Africa agriculture trade monitor 2019
The second annual Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor assesses emerging and long-term trends and drivers shaping Africa’s trade in agricultural products and evaluates the possible impacts of current trade
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Should Asian countries adopt GM crops despite trade regulations?
The fear of export losses has reportedly played a role in discouraging Asian countries to test and/or approve new GM food crops despite their productivity potential.
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The impact of climate change and adaptation on food production in low-income countries
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact of climate change on food production in a typical low-income developing country. Furthermore, it provides an estimation of the determinants of adaptation to climate change and the implications of these strategies on farm productivity. The analysis relies on primary data from 1,000 farms producing cereal crops in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia.
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Anatomy of a crisis: the causes and consequences of surging food prices
This latest IFPRI paper is a comprehensive review of the causes and consequences of recent increases in international food prices. Is based on the best and most recent research and includes fresh theoretical and empirical analysis.
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Aid effectiveness and capacity development: implications for economic growth in developing countries
Although adequate country capacity is considered to be one of the critical missing factors in development outcomes, a lack of understanding of how capacity contributes to economic development and of how to account for the contribution of capacity development to economic growth remains a challenge. The
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Technology transfer, policies, and the role of the private sector in the global poultry revolution
This paper uses a supply response function to measure the importance of different types of private technology and of public investments on poultry productivity. The findings confirm that imported private technology was important to the growth of the poultry industry but also emphasize the importance of complementary government investments such as veterinary services.
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The impact of climate variability and climate change on water and food outcomes
Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries
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Linkages between land management, land degradation, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda
Understanding the linkages between land degradation, land management, and poverty is essential for designing policies that simultaneously reduce poverty, reverse land degradation, and encourage the adoption of sustainable land management practices.
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Pakistans cotton and textile economy: intersectoral linkages and effects on rural and urban poverty
Pakistan's cotton, textile, and apparel industries are key sectors of the nation's economy; their performance can contribute to either a rise or fall in poverty.
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Local politics, political institutions, and public resource allocation
This paper examines how political institutions and local power structures interact with and influence local public resource allocation in the Indian state of Karnataka. It use data from 80 village councils and 225 villages to examine how this local political economy influences the allocation of public resources. The empirical strategy exploits certain features of a policy that
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Regional dialogue on renewed policy action for the poorest and hungry in South Asia
Despite rapid income growth, South Asia has lagged behind the rest of Asia in reducing poverty and hunger. South Asia accounts for more than two-fifths of the world