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Strategies, choices, and program priorities for the Eastern Africa Root Crops Research Network por Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas

“…The ASARECA NARES’ socio-economists actively participated in the various workshops and helpedin providing the Priority Setting Committee with national data. …”
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Multicriteria analysis of policy alternatives for the conservation calden forest in Córdoba, Argentina por Tello, Diego Sebastián, De Prada, Jorge Dante, Cristeche, Estela Raquel

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Earned and unearned income: Experimental evidence on expenditures and labor supply in Malawi por Ambler, Kate, Godlonton, Susan

“…Though the differential impacts of earned and unearned income have long been of interest to economists and policymakers, the study of this question is often conflated by other differences between the income streams. …”
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BioConserv por International Food Policy Research Institute, Bioversity International

“…It is a unique collection of literature that reflects the emerging interest of applied economists in plant and livestock biodiversity. BioConserv focuses on three major thematic categories addressed in the literature:(1) Biodiversity of crops and plants; (2) Animal genetic resources conservation and sustainable use; and (3) Biodiversity measurements. …”
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The future of food: biotechnology markets and policies in an international setting [In Chinese] por Pardey, Philip G.

“…The chapters in this book confront the controversy over biotechnology with new analyses and insights from economists and technologists. The topics covered include the differences in perceptions about biotechnology among rich and poor countries; the effects of rich-country restrictions on international trade in genetically modified crops on the welfare of poorer countries; the effects of intellectual property rights on the bioscience done by public agencies the world over; and the economic impacts of biotechnology.…”
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The future of food: biotechnology markets and policies in an international setting por Pardey, Philip G.

“…The chapters in this book confront the controversy over biotechnology with new analyses and insights from economists and technologists. The topics covered include the differences in perceptions about biotechnology among rich and poor countries; the effects of rich-country restrictions on international trade in genetically modified crops on the welfare of poorer countries; the effects of intellectual property rights on the bioscience done by public agencies the world over; and the economic impacts of biotechnology.…”
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Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods por Thierfelder, Karen, Robinson, Sherman

“…The empirical models used to analyze the links fall into two broad groups: (1) partial-equilibrium models of the labor market, focusing on changes in the supply and demand of labor by skill category, and (2) general equilibrium trade models linking domestic factor returns to changes in world prices and the composition of trade....In this paper, we present a theoretical model that can capture many of the differences between the approaches of trade and labor economists.-- from Authors' Introduction.…”
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Supply response of West African agricultural households: implications of intrahousehold preference heterogeneity por Smith, Lisa C., Chavas, Jean-Paul

“…More recently, however, economists have come to view households as domains of difference, where multiple decisionmakers may have different preferences and, in many cases, control separate sets of resources. …”
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Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda por Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Only when security exceeds this threshold do public investments stimulate economic growth. Economists and policy advisors living in peaceful countries often prescribe economic policies that hinge on the assumption of good security. …”
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An economic assessment of banana genetic improvement and innovation in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania por Smale, Melinda, Tushemereirwe, Wilbeforce K.

“…This research report highlights findings from a set of studies applied economists have undertaken on the impact that improved banana cultivars and management practices have had on farmers in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania and Uganda. …”
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An economic assessment of banana genetic improvement and innovation in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania por Smale, Melinda, Tushemereirwe, Wilbeforce K.

“…This research report highlights findings from a set of studies applied economists have undertaken on the impact that improved banana cultivars and management practices have had on farmers in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania and Uganda. …”
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La fièvre aphteuse por Charbonnier, G., Launois, M.

“…Chaque chapitre se penche sur une perspective différente, en faisant part des témoignages réfléchis d’agriculteurs et de vétérinaires, d’économistes et de journalistes, tant dans les pays en développement que dans les pays industrialisés.…”
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Do farmers benefit financially from adopting improved planted forages: Evidence from adoption of Brachiaria grass among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya por Maina, Kevin W., Ritho, C.N., Lukuyu, Ben A., Rao, E.J.O.

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Assessing Ex-ante impact of the complementary dairy improvement interventions required to make Rwanda’s existing dairy development programmes and policies even more successful por Bahta, Sirak T., Nigussie, Kidus, Gebru, G., Desta, S., Shapiro, Barry I.

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Benefits and costs of compliance of sanitary regulations in livestock markets: the case of Rift Valley fever in Ethiopia por Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Bonnet, P., Jabbar, M.A., Ehui, Simeon K., Haan, Cees de

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On the economics of small-scale household pig production in Vietnam: Survey results, analysis and assessment por Que, N.N., Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Tisdell, C.A., Toan, N.N., Nga, Q.N., Ninh, T.T.N., Jabbar, M.A., Staal, Steven J.

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Structural transformation, export promotion policy options, and their impact on the Indian economy: A social accounting matrix (SAM) approach por Venkatesh, P., Pal, Barun Deb, Dubey, Sarvesh K., Sangeetha, V., Balasubramanian, M.

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The opportunity cost of climate mitigation policy by promoting renewable power generation in the Philippines por Pradesha, Angga, Robinson, Sherman, Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Rosegrant, Mark W., Valmonte-Santos, Rowena

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Knowledge-driven agricultural development: Policy options for revitalizing extension and advisory services in India por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

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Assessing the potential of participatory extension approaches for promoting climate smart agriculture: Insights from smallholder women farmers in Gujarat, India por Barooah, Prapti, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Birner, Regina, Bosch, Christine

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