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Impact of agricultural market information systems activities on market performance in Mozambique: Mozambique country report
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of agricultural market information systems (MIS) activities on market performance in Mozambique.DocumentResearch briefing: How EMBRAPA catalysed productivity gains in Brazil’s soybean and pulp and paper industries
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014This briefing summarises the main results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures (knowledge related institutions and government policies) in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in latecomer natural resource-related industries.DocumentTechnological catch-up and indigenous institutional infrastructures in latecomer natural resource-related industries: an exploration of the role of EMBRAPA in Brazil’s soybeans and forestry-based pulp and paper industries
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014This article reports the results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in natural resource-related industries in the context of developing/emerging economies.DocumentResearch briefing: transforming agriculture through productivity growth: lessons from Brazilian agricultural development
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014The position of Brazilian agriculture as one of the breadbaskets of the world is quite remarkable given that just two decades ago this sector was marked instead by backwardness and inefficiencies. Although the details of how this transformation took place are specific to Brazil, the experience holds lessons for other developing countries seeking to make a similar transition.DocumentThe economics of the Brazilian model of agricultural development
International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014The success of Brazilian agriculture in increasing production and productivity in a relatively short period of time has attracted much attention to what policies and programmes have been behind this transformation.DocumentTopic guide: ecosystem services
Evidence on Demand, 2014The purpose of this Topic Guide is to assemble a set of learning resources that will contribute to the development of the professional competence of DFID Advisers around the issue of ecosystem services and integrating this issue into project and programme design processes. The specific objectives are to:DocumentThe impact of maize hybrids on income, poverty, and inequality among smallholder farmers in Kenya
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012The development and diffusion of hybrid maize seed in Kenya is a widely documented success story. This paper examines particularly the impacts of hybrid maize seed adoption on farmer welfare in Kenya.DocumentCereal market dynamics: the Malian experience from the 1990s to present.
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012This paper assesses the role that cereal markets could play in contributing to poverty reduction in both urban areas through reductions in food prices and rural areas through increases in farm incomes, focusing particularly on the Malian experience.DocumentFarmers’ production and marketing response to rice price increases and fertilizer subsidies in the Office Du Niger
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012This paper aims to inform the debate about farmers’ response to the Rice Initiative (RI) in Mali and rising rice prices, comparing crop production and marketing before and after the price spikes and the introduction of the RI in 2009.DocumentAgricultural interventions and investment options for climate change in drought and saline - flood prone regions of Bangladesh
Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014Rice is the staple food in Bangladesh and crucial for the food security in the country. The alluvial soil deposits, through an extensive river network across Bangladesh, have contributed to a fertile land with high rice productivity potential. However, the frequent occurrence of floods, salinity and drought has repeatedly threatened the food security especially in the rural areas.Pages