Case study research is increasingly important in agricultural economics as a means of collecting data, and building and testing theory. Case study research has a prescribed set of objectives, epistemology, methodology, and methods that have been developed and tested in a wide range of scholarly...

In the United States' Northeastern region, there is an increasing interest in the public benefits from agriculture. These benefits are frequently referred to as multifunctional attributes. The policy challenge is to find an effective way to reflect these public demands so that multifunctional...

Economists often use the Gini Ratio for measuring inequality in income or program benefit distributions without fully understanding the implications and limitations of this statistic. This paper delineates some of the limitations in the use of the Gini Ratio as it is usually calculated. It also...

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the development of methodologies related to the formulation and appraisal of projects. This is reflected in an increasing number of scientific papers and courses offered at different levels on the subject, most of which are directed for...

This document is a primer in statistics for applied economists using the SPSS statistical software. It is intended for use with a one-week training workshop designed to acquaint research professionals with basic statistical procedures for analyzing socio-economic survey data. The document...

Thailand is an essentially agricultural country. Agriculture provides direct employment to 81 percent of the nation's population. Approximately one third of the Gross Domestic Product originates in the agricultural sector, including agricultural crops, livestock, fisheries, and forestry....

This study aimed to investigate the strategic assumptions and practices in World Bank project appraisal programs. Semistructured interviews of senior World Bank field officers in Addis Ababa and Nirobi and extensive review of World Bank appraisal directives and related documents provided the...

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...

Since 2002, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded programs to promote maize, dairy, and horticulture enterprises among smallholder farmers in Kenya under the Strategic Objective 7 of Increased Rural Household Incomes. On behalf of USAID, Tegemeo Institute has...

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...