|
|
|
| Registros recuperados: 386 | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| Howard, Julie A.; Chitala, George M.; Kalonge, Sylvester M.. |
| Michigan State University (MSU) is currently assessing the impact of agricultural research on various commodities in seven African countries: Cameroon (maize, cowpea, sorghum), Kenya (maize, wheat), Malawi (maize), Mali (maize), Niger (sorghum, cowpea, millet), Uganda (oilseeds), and Zambia (maize). These countries were selected because they represent a variety of agro-ecological regions, and because their research systems have received significant levels of funding from USAID. The country studies undertaken by MSU are part of a series of research works recently commissioned to help USAID and the U.S. Congress analyze the effectiveness of aid given to strengthen national agricultural research systems in Africa. In Zambia, MSU collaborated with the Ministry... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Maize; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008 - June 2009: 19; Q18. |
| Ano: 1993 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54732 |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| Mpyisi, Edson; Weber, Michael T.; Shingiro, Emmanuel; Loveridge, Scott. |
| There have been major shifts/changes in land use patterns in Rwanda over the past twelve years. A few striking observations include: As a percentage of total farmland, cultivated land increased. The increase in cultivated land occurred at the expense of pasture and fallow and woodlot. The share of pasture and fallow decreased from 22% in 1990 to 14% in 2002 and woodlot decreased from 11% in 1990 to 7% in 2002. This trend of increasing cultivated land is apparent from the mid-eighties to today. These observations imply that land is being farmed much more intensively without much time to fallow and allow the soil to rejuvenate. Pasture and woodlot are also being cut down at the expense of cultivation. This has important potential implications for... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Allocation of land; Farm size; Rwanda; Land Economics/Use; Q18. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55357 |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| Demeke, Mulat; Kelly, Valerie A.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Said, Ali; Le Vallee, Jean-Charles; Chen, H.. |
| This paper examines how the fertilizer sector in general, and farmers’ demand for fertilizer in particular, has evolved since the introduction of fertilizer sector reforms in Ethiopia. There is much debate in the agricultural development literature about whether fertilizer use in Africa is constrained primarily by poor input distribution systems, by farmers’ lack of knowledge concerning the benefits and correct use of fertilizer, or by lack of effective demand because the product is simply not profitable enough. This paper looks at each of these issues in an effort to understand the relative importance of the different constraints and how well current policies are addressing the problems. It attempts to identify additional policy measures needed to... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Ethiopia; Fertilizer use; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q18. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55599 |
| |
|
|
| Tschirley, David L.; Poulton, Colin; Boughton, Duncan. |
| This paper assesses the record of five countries in southern and eastern Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. The paper focuses on the course of reform in each – initial conditions, key elements of the reform, and institutional response to it – and draws lessons for policy makers, donors, and researchers. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Cotton reform; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54565 |
| |
|
|
| Messer, Ellen; Cohen, Marc J.. |
| For 30 years, U.S. food and nutrition scientists and policymakers concerned with food and nutrition have explored the possibility of making the human right to food (HRF) the moral and legal cornerstone of U.S. domestic and international initiatives in this area. The U.S. government has consistently opposed formal right-to-food legislation, labeling it as overly burdensome and inconsistent with constitutional law. In contrast, anti-hunger advocates have favored a rights-based framework as a way to hold government accountable for improving the nutritional situation of its poorest citizens and for saving lives and preventing malnutrition in developing countries. The U.S. government has continually expanded food and nutrition assistance at home and abroad, but... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food policy; Human rights; Right to food; Malnutrition; Social welfare; United States; Food Security and Poverty. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42368 |
| |
|
|
| Tschirley, David L.; Kabwe, Stephen. |
| Cotton is an unquestioned success of Zambia’s turn towards a market economy. Yet the entry over the past two years of new players has put the sector under great stress and may have pushed it to a turning point. Now more than ever, effective “rules of the game” are urgently needed to protect Zambia’s remarkable cotton success story. Other countries in southern and eastern Africa have seen dramatic declines in input credit and extension to farmers, and in cotton quality, when competition among ginning firms intensified in the absence of suitable rules of the game. The focus in Zambia must be on establishing broadly accepted rules of the game that ensure honest competition that does not undermine input credit, extension, and cotton quality. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Zambia; Cotton; Production; Marketing; Crop Production/Industries; Q20. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54627 |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| Registros recuperados: 386 | |
|
|
|
