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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovationSome entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption...
Innovation Technology agricultural technologyWorking Paper
Agro-processing, value chains, and regional integration in Southern AfricaRegional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread...
Regional integration Agriculture Agro-processingWorking Paper
Hidden from the data: Landholding patterns and women’s low work participation rates in West Bengal, IndiaCompared with most other Indian states, women’s reported work participation rates have historically been low in West Bengal. This trend is more prominent in rural areas...
women's work women's work participation rates AgricultureSeminar
Rugazia Nyombi on rural economy diversification and its effects on food securityRugazia Nyombi will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 6 November. Abstract - Rural economy Diversification and Its Effects on Food Security of Households in Tanzania Agriculture has for long dominated Tanzania’s rural economic setup with...
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Jakob Svensson on the low quality trap: evidence from the market for maize in UgandaJakob Svensson will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 16 October 2019. Abstract - The low quality trap: evidence from the market for maize in Uganda Agriculture remains the main source of income for the large majority of the world’s poor...
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Agricultural development, trade, and income distribution: A 2015 social accounting matrix multiplier decomposition approach for MozambiqueThis paper considers the impact of agriculture and international trade development on income distribution and economic activity in Mozambique...
Agriculture Income distribution multiplier effectsWorking Paper
Exploring the potential for growth and trade in fruit and oilseed-to-edible oils value chains following political shifts in ZimbabweZimbabwe’s persistent economic challenges since the early 1990s have been largely attributed to unpopular political decisions at the expense of building productive capacity in different sectors of the economy...
Agriculture Edible oils OilseedsJournal Article
Agricultural extension, intra-household allocation and malariaCan agricultural development programs improve health-related outcomes? We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of a large-scale agricultural extensionprogram in Uganda to causally identify its effects on malaria...
Administrative law Agriculture Economic developmentJournal Article
Legal Empowerment of the Poor through Property Rights Reform: Tensions and Trade-offs of Land Registration and Titling in Sub-Saharan AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Property Land rightsJournal Article
Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from MozambiqueThe impact of commercial farms on smallholders in developing countries remains highly controversial...
Agriculture Farm produce Welfare economicsWorking Paper
Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agricultureWe examine important changes in agriculture in Vietnam in the context of ongoing structural changes in the economy...
Agriculture Misallocation ProductivityWorking Paper
Impacts of accessing extension on agricultural production profit: Empirical evidence from the Vietnam Access to Rural Households SurveyThis paper aims to evaluate the impact of accessing agricultural extension on households’ agricultural profit...
Agricultural extension Agriculture Fixed effectsJournal Article
The Happy Farmer: Self-Employment and Subjective Well-Being in Rural VietnamUsing a unique survey data set this paper documents a positive effect of self-employment in farming on subjective well-being. This direct effect is only partly offset by negative, indirect effects working through income and other variables...
Agriculture Job satisfaction Quality of lifeWorking Paper
Understanding farmers’ valuation of agricultural insurance: Evidence from VietnamWe employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance...
Insurance Agriculture RiskWorking Paper
Incentives to labour migration and agricultural productivity: The Bayesian perspectiveUnderstanding how internal labour migration affects the agricultural sector is important for all developing countries whose markets do not work well or are non-existent...
Labour migration Agriculture Bayesian treatment analysis