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This article investigates the effects of wheat genetic diversity and land degradation on risk and agricultural productivity in less favored production environments of a developing agricultural economy…
8 September 2011 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaImbrasia Belina also known as the mopane worm, like other edible insects and caterpillars, is a vital source of protein to Southern African countries. The worms live and graze on mopane trees, which…
30 April 2008 | Discussion Paper | Sweden, South AfricaUsing nationally representative data, the present paper examines the impact of China's ongoing rural tax reform on farmers. The difficulties in further local governance restructuring are also…
21 October 2007 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThis paper studies the impact of the largest conservation set-aside program in the developing world, China’s Grain for Green program, on poverty alleviation in rural areas. Based on a large-scale…
1 August 2007 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaWe analyze how land conservation policies affect income distribution looking at changes in wages and rents. Land conservation policies restrict the land for agricultural use. We study how these…
1 August 2007 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaWe tested a theoretical model with the Marshallian inefficiency (H1) and threat of eviction (H2) hypotheses having opposite effects on land productivity on sharecropped plots. The model also assumes…
1 March 2007 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaThis study stakes on the debate on whether or not increased off-farm employment compromises the adoption and the intensity of adopting some labor intensive soil conserving technologies. The research…
1 January 2007 | Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaLand degradation poses a serious problem for the livelihoods of rural producers. Furthermore, there is rarely enough private investment taking place to commensurate the scale of the problem. This…
25 October 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia