of the sample design for the 1997/98 Zambia Post-Harvest Survey (PHS), described in the survey … of this report is to document the findings and recommendations from this review. Specific recommendations are made on … procedures for weighting the data and calculating the standard errors. A separate report on “Review of Questionnaire for Post …

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Maize Yield Response to Nitrogen in Malawi’s Smallholder Production Systems

Snapp, Sieg; Jayne, T.S.; Mhango, Wezi; Ricker-Gilbert, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

Sustainable intensification in crop and livestock production is the foundation for smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to a changing world, to respond to new economic opportunities, and to address poverty reduction and food security. For crop farmers, substantial gains in...

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Child Malnutrition, Agricultural Diversification and Commercialization among Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Zambia

Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda; Kulhgatz, Christian H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …

With only a few months remaining, Zambia still has a long way to achieving the millennium development goal of halving the number of stunted children by the end of 2015. Almost half of the children in Zambia remain undernourished and 40% of them have stunted growth, a long term malnutrition...

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Models for University Engagement with Private and Public Sector Employers

Kaneene, John B.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Mugisha, Anthony; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

consisted of desk top review of the available literature in order to identify the available engagement models and development of …

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Evolving Skill Needs in the Food System of East and Southern Africa: Results from Agribusiness Company Interviews

Scheltema, Nico; Meyer, Ferdinand H.; Ejobi, Francis; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

This study focuses on the skills requirements and the development thereof among 109 interviewed formal sector agribusiness companies in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, and South Africa. The study was conducted in the context of anticipated dramatic changes in Africa’s food consumption...

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Food System Dynamics: Projecting Changes in Food Demand in East and Southern Africa through 2040

Tschirley, David; Dolislager, Michael; Meyer, Ferdinand H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been rapidly urbanizing for many years. Current estimates from the UN are that urban population growth in East Africa is over 4% per year, while in Southern Africa, which has higher urbanization levels, the growth is estimated at 2%. Overall in East and Southern...

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