Between 2009 and 2018, the Chinese government introduced a nationwide reform to register land title for rural individual households in over 600,000 villages.
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The COVID-19 pandemic prompted social distancing, workplace closures, and restrictions on mobility and trade that had cascading effects on economic activity, food prices, and employment in low- and middle-income countries.
Data from 3 irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with water inefficiency. A feedback tool could visually communicate ways to conserve by varying water applications at each stage of the crop cycle.
Food consumption–production response to agricultural policy and macroeconomic change in Nigeria
Achieving agricultural transformation and farmer resilience in resource‐dependent developing countries like Nigeria is complicated by volatile macroeconomic conditions, which disrupt agricultural supply chains through income, foreign exchange, and
The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' access to seeds, productivity, and commercialization
Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia.
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.
Measurement error mechanisms matter: Agricultural intensification with farmer misperceptions and misreporting
This paper was named AAEA's Best Paper at their 2022 Annual Meeting.
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.
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.
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.
Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State
Whether and how immigration affects labour markets is a hotly-debated and widely-studied topic. By contrast, the converse question of how emigration impacts labour markets in the source economy has remained largely understudied.
Food system transformation in Mozambique: An assessment of changing diet quality in the context of a rising middle class
Robust income growth combined with the highest urban population growth in the world is driving very rapid changes in the food system of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Food system transformation and diet quality among a rising middle class in Mozambique
The overweight and obesity epidemic is on the rise globally among developed nations, as it is also quickly evolving among the rapidly expanding middle class in developing nations such as those in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA); As incomes rise, househol
Information, pesticide safety behaviors, and perceived pesticide health risks in Maputo and Lusaka
To increased pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) brings new health and safety risks to smallholder farmers; Farmers in developing countries seldom use complete personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling and applying pesticides, which
Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation
The purpose of this paper is to characterize pesticide use in developing Sub-Saharan Africa (dSSA) in the context of urbanization, income growth, and food system change.