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This study examines transportation alternatives for moving cereals into position for storage under the West African Food Security Regional Reserve agreed to by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2013, for which cereals were first procured in 2017. It describes the...
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both riverine flooding and sea level rise, and because a large portion of its population is dependent on agriculture for … its livelihood. The goal of this research was to examine the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture in Bangladesh … four general circulation models (GCMs) to evaluate the impact of climate change on agriculture in Bangladesh by 2050. We …
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Irrigation is central to Pakistan’s agriculture; and managing the country’s canal, ground, and surface water resources …
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leveraging agriculture for development. This paper examines how a changing climate may affect rice production and how Vietnamese …
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agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development … agriculture alone is not enough. Policy can play an important role not only to make public investment more efficient, but also is … crucial for incentivizing private sector and farmer investment in agriculture. Against this backdrop this paper takes stock of …
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This paper addresses the determinants of public expenditure policies, by reviewing theories and empirical investigations of what features explain the budget process and how the various attributes of actors — including politicians, bureaucrats, interest groups, and donors — and of...
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disease is widespread. Many of those most afflicted are part of farming households; therefore agriculture, poverty, and health …
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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a new survey-based index designed to measure the empowerment … the WEAI. The WEAI can also be used more generally to assess the state of empowerment and gender parity in agriculture, to … five domains of empowerment (5DE) in agriculture. It reflects the percentage of women who are empowered and, among those …
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environment and increased investments in agriculture at a time when African governments and donors have been rallying to increase … their support to agriculture. Is African agriculture undergoing a new and sustained recovery after many decades of stagnant … policy environment and increased attention to agriculture has had a major effect on overall productivity growth based on …
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At a time when donors and governments are increasing efforts to mainstream gender in agriculture, it is critical to … revisit long-standing wisdom about gender inequalities in agriculture to be able to more efficiently design and evaluate … policy interventions. Many stylized facts about women in agriculture have been repeated for decades. Did nothing really …
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