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among households who had not previously diversified out of agriculture …
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How can foreign aid to agriculture support economic growth in Africa? This paper constructs a geographically … official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture could generate, contrary to traditional Dutch disease concerns, an …
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paper deepens the discussion about productivity growth and upgrading in agriculture in Africa, and the role of national … quantitative and qualitative surveys undertaken in 2016 in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia, where 3,935 farmers, 60 aggregators, and 56 … that farmers who were on a contract saw greater structural transformation; higher output; and better access to seeds …
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This paper studies the effects of a large reduction in transport costs on agricultural development in a developing country, with a focus on the interactions among the comparative advantage and transport costs of a location, and the transport intensity and value of a commodity. The paper extends...
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, and Uganda as case studies to explore the potential for growth in agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism in these … intensive manufactures could contribute a fraction of aggregate growth, it is agriculture, agribusiness, and services that will … contribute the lion's share because of an unprecedented convergence of technologies. Industrialized agriculture and agri …
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To document the relative accuracy of methods for microdata collection on root and tuber crop production, an experiment was implemented in Malawi over a 12-month period, randomly assigning cassava-producing households to one of four approaches: daily diary-keeping, with semi-weekly supervision...
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for the top 75 percent of prices for coffee. Commonly available improved seed varieties for maize and beans increase gains … by 32 percent on average. However, accounting for the quality of the inputs available to farmers in the market, the …
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crisis of 2008. This paper assesses the role of agriculture and the Common Agricultural Program in achieving this. The paper … sheds light on the relationship between poverty and agriculture as part of the process of structural transformation. It … as evaluating the role of agriculture as a driver of shared prosperity. The analysis performed throughout the paper uses …
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This study examines recall bias in farm labor by conducting a randomized survey experiment in Ghana. Hours of farm labor obtained from a recall survey conducted at the end of the season are compared with data collected weekly throughout the season. The study finds that the recall method...
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the agriculture and food system, from the perspective of different Sustainable Development Goals, in particular food …
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