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International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia
Exchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood.
COVID‐19, government transfer payments, and investment decisions in farming business: Evidence from Northern India
the April–June 2020 quarter, the nation's agricultural sector, somewhat surprisingly, seems to have done remarkably well.
Measurement error mechanisms matter: Agricultural intensification with farmer misperceptions and misreporting
This paper was named AAEA's Best Paper at their 2022 Annual Meeting.
The impacts of GM foods: Results from a randomized controlled trial of Bt eggplant in Bangladesh
We implemented a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of genetically modified eggplant (Bt brinjal) in Bangladesh. Our two primary outcomes were changes in yield and in pesticide costs.
Income variability, evolving diets, and elasticity estimation of demand for processed foods in Nigeria
Evidence from six rounds of household consumption data on income variability, evolving diets, and elasticity estimation of demand for processed foods in Nigeria.
COVID‐19 policy modeling in Sub‐Saharan Africa
After an initial delay, Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is being hit by the pandemic. Demand for exports is falling and caseloads are rising. Governments have approached this crisis with a range of policy options.
Study finds consumers buy maize marked “aflatoxin-safe” during marketing campaigns, but don’t stick with it after campaign ends.
Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China
Information and communication technologies to provide agricultural advice to smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Uganda
Agricultural advisory services generally rely on interpersonal knowledge transfers by agricultural extension agents who visit farmers to provide information.
Rural Chinese smallholders with an option to make delayed premium payments have higher levels of insurance uptake and investment in production than those without the option.
Impact of iron biofortified beans on yields and farmers' incomes: The case of Rwanda
This paper investigates the economic impact of the adoption of conventionally-bred improved iron biofortified beans (IBB) by smallholder farmers in Rwanda.
Risk preference and adoption of risk management strategies: Evidence from high-value crop production in emerging economy
Risk and risk preferences are considered as important drivers on farm management, crop choice, and land use decisions. A farmer’s choice of risk management strategies is of vital importance for the viability and continuation of the farm business.
Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?
In many developing countries, agricultural policies and programs are often designed in a way to promote productivity growth with modern inputs and technologies, and with limited reference to the nutrition gains that gain be made through production
Optimizing agricultural insurance to meet the demands of farmers: Evidence from India
Cooperative membership, contracts, and production efficiency: A selectivity-corrected analysis of smallholder farmers
Background: Cooperatives are considered as efficient institutional innovation for smallholders to access input and output; Cooperatives can help balance the power between contractors and smallholders in contract farming (CF); Cooperatives play an
A case for space: The efficiency spillover effect of iron biofortified beans in Rwanda
This paper provides an analysis on the technical efficiency of iron biofortified bean production in Rwanda, as well as recommendations for implementation of targeted biofortification programs.