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Understanding policy volatility in Sudan:
Harizi, Khalid El; Zaki, El Sayed; Prato, Bettina; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"In this paper we present the findings of a qualitative investigation into some dimensions and implications of policy volatility in the realms of natural resource (NR) governance and devolution in contemporary Sudan, with particular reference to Greater Kordofan. Our goal is to map out some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038123
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Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas:
Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. This paper explores the race between these two countervailing forces, with the goal of informing two important policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700931
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Food and nutrition emergencies in East Africa: Political, economic and environmental associations
Oniang'o, Ruth - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459989
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Time allocation to energy resource collection in rural Ethiopia: Gender-disaggregated household responses to changes in firewood availability:
Scheurlen, Elena - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
with farmers in three rural villages of Ethiopia and data from an IFPRI-CIMMYT (International Food Policy Research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200212
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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia: Hydropower and irrigation modeling
Block, Paul J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
, insufficient agricultural production, and a low number of developed energy sources. The upper Blue Nile basin harbors considerable … to a lack of timely water. An evaluation of expected energy growth rates reinforces the need for significant economic … planning and the necessity of securing energy trade contracts prior to extensive development. A Ramsey growth model for energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038157
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Assessing the economic benefits of sustainable land management practices in Bhutan:
Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Srinivasan, Raghavan; Anderson, Weston - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This study was conducted with the objective of determining the returns to sustainable land management (SLM) at the national level in Bhutan. The study first uses satellite data on land change (Landsat) to examine land use change in 1990–2010 and its impact on sediment loading in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132659
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The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification:
Houssou, Nazaire; Chapoto, Antony - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This study assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmers’ access to mechanical power in Ghana have had the intended effects on the country’s agricultural sector. Using panel survey data, this paper analyses the drivers of farm mechanization and its net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132700
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Communities’ perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services: Evidence from rural communities in Nigeria:
Zhang, Wei; Kato, Edward; Bhandary, Prapti; Nkonya, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This research has been undertaken to improve our understanding of stakeholders’ knowledge and perception about ecosystem services (ES), which provides a valuable means of gaining insight into the opportunities and constraints that face ES management in a multiuser landscape. Land use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200219
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of farmland protection policy in China:
Li, Man - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Almost two decades have passed since China first enacted legislation to protect farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use. Yet hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land are still developed to urban area each year, raising the question of whether the legislation is effective in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781477
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Managing conflict over natural resources in greater Kordofan, Sudan: Some recurrent patterns and governance implications
Siddig, El Fatih Ali; El-Harizi, Khalid; Prato, Bettina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"Despite the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which brought to an end 20 years of civil war in the Sudan, this country continues to experience smaller-scale conflicts, particularly around access to and control of natural resources. Some observers lay the blame for this on ethnopolitical or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038119