Bangladesh has excellent conditions for rice production, with production possible during up to three seasons in a year.
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project paper
HarvestChoice: Supporting strategic investment choices in agricultural technology development and adoption
HarvestChoice began in 2006, when detailed and readily accessible data on agriculture, human welfare, and the environment were scarce for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA).
discussion paper
Insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria: An ex ante economic assessment of a crop improvement initiative
Since oil prices’ decline in 2014, agriculture has received renewed interest in Nigeria as a key sector for achieving sustainable growth and generating foreign exchange.
discussion paper
bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) published the first method-focused assessment of the applied economic literature about the ex ante and ex post impacts of genetically engineered crops in developing countries in 2009.
discussion paper
Gender and agricultural mechanization: A mixed-methods exploration of the impacts of multi-crop reaper-harvester service provision in Bangladesh
Farmer hiring of agricultural machinery services is common in South Asia.
conference paper
Intrahousehold valuation, preference heterogeneity, and demand for an agricultural technology in India
In this paper we examine some of the intrahousehold decisionmaking dynamics that shape household’s decision to adopt a mechanical rice transplanting technology that significantly reduces the demand for labor during transplanting.
journal article
Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China
By examining long-term data, changes in land use, climate, & agricultural technologies that could affect pest severity and management can be analyzed.
Le PPAAO appuie la création, la diffusion et l’adoption de technologies améliorées, l’instauration de conditions propices à la coopération régionale et le développement des capacités humaines et institutionnelles à travers la sous-région, ainsi qu
WAAPP supports the generation, dissemination, and adoption of improved technologies; the creation of enabling conditions for regional cooperation; and the development of human and institutional capacity across the subregion; along with the creatio
discussion paper
What happens after technology adoption? Gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies inEthiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania
This paper complements the gender and technology adoption literature by shifting attention to what happens after adoption of a technology.
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journal article
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discussion paper
Information networks among women and men and the demand for an agricultural technology in India
Although there is ample evidence of differences in how and where men and women acquire information, most research on learning and household decisionmaking only considers access to information for a single, typically male, household head.
journal article
A dynamic adoption model with Bayesian learning
La biotechnologie est utilisée pour lever les contraintes de développement de l'agriculture et a également le potentiel d'apporter un contribution majeure à l'objectif global d'une intensification durable de l'agriculture.
project paper
Enhancing women’s assets to manage risk under climate change: Potential for group-based approaches
Potential for Group-Based Approaches
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order t
book chapter