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Are Kenya's horticultural exports a replicable success story? por Minot, Nicholas, Ngigi, Margaret

“…Since 1974 the value of Kenya's horticultural exports has increased fourfold in constant dollar terms, reaching US$167 million in 2000 (see figure). As a result, horticulture has become the third largest source of foreign exchange after tourism and tea. …”
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Water development for food production: A global perspective por Rosegrant, Mark W., Cai, Ximing

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Incorporating crime in household surveys: a research note por Garrett, James L., Ahmed, Akhter

“…This paper discusses how to incorporate questions about crime into household surveys, drawing on the authors’ experience of designing and implementing a module on crime, violence and physical insecurity in a household survey in the city of Dinajpur in Bangladesh in 2002. …”
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Decoupled payments: a dynamic, economy-wide perspective por Roe, Terry L., Somwaru, Agapi, Diao, Xinshen

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Policy-windows for the declaration of protected areas: a comparative por Garrelts, H., Birner, Regina, Wittmer, Heidi

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2020 news & views: Dying for a drink of water por International Food Policy Research Institute

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A conceptual framework for assessing agriculture-nutrition linkages por Haddad, Lawrence J.

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A general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of PROGRESA por Coady, David, Harris, Rebecca Lee

“…In this report we emphasize the need to take a general equilibrium perspective of the program. …”
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Different steps in developing a droplet vitrification protocol por Panis, Bart

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Gender and breeding in tropical forages: A literature review por Pazos Cardenas, Mateo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…The integration of gender analysis into plant breeding represents a crucial step towards achieving more equitable and sustainable agricultural systems. …”
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Organic waste recycling for a sustainable future in Kenya por Waswa, Boaz S, Chege, Christine

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Social science perspectives in agriculture: A thrust for integration por Prasad, C., Babu, Suresh Chandra

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Mapping Kapiti’s soils: A foundation for rangeland restoration por Tam, Kirsten, Rufino, Mariana, Gachene Charles, Slater, Annabel

“…Soils are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems, holding essential water, nutrients and minerals for many critical species on the planet from plants to bacteria to fungi. Creating a baseline of knowledge for the type of soils at Kapiti at Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy, in the semi-arid southern rangelands of Kenya, will help us test different hypotheses and tell us which factors are important for successful restoration of degraded soils. …”
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Food environment research in Tanzania: A desk review por Sehgal, Mrignyani, Clarke, Rebecca Namara, Marshall, Quinn, Kumar, Neha

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Applications of the choice experiment method in Europe: A review por Birol, Ekin, Koundouri, Phoebe, Kountouris, Yiannis

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Gender and collective action: A conceptual framework for analysis por Pandolfelli, Lauren, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Dohrn, Stephan

“…This paper presents a framework for investigating the intersection of collective action and gender; i.e. how gender-oriented analysis can foster more effective collective action in the context of agriculture and natural resource management and how collective action can be used as a vehicle for gender equity. …”
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Smallholders' commercialization through cooperatives: A diagnostic for Ethiopia por Bernard, Tanguy, Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…In particular, we find smaller farmers tend to reduce their marketable surplus as a result of higher prices, while the opposite is true for larger farmers.…”
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A typology for vulnerability and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa por Zhang, Xiaobo, Rockmore, Marc, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…This paper considers vulnerability reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from a more aggregated macro viewpoint. We focus on risk related to agriculture, since vulnerability and agriculture are intimately linked in SSA due to the location of the poor, their dependence on agriculture and the inherent risks of an agricultural livelihood. …”
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Defining a trade strategy for southern Mediterranean countries por Bouët, Antoine

“…As this study suggests, that is not the case. A South-South integration of these countries is not enough trade – creating, while a North – South Free Trade Agreement with Europe is significantly trade – diverting, particularly in the case of SM countries’ agricultural imports. …”
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Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development por Elliott, Howard, Perrault, Paul T.

“…The evolution of agricultural research and development policy in Zambia is emblematic of the quiet crisis in African agricultural research. Zambia, a medium-sized country that has avoided internal conflict, has, until recently, been spared from natural disasters. …”
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