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Demand and supply constraints of credit in smallholder farming: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania
Agriculture sector in India is a primary source of livelihood for a majority of the population. Low and stagnant income in the sector remains a focal point of policy debate in India.
Agricultural land and crop production in Myanmar
Southeast Asia’s agricultural landscape is known for rice production in lowland areas, diverse upland areas, and the cultivation of ‘boom crops’ in the borderlands.
India has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are pleased to announce the inauguration of Crop and Environment, an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Elsevier in partnership with Huazhong Agricultural University, China.
The food and land use sector is a major contributor to India's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
We analyze rice input and productivity data for the monsoon seasons of 2020 and 2021 from the Myanmar Agriculture Performance Survey (MAPS).
Improving trust and reciprocity in agricultural input markets: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Bangladesh
Adoption of high-quality yet more expensive agricultural inputs remains low, in part because most inputs are experience goods: before purchase, buyers observe only price—not quality—providing sellers with opportunities to cheat on quality.
Misallocation, selection, and productivity: A quantitative analysis with panel data from China
We use household‐level panel data from China and a quantitative framework to document the extent and consequences of factor misallocation in agriculture.
Rwanda’s food systems transformation: A diagnostic of the public policy landscape shaping the transformation process
This paper provides a diagnostic of Rwanda’s food systems and the policy landscape that shapes it.
As Rwanda journeys towards a broad-based social and economic transformation, there are opportunities for the country’s food systems to become a key driver on that journey.
A review of Ghana’s planting for food and jobs program: Implementation, impacts, benefits, and costs
Farm input subsidies are widely used in Sub-Saharan African countries as a response to low adoption of fertilizers and seeds.
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Implications for Global and Regional Food Security and Potential Policy Responses
This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries.
In addition to identifying gender gaps and other challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurship in agricultural growth and development, this brief focuses on potential for improvement in the key areas of (1) seed systems, (2) finance and market
Hierarchical modelling of small-scale irrigation: Constraints and opportunities for adoption in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper was selected to be included in Water Economics and Policy (WEP) Journal Editors’ choice award for 2022.
Food value chains: Increasing productivity, sustainability, and resilience to climate change
Climate change will drive responses and adaptations throughout agrifood systems. Changes in growing conditions for many crops will alter agricultural production patterns.
Misperceiving and misreporting input quality: Implications for input use and productivity
Farmers in developing countries routinely misperceive or misreport input quality for various reasons, which introduces substantial measurement error in farm survey data.
Roles of public expenditures and public investments on the demand and productivity of agricultural inputs/services: Some insights from Nigeria
Knowledge gaps remain as to how longer-term public investments (PI) such as agricultural research and development (R&D), and short-term interventions through other public expenditures in agriculture (PEA) complement each other in enhancing pro