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The purpose of this sourcebook is to pull together into a single document a collection of common sense tips and recommendations based on actual practices and experience around the world. The sourcebook aims first and foremost to help strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation (MandE) capacity at the...
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While agriculture remains the mainstay for a large share of the population in Sudan, and rural poverty has seen a … dramatic decrease (between 2009 and 2014/15), poverty remains relatively high among those engaged in agriculture. Households … engaged in agriculture?either crop farming or raising livestock?see among the highest rates of poverty among households …
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Forest fires are among the main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses remote sensing data on forest fires and remaining tree cover to estimate the effectiveness of a project targeted at reducing fire incidences in twelve protected...
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Gender productivity gaps in agriculture are large around the world, even though women comprise 40-50 percent of the … can cost countries up to USD 105 million annually. Women farmers tend to produce lower output per unit of land than men … farmers because of gender-specific constraints, such as unequal access to farm labor, agricultural inputs, lower literacy …
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lead to increased air pollution, likely by inducing farmers to shift into a labor-saving and mechanized production process …
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of greening agriculture support on farm efficiency are assessed and discussed …
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By advancing knowledge on digital climate information and agriculture advisory services ('agromet services') in support … of West Africa's farmers, this report has two objectives. First, it aims to identify priority actions for promoting … stakeholders include representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture (MOAs), National Meteorological Services (NMSs), Disaster …
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a shift in public expenditure patterns in the Philippine agriculture sector. One result is that agricultural growth … public goods in agriculture, vital for inclusive growth, also drives the lack of growth. The continued bias supporting rice … resulting from the Mandanas Ruling of the Supreme Court unless the shift in the agriculture budget from central government to …
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This paper uses two years of agriculture census data to build a panel dataset that consists of all the small towns in …
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This paper systematically analyzes the effect of agricultural input subsidies in developing countries on yield and income, using a meta-analysis. From three databases, the analysis identifies 12 studies with 32 estimated effects on yield and 23 estimated effects on income. The findings show that...
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