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Synopsis, Diet transformation in Ethiopia by Worku, Ibrahim, Dereje, Mekdim, Minten, Bart

“…Fifth, cereals – and in particular maize – remain the largest source of calories in the food basket. Sixth, there is a relative shift in consumption to more expensive foods. …”
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Capacity assessment for achieving the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in Nigeria by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Nwafor, Manson, Edeh, Hyacinth O.

“…Transformation of the agricultural sector has become a development imperative for many African countries in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals that relate to improved food security and reduced hunger. …”
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Nutrition and diet profile: Sri Lanka by Koyratty, Nadia, Silva, Renuka, Ranathunga, Thilanka, Olney, Deanna K.

“… • Many government-issued diet- and nutrition-related policies, strategies, and programs have been adopted in Sri Lanka. …”
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World agriculture in a dynamically changing environment: IFPRI's long-term outlook for food and agriculture by Msangi, Siwa, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Its contents were designed to interest both a technical audience and a wider range of professionals working around the world in areas related to agriculture, in both public and private institutions…”
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Natural disasters and population mobility in Bangladesh by Gray, Clark L., Mueller, Valerie

“…The consequences of environmental change for human migration have gained increasing attention in the context of climate change and recent large-scale natural disasters, but as yet relatively few large-scale and quantitative studies have addressed this issue. …”
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Agriculture, Income, and Nutrition Linkages in India: Insights from a Nationally Representative Survey by Bhagowalia, Priya, Headey, Derek D., Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…To do so, we use a relatively recent nationally representative household survey from India, the 2004/05 India Human Development Survey. …”
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Value proposition for improved groundnut seed in Tanzania: Why and how to increase it by Rutsaert, Pieter, Donovan, Jason A., Daudi, Happy

“…This brief explores the value proposition for farmers in Tanzania to invest in improved groundnut seed and the related implications for seed systems development. …”
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Comparative advantage in Bangladesh crop production by Shahabuddin, Quazi, Dorosh, Paul A.

“…This study uses data from 1996/97 through 1998/99 to examine the relative efficiency of production of crops in Bangladesh and their comparative advantage in international trade as measured by net economic profitability (the profitability using economic, rather than financial costs and prices), and the domestic resource cost ratio, (the amount of value of non-tradable domestic resources used in production divided by the value of tradable products). …”
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Improving human nutrition through agriculture: the role of international agricultural research: conference summary and recommendations by Bouis, Howarth E.

“…With respect to research, participants recommended continued efforts on breeding for nutritionally improved crop varieties, evaluation of the impact of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) activities on nutritional outcomes, and new work on communication and outreach related to nutrition. Interdisciplinary research collaboration with non-CGIAR partners in these three broad areas was stressed. …”
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International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand: an intertemporal general equilibrium analysis by Diao, Xinshen, Rattso, Jorn, Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll

“…In our setting, low elasticity between domestic and exports goods in supply leads to large relative price shifts for domestic goods, but promotes investment and growth during transition.…”
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Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency: theory and evidence from Ethiopia by Pender, John L., Fafchamps, Marcel

“…We also find that input of labor per hectare is about 25% lower on sharecropped than on other land tenure types, but that the differences in total value of inputs, outputs and profits per hectare are statistically insignificant and relatively small in magnitude. These results support the Marshallian argument that sharecropping reduces labor effort, but also support the New School perspective since the magnitude of the inefficiency is relatively small. …”
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Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency: theory and evidence from Ethiopia by Pender, John L., Fafchamps, Marcel

“…We find that land lease markets operate relatively efficiently in the villages studied, supporting the New School perspective relative to the other two models. …”
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Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: 'seeds' of success in retrospect by Smale, Melinda, Jayne, Thomas S.

“…The most vital question, however, is where the domestic political pressure to support these investments will originate -- an issue related to governance.…”
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Cultivating nutrition: a survey of viewpoints on integrating agriculture and nutrition by Levin, Carol E., Long, Jennifer, Simler, Kenneth R., Johnson-Welch, Charlotte

“…The viewpoints differ, however, on the relative importance of nutrition education, the strategic use of nutrient supplementation and food fortification, and the degree to which agriculture-based approaches have an impact on nutrition. …”
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Changing the equation: Leveraging true cost accounting to accelerate agri-food systems transformation by Klaus, Lisa Maria, Riemer, Olivia, Müller, Alexander, Zhang, Wei

“…These hidden costs, or ‘externalities’, include water pollution remediation, social support for underpaid workers, and public health costs related to diet-related diseases, none of which are captured by traditional economic metrics. …”
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How can anticipatory action inspire gender inclusion? by Schindler, Alexandra, Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…This declaration highlights the need to tackle disaster-related loss and damage to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water, or climate events. …”
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Artificial intelligence research: A review on dominant themes, methods, frameworks and future research directions by Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley

“…This article presents an analysis of artificial intelligence (AI) in information systems and innovation-related journals to determine the current issues and stock of knowledge in AI literature, research methodology, frameworks, level of analysis and conceptual approaches to identify research gaps for future investigations. …”
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Subdividing the commons: the politics of property rights transformation in Kenya’s Maasailand by Mwangi, Esther

“…When the possibility for conflict and competition is factored into the property rights equation, the relative gains from privatizing/individualizing may not be as large or as obvious as anticipated.…”
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Trade protection and tax evasion: Evidence from Kenya, Mauritius, and Nigeria by Bouët, Antoine, Roy, Devesh

“…This result is robust to controlling for protection on related products (that create incentives/opportunities for evasion) and also for degree of differentiation of the product in question (characteristics that determine the ease of detection of evasion).…”
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Brazil: Shadow WTO agricultural domestic support notifications by Nassar, André Meloni, Ures, Diego

“…This paper is devoted to better understanding of the Brazilian agricultural national policies towards domestic support and implications related to WTO rules. Domestic support has taken central stage in the last years and in light of a global economic crisis will play an even greater role in international trade politics. …”
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