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The marketing of farm inputs and outputs has become a major problem for farmers in Pakistan. Farm input supplies are irregular, characterized by shortages and high prices at critical times. This report reviews the input and output policies for cereals implemented in Pakistan during the period...
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This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and …
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temperature and precipitation, the share of labor in agriculture, and the country’s low adaptive capacity due to widespread … change on agriculture in Cambodia by 2050. We used the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer crop modeling …
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in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary … diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture …
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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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. A clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation for Africans and their development … partners to more fruitfully engage with an increasingly important actor. Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural …
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This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact...
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This paper studies women’s empowerment in northern Mozambique as it relates to agriculture, considering in particular …
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This paper assesses the role of rural institutions in the speedy recovery and growth of the agriculture and food sector …
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, where the disease is widespread. Many of those most afflicted are part of farming households; therefore agriculture, poverty …
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