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Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro input dealers in Uganda
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Synopsis: Rwanda smallholder agricultural commercialization survey: Overview using selective categorical variables
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Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia
A growing literature in economics has analysed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase households’ propensity to make long-term investments and thus reduce poverty.
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Seed systems are essential to bring good genetic material to farmers. Women farmers, however, have benefited less than men farmers from seed systems in low and middle income countries.
Climate change and agriculture in eastern and southern Africa: An updated assessment based on the latest global climate models
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