Search Results - "The Economist"

Bridging the gap between farmers and researchers through collaborative experimentation: cost and labour reduction in soybean production in South-Nyanza, Kenya by Vandeplas, I, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Merckx, Roel, Deckers, J.

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Proceedings of the Stakeholder Workshop on The Status of Agricultural Economics in East and Southern/Central Africa by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Its objectives were to: Assess the ability of academic institutions to produce well-trained M.Sc. and Ph.D. agricultural economists and to conduct research; Review existing training programs for their suitability, strengths and weaknesses, and indicate the areas needing attention;; Evaluate the market for agricultural economists, focusing on supply gaps, and provide some indicators of demand for them; and; Suggest and evaluate ways to improve agricultural economics training capacity in the region. -- from Text…”
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Mise au point by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Emile N. Houngbo, socio-économiste, Bénin, a tenu…”
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Model to estimate the returns on investment of agricultural research investments by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…The modeling framework was presented at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Vancouver.…”
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La Banque mondiale condamne à nouveau les subventions by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…S'exprimant au Caire, l'économiste en chef de la...…”
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Uncovering the hidden harvest: valuation methods for woodland and forest resources by Campbell, Bruce M., Luckert, M.K.

“…This book is directed to non-economists working in the context of developing countries. …”
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Challenges facing agriculture in southern Africa: a conference report by Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Inter-Conference Symposium of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Badplass, South Africa, 10-16 August 1998…”
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Gestion du risque en milieu rural: Des effets différenciés selon les genres by Delavallade, Clara

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Ethanol trade policy and global biofuel mandates by Dimaranan, Betina, Laborde Debucquet, David

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Effects of drought tolerance on maize yield in Sub-Saharan Africa by Cenacchi, Nicola, Koo, Jawoo

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Measuring food security in a more volatile world by Headey, Derek D.

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Participation of smallholder farmers in biofuels crop and land rental markets: Evidence from South Africa by Mabiso, Athur

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From plot to plate: Linking agricultural productivity and human nutrition in Bangladesh by Yu, Bingxin

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Reverse-share-tenancy and Marshallian inefficiency: Bargaining power of landowners and the sharecropper’s productivity by Ghebru, Hosaena H., Holden, Stein

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The “Efficient Boundaries” of international agricultural research: A conceptual framework with empirical illustrations by Kamanda, Josey, Birner, Regina, Bantilan, Cynthia

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Epidemiology and Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants (ECO-PPR) toolbox by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…The tool has been developed through an interdisciplinary team involving disease experts, epidemiologists, social scientists and economists and has been tested in East and West Africa.…”
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Farmers perceptions and adoption of new agricultural technology: evidence from analysis in Burkina Faso and Guinea, West Africa by Adesina, A., Baidu-Forson, Joseph Jojo

“…Economists investigating consumer demand have accumulated considerable evidence showing that consumers generally have subjective preferences for characteristics of products and that their demand for products re-significantly affected by their perceptions of the product's attributes. …”
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The political economy of food and nutrition policies by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

“…Few nutritionists and economists fully appreciate how the political environment shapes policy and subsequently affects the relevance of their policy recommendations... …”
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Road to specialization in agricultural production: Evidence from Rural China by Qin, Yu, Zhang, Xiaobo

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Bt cotton adoption and wellbeing of farmers in Pakistan by Nazli, Hina, Orden, David, Sarker, Rakhal, Meilke, Karl

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