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Open access post-harvest grazing is widespread in mixed crop-livestock systems. This discourages conservation agriculture, which depends on keeping the soil surface covered with crop residues. One way…
17 July 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaWe analyze the impact of a new storage technology and training on post-harvest losses among small-scale maize farmers in rural Tanzania. The analysis is based on data collected by means of a…
13 June 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | TanzaniaWe pair a county-level panel of annual agricultural production with daily weather outcomes to measure the effects of temperature fluctuations on total agricultural output value of farming, forestry…
12 June 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaThe productivity of certain crops such as coffee (Coffea arabica L.), maize (Zea mays) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is expected to decline in Central America because of climate change. This will…
6 June 2019 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaClimate change will affect the distribution, productivity and profitability of coffee production in Central America, negatively impacting national economies and small farmer livelihoods. There is a…
6 June 2019 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThe purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence on the impact of a climate-smart agricultural practice (row planting) on the welfare of rural households. Data collected from 260 households…
10 May 2019 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaThis paper focuses on improved storage and preservation technologies as an adaptation strategy in response to climate change. We also study the trade-off between improved cereal storage technologies…
16 April 2019 | Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaUsing fine-scale panel data and an econometric model, we predict land use change in the Midwestern United States if a new bioenergy crop,Miscanthus × Giganteus (miscanthus), is introduced. To explain…
9 April 2019 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaEl objetivo de este texto es presentar una guía práctica para la evaluación ex ante de políticas y proyectos a través del método de análisis costo beneficio (ACB), en particular para su aplicación en…
1 April 2019 | Other Publications | Central America