productive assets in Nigeria. Using recall data, difference-in-differences, and propensity score matching approaches, the study …This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of … finds that the project succeeded in targeting the poor and women farmers in its productive asset acquisition component …

This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to … 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop …). Decreases in crop income are associated with drought. Results demonstrate that there are both public and private investments …

This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to … 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop …). Decreases in crop income are associated with drought. Results demonstrate that there are both public and private investments …

net in Sub Saharan Africa, is one such program. First, using variance decomposition techniques, we document local … whether noncompliance with federal mandates is more or less poverty reducing than the program would have been under the …

analysis focuses on vegetable producers in Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with large income gains … dropped out due to various constraints. Specific support is needed to avoid widening income disparities. …

both chronic and/or transitory food insecurity due to long-standing problems of inadequate income, low-productivity in … addressing the major current challenges facing food and agricultural systems in Africa are summarized in FSG (2009). …

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international organizations. For policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa, however, food prices have been an issue of economic importance … starchy root crops that are inexpensive sources of calories. In eastern and southern Africa, maize is the most important … households in sub-Saharan Africa. …

both chronic and/or transitory food insecurity due to long-standing problems of inadequate income, low-productivity in …, the greatest number of the food insecure lives in South Asia, while Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of … research and outreach, primarily in Africa, and their value to the U.S. Global Food Security Initiative in addressing the major …

that can effectively promote national food security and income growth objectives. This report synthesizes recent findings … on smallholder crop marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa, and their …