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| Murendo, Conrad; Keil, Alwin; Zeller, Manfred. |
| Climate risk studies have largely neglected household coping and adaptation strategies. In this paper we analyze drought impacts, drought risk management, and resulting drought resilience in Awash River Basin of Ethiopia based on socio-economic data collected from 43 randomly selected Peasant Associations. We find that severe drought periods have led to a significant depression of crop yields and to widespread death of livestock in the past. Drought periods have drastically increased the proportion of food insecure households and lengthened the duration of food insecurity in the area. Since, with climate change, drought periods are predicted to become more frequent in this region in the future, the problem of food insecurity is likely to become even more... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Drought; Drought risk management; Ethiopia; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; O13; Q12. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114750 |
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| Minde, Isaac J.; Mazvimavi, Kizito; Murendo, Conrad; Ndlovu, Patrick V.. |
| The fertilizer sector in Zimbabwe has evolved over the years in response to different policy changes based on the government’s priorities on agricultural development. The industry grew from the 1930s that targeted primarily large scale commercial farmers, through the liberalization period of the mid 1990s, and recent changes that have introduced controls on the marketing system. Since 2000, following the fast track land reform program, Zimbabwe has faced food insecurity challenges that have been exacerbated by the political and economic crises. This prompted the government to adopt policies that have reduced private sector interests in fertilizer supply. In this situation where explicit fertilizer markets have been absent, relief programs have been leading... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer; Supply and demand; Policy reform; Consumption trends; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96179 |
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