In Mali, liberalization of seed markets for sorghum and millet, the staple food crops, has not advanced at the same rate or with the same measurable success as liberalization of grain markets.

"This paper explores risk sharing in the Zone Lacustre, Mali, as viewed through the lens of consumption smoothing.

Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor.

One of the pillars of rural development in francophone Africa, the cotton sector serves as a principal motor of economic development, generating benefits to farmers, rural communities, private traders, cotton companies, and national governments...

This paper explores risk sharing in the Zone Lacustre, Mali, as viewed through the lens of consumption smoothing.

This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico and Russia, which examine the extent to which households are able through formal and/or informal arrangements to insure their con

This case study took place in Niafunké in northern Mali where the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has an agricultural development project, the "Projet du Développement de la Zone Lacustre".

This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico and Russia, which examine the extent to which households are able through formal and/or informal arrangements to insure their con

Household food security is an important measure of well-being.

Household food security is an important measure of well-being.

"This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained.

This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained.

This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained.