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Experiência brasileira de pesquisa econômica em energia para o setor rural.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: GORGATTI NETTO, A.; CRUZ, E. R. da.
Sistemas integrados a nível de propriedade rural: energia e alimentos; Auto suficiência energética: avaliação a nível de cooperativa e comunidade; Política energética a nível regional; Pesquisas econômicas para os fatores de produção na agricultura.
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Fonte alternativa; Aspecto economico; Economic aspects; Rural sector.; Agricultura; Demanda; Energia.; Energy.; Agriculture.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/90469

Aspectos econômicos da conservação do solo.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: ALVES, E. R. de A.
bitstream/item/198857/1/Aspectos-economicos-da-conservacao.pdf
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Economia rural; Aspecto economico; Soils; Conservation; Economic aspects; Solo.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/86220

Informacoes preliminares sobre uma especie de pitaya do cerrado.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: JUNQUEIRA, K. P.; JUNQUEIRA, N. T. V.; RAMOS, J. D.; PEREIRA, A. V.
bitstream/CPAC-2009/24723/1/doc_62.pdf
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Planta nativa; Selenicereus setaceus; Aspecto economico; Economic aspects; Indigenous organisms; Fruit; Ornamental plant.; Cerrado; Fruta; Morfologia Vegetal; Planta Ornamental.; Pitaya; Plant anatomy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/566991

Informacoes preliminares sobre uma especie de pitaya (Selenicereus setaceus) do cerrado.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: JUNQUEIRA, K. P.; JUNQUEIRA, N. T. V.; RAMOS, J. D.; SALVIANO, A.; PEREIRA, A. V.
bitstream/CPAC-2009/24169/1/p2002_57.pdf
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: ECFLOR300; Planta nativa; Selenicereus setaceus; Aspecto economico; Economic aspects; Indigenous organisms; Fruit; Ornamental plant.; Cerrado; Fruta; Morfologia Vegetal; Planta Ornamental.; Pitaya; Plant anatomy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/567478

Environmental Aspects of Economic Development in Sub-Saharn Africa
Provedor de dados: 20
Autores: Baytas, A.
Studies on the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa have generally neglected the links between economic growth and environmental quality. In many such studies, economics and ecology have been treated as mutually exclusive rather than complementary domains. The key to Sub-Saharan Africa's future is to achieve sustainable growth. This calls for replacing the traditional concept of growth based economic output alone with a new approach that stresses development through conservation of Africa's valuable natural resources of soil, water, forests and wildlife. Following the 1968-73 drought in the Sahel interest in both the economic development and the ecology of Sub-Saharan Africa has increased enormously. On the one hand, economists have used the word "crisis" with...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental conditions; Economic aspects; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28861.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/562

Livelihoods and gender roles in drip-irrigation technology: A case of Nepal.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Upadhyay,   Bhawana; Samad,   Madar; Giordano,   Mark.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; Drip irrigation; Technology; Rural women; Empowerment; Vegetables; Family income; Households; Villages; Farmers; Economic aspects; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92368

Human Capital, Household Welfare, and Children’s Schooling in Mozambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Handa,   Sudhanshu; Simler,   Kenneth R.; Harrower,   Sarah.
In 1996, following years of war, the government of Mozambique invited IFPRI to analyze the country’s widespread poverty to help develop a strategy for alleviating it, based on a nationally representative household survey of living conditions. As part of the collaboration, IFPRI also provided training in policy analysis to researchers at the Ministry of Planning and Finance and to faculty at Eduardo Mondlane University. The initial collaborative work on the poverty assessment report by IFPRI and its host institutions was the starting point for numerous papers, policy briefs, seminars, and reports. Results from the poverty assessment and an IFPRI research report titled Rebuilding after War: Micro-level Determinants of Poverty Reduction in Mozambique...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Education; Economic aspects; Mozambique; Quality of life; Social conditions; Economic development; Effect of education; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37896

An exploration of the potential benefits of integrated pest management systems and the use of insect resistant potatoes to control the Guatemalan Tuber Moth (Tecia solanivora Povolny) in Ventaquemada, Colombia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falck-Zepeda,   Jose Benjamin; Barreto-Triana,   Nancy; Baquero-Haeberlin,   Irma; Espitia-Malagon,   Eduardo; Fierro-Guzman,   Humberto; Lopez,   Nancy.
CORPOICA and IFPRI implemented a research project in Ventaquemada, Colombia. The project’s goal was to asses the benefits of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and the potential of Genetically Modified insect resistant (Bt) potatoes to manage damage caused by the Guatemalan Tuber Moth (Tecia solanivora Povolny). The Guatemalan Tuber Moth is particularly destructive because field spraying on the adult stage is ineffective and there exists damage specificity to the tubers. Excessive pesticide sprays have resulted in resistance to several insecticides. Insect resistant (Bt) potatoes has been shown an effective means to control other members of the Tuber Moth complex. Thus a Bt potato may play a role in managing Tecia in Colombia. This is an ex ante...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Potatoes; Economic aspects; Genetically modified crops; Economic surplus model; Economic impacts; Risk; Research and development; Bt potatoes; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55416

Adoption and impacts of microirrigation technologies: Empirical results from selected localities of Maharashtra and Gujarat states of India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Namara,   Regassa E.; Upadhyay,   Bhawana; Nagar,   Rashmi K.
This report analyzes the economics of alternative microirrigation technologies ranging from low-cost drip and sprinkler systems to the capital-intensive systems, the determinants of adoption of microirrigation technology, the poverty outreach of the different microirrigation systems, and the sustainability implications of microirrigation adoption.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation systems; Microirrigation; Models; Poverty; Rural women; Cropping systems; Food security; Economic aspects; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44543

Agricultural Diversification and Rural Industrialization as a Strategy for Rural Income Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indochina and Myanmar
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goletti,   Francesco.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural diversification; Economic aspects; Indochina; Economic policy; Poverty alleviation; Myanmar; Meat industry and trade; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97385

Land settlement planning for improved irrigation management: a case study of the Kirindi Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stanbury,   Pamela.
This paper analyzes the impact of settlement policies on irrigation management in a new irrigated settlement scheme in southern Sri Lanka based on field research in 1988.  It provides policy recommendations for improvements on this scheme and in future schemes.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Land use; Settlement patterns; Irrigation management; Irrigated farming; Farmer-agency interactions; Farmers associations; Economic aspects; Irrigation programs; Irrigable land; Farmer participation; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114042

Assessing and Attributing the Benefits from Varietal Improvement Research in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pardey,   Philip G.; Alston,   Julian M.; Chan-Kang,   Connie; Magalhaes,   Eduardo Castelo; Vosti,   Stephen A.
As the number and variety of interconnected sources of agricultural innovations have continued to grow and evolve, so too have the demands for meaningful evidence of both the total payoff and the specific impacts of individual research providers. Important policy and practical funding decisions require a clear understanding of the shares of the overall benefits from investments in R&amp;D attributable to domestic versus foreign and public versus private agencies, or even to individual agencies, as well as the total benefits accruing from innovation. This report provides a detailed economic assessment of the magnitude and sources of the economic benefits to Brazil since the early 1980s from varietal improvements in upland rice, edible beans, and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Research; Brazil; Economic aspects; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37894

Transaction Costs and Market Institutions: Grain Brokers in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabre-Madhin,   Eleni Z.
This paper examines the effect of transaction costs of search on the institution of grain brokers in Ethiopia. Primary data are used to derive traders’ shadow opportunity costs of labor and of capital from IV estimation of net profits. A twostep Tobit model is used in which traders first choose where to trade and then choose whether to use a broker to search on their behalf. The results confirm traders’ individual rationality in choosing brokerage, showing high transaction costs are linked to increased broker use while high social capital reduces broker use.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Grain; Economic aspects; Grain Prices; Ethiopia; Grain Trade; East Africa; Marketing.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97388

Gender analysis and reform of irrigation management: concepts, cases, and gaps in knowledge; Proceedings of the Workshop of Gender and Water, 15-19 September 1997, Habarana, Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gender; Privatization; Irrigation management; Women in development; Property rights; Water scarcity; Developing countries; Agricultural production; Water resources; Water rights; Poverty; Policy; Economic aspects; Land tenure; Legislation; Rice; Water users' associations; Irrigated farming; Planning; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118416

Road Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Chan-Kang,   Connie.
In 1978, China initiated its economic and agricultural policy reforms. The ensuing rapid economic growth led to transportation shortages and congestion problems and increased the demand for roads. Since 1985 the government has given high priority to road development, particularly the construction of high-quality roads such as highways and freeways. While the construction of high-quality roads has taken place at a remarkably rapid pace, the construction of lower-quality and mostly rural roads has been slow. This study evaluates the contribution of roads to economic growth and poverty reduction in China. It disaggregates road infrastructure into different classes of roads to account for quality, and then estimates the impact of road investments on overall...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Roads; Economic aspects; China Infrastructure (Economics); Government policy; Rural poor; 1976–2000; China; Economic policy; 2000 conditions; Regional disparities; Economic conditions; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37892

Water flows up; Excerpts from the Proceedings of a Ministerial Roundtable Dialogue on Water-Sector Challenges, Policies and Institutional Development in Asia (Bangkok, Thailand, 22-23 May 2002)
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; River basins; Governance; Planning; Water policy; Private investment; Political aspects; Equity; Sustainability; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Irrigated farming; Water use; Irrigation water; Institutional development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118401

Determinants and Implications of the Growing Scale of Livestock Farms in Four Fast-Growing Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delgado,   Christopher L.; Narrod,   Clare A.; Tiongco,   Marites M.; Barros,   Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo; Catelo,   Maria Angeles; Costales,   Achilles; Mehta,   Rajesh; Naranong,   Viroj; Poapongsakorn,   Nipon; Sharma,   Vijay Paul; de Zen,   Sergio.
he rapid growth in consumer demand for livestock offers an opportunity to reduce poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world. These farmers’ opportunity may be threatened, however, by competition from larger-scale farms. This report assesses the potential threat, examining various forms of livestock production in Brazil, India, the Philippines, and Thailand. Findings show that the competitiveness of smallholder farms depends on the opportunity cost of family labor and farmers’ ability to overcome barriers to the acquisition of production- and market-related information and assets. Pro-poor livestock development depends, therefore, on the strengthening of institutions that will help smallholders overcome the disproportionately high...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Economic aspects; Industrialization; Profit efficiency; Environmental externalities; Smallholder competitiveness; Livestock productivity; Livestock Industrialization; Scaling up; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92804

Income and Nutritional Effects of the Commercialization of Agriculture in Southwestern Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   Eileen T.; Cogill,   Bruce.
The commercialization of Agriculture is the cornerstone on economic development in the most developing countries. Yet relatively little is known about the income and nutritional effects of increasing commercial Agriculture. The present study by Eileen Kennedy and Bruce Cogill is the first in a series of studies conducted by IFPRI in Africa, Asia, and Central America to assess the effects of the commercialization of Agriculture on production, consumption, and nutrition status.  In 1983 IFPRI was invited by the government of Kenya to undertake a study of the production and consumption effects of a smallholder sugarcane contracting scheme in Southwestern Kenya. The resulting study is unusual because it uses a random sample of farmers at various stages of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Kenya; South Nynaza District; Food supply; Sugarcane Industry; Corn Industry; Agricultural wages; Agricultural laborers; Nutrition; Cost and standard of living; Nutrition policy; Diseases; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42174

The economic conception of water
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanemann,   W. Michael.
Published in: WATER CRISIS : MYTH OR REALITY?, edited by Peter P. Rogers, M. Ramon Llamas, and Luis Martinez-Cortina.  London; New York: Taylor &amp; Francis, 2006, p. 61-91
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Water costs; Water demand; Water pricing; Water supply; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120463

Fish farming in competition with an open-access fishery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berck,   Peter; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Competition; Economic aspects; Equilibrium (economics); Fish-culture; Fisheries; Supply and demand.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43308

Irrigation management in Latin America: present situation, problem areas and areas of potential improvement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI).
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Water potential; Irrigation systems; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Water users associations; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113951

Consequences of Deforestation for Women’s Time Allocation, Agricultural Production, and Nutrition in Hill Areas of Nepal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Shubh K.; Hotchkiss,   David.
In the face of growing concerns about the environment, policy makers in developing countries find themselves increasingly pressured to choose between environmental deterioration in the long run and the growing demands of poor populations in the short run. Some environmentalists point to new technology –irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides- as the basis of ecological decay in rural areas. A number of studies have shown, instead, that expanding farm yields in less fragile area through modern technology offers a viable alternative to stripping the land to expand crop area in marginal soils. In the hill areas of Nepal, as many developing countries, women’s work is the key not only to the functioning of the household but also a necessary supply of field...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Women agriculture laborers; Nepal; Agricultural productivity; Deforestation; Economic aspects; Time management; Women fuelwood gatherers; Food supply; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42172

The Food Stamp Scheme in Sri Lanka: Costs, Benefits, and Options for Modification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edirisinghe,   Neville.
Many developing countries attempt to assist low-income households to improve their nutritional intake by providing direct or indirect income transfers. The latter are more common and usually take the form of price subsidies on a range of staple foods. Direct transfers, such as issues of food coupons, are not as widely used as price subsidies. In this regard, the case of Sir Lanka is somewhat unusual, for over four decades it followed a policy of subsidizing food prices, and during the late 1970s, this policy was replaced by a direct transfer scheme in the form of food stamp program.  An analysis of the former food subsidy scheme of Sri Lanka was the subject matter of IFPRI Research Report 13, The Impact of Public Foodgrain Distribution on food Consumption...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Sri Lanka; Food Relief; Economic aspects; Government policies.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42173

Assessment of participatory management of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka: Partial reforms, partial benefits
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samad,   Madar; Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Describes the application of a standard methodology developed by IWMI to assess the impact of irrigation management transfer on the performance of irrigation schemes. Includes detailed analysis of the effects of participatory management on the performance of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Privatization; Policy; Performance evaluation; Indicators; Operating costs; Irrigation management; Economic aspects; Returns; Participatory management; Farmer participation; Government managed irrigation systems; Small scale systems; Large-scale systems; Regression analysis; Models; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44577

A hedonic approach to estimating the supply of variety attributes of a subsistence crop
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edmeades,   Svetlana.
The paper extends the household hedonic model, as a non-market valuation tool, by estimating a supply function for variety attributes of a subsistence crop in a developing country. The model is applied to bananas in Uganda, making use of disaggregated data on variety-specific farm-gate banana bunch prices and attributes. The hedonic analysis is applied at the farm-gate, the first link in the market chain, while accounting for the semi-subsistence nature of banana producing households. Within the framework of the agricultural household, where consumption and production decisions are non-separable, prices reflect the implicit marginal valuation of both consumption and production attributes jointly. The paper is motivated by the need to quantify the value of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Small farms; Households models; Agricultural sector; Crops; Economic aspects; Crop diversification; Variety attributes; Decision making; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55424

Assessing irrigation performance with comparative indicators:  The case of the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kloezen,   Wim H.; Garces-Restrepo,   Carlos.
Describes and evaluates the application of IWMI's minimum set of performance indicators to the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, and compares this with the application of a small set of process performance indicators.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Irrigation scheduling; Water allocation; Water distribution; Case studies; Institutional constraints; Operation; Monitoring; Indicators; Performance indexes; Water rights; Economic aspects; Data collection; Environmental effects; Performance evaluation; Water use efficiency; Crop Production/Industries; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Production Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44580

Water as an economic good: a solution, or a problem?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perry,   Christopher J.; Rock,   Michael; Seckler,   David.
Discusses the potential opportunities and pitfalls of introducing market forces into the process of water allocation. Proposes several preconditions for beneficial privatization of water allocation and argues for a more sophisticated form of analysis than that generally allowed by proponents of basic needs or of free market approaches.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Economic aspects; Economic analysis; Irrigated farming; Water rights; Pricing; Privatization; Marginal analysis; Water market; Water policy; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61113

Hidden harvest: U.S. benefits from international research aid
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pardey,   Philip G.; Alston,   Julian M.; Christian,   Jason E.; Fan,   Shenggen.
This report spells out the benefits to the United States from its partnership with the CGIAR.  Using wheat and rice to illustrate the gains from international research on important food crops, the report shows that U.S. investments in CGIAR wheat and rice research have paid off many times over for U.S. farmers
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural assistance; American; Economic aspects; Developing countries; Agricultural research; Developing countries; Finance; Investments; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55649

Government expenditures on agriculture in Latin America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elias,   Victor Jorge.
Government expenditure is primarily determinant of the pace and pattern of agricultural growth. The size of government allocations to agriculture is an important indicator of government commitment to agricultural growth. How the resource are allocated is an important determinant of the efficiency of agriculture growth. Despite the central role of government expenditure little comparative analysis has been made of its size, its allocation, and its effect on agricultural production. As a result, there has been little pressure to develop an adequate data base for such requisite data discourages initiation of such analysis. In the research reported her Victor Elias concentrates on developing an adequate data base for analyzing government expenditures on...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture and state; Latin America; Economic aspects; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42218

Irrigation impacts on income inequality and poverty alleviation: policy issues and options for improved management of irrigation systems.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Madhusudan; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Hussain,   Intizar.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Policy; Income; Poverty; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Water allocation; Irrigation canals; Irrigated farming; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92694

Impacts of irrigation management transfer:  A review of the evidence.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Evaluates data from 29 different studies on irrigation management transfer to assess the impacts of transfer on various aspects of irrigation system management. Twelve guiding principles to ensure a more systematic approach to research on the impacts of management transfer are proposed. Identifies key research propositions on the conditions necessary for transfer programs to succeed.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Irrigation systems; Policy; Privatization; Case studies; Performance evaluation; Irrigated farming; Economic aspects; Financing; Operations; Environmental sustainability; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52798

The role of agriculture in development implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diao,   Xinshen; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Resnick,   Danielle; Thurlow,   James.
This paper provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa’s smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture’s role in the development process and discusses more recent literature that remains skeptical about agriculture’s development potential for Africa. In order to examine in greater detail the relevance for Africa of both the “old” and “new” literatures on agriculture, the paper provides a typology of African countries based on their stage of development, agricultural conditions, natural resources, and geographic location… More broadly, the paper demonstrates that conventional...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Growth-poverty linkages; Smallholders; Poverty alleviation; Agricultural development; Africa; Economic aspects; Agricultural sector; Ethiopia; Ghana; Rwanda; Uganda; Zambia; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55405

A comparative analysis of the technical efficiency of rain-fed and smallholder irrigation in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makambe,   Godswill; Namara,   Regassa E.; Hagos,   Fitsum; Awulachew,   Seleshi Bekele; Ayana,   Mekonnen; Bossio,   Deborah A.
Agriculture is the most significant contributor to Ethiopia’s economy. Most of the agricultural production is under rainfed conditions and thus extremely sensitive to rainfall variability. Irrigation development, including smallholder irrigation, is used by the Ethiopian Government to attempt to mitigate the effects of rainfall variability. In this study, we look at smallholder irrigation - modern and traditional irrigation systems. A detailed description of the cropping patterns is given. The stochastic frontier production function approach is used to estimate technical inefficiency, and constraints to production are analyzed. Since the traditional system is found to be efficient but on a lower production frontier, the study shows that significant gains...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rainfed farming; Irrigated farming; Efficiency; Irrigation schemes; Small scale systems; Cropping patterns; Crop production; Economic aspects; Statistical analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118298

Elixir or opiate? An assessment of minor irrigation policies in North Bengal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shah,   Tushaar.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Agricultural development; Farmer managed irrigation systems; Social aspects; Organizations; Farmers’ associations; Subsidies; Policy; Participatory management; Governmental interrelations; Small scale systems; Performance evaluation; Economic aspects; Deep tube wells; Shallow tube wells; Lift irrigation; Rural development; Poverty alleviation; Pumps; Technology transfer; Cooperatives; Mechanization; Institutions; Leadership; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92706

Impacts of considering climate variability on investment decisions in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Block,   Paul J.; Strzepek,   Kenneth M.; Rosegrant,   Mark W.; Diao,   Xinshen.
Extreme interannual variability of precipitation within Ethiopia is not uncommon, inducing droughts or floods and often creating serious repercussions on agricultural and non-agricultural commodities. An agro-economic model, including mean climate variables, was developed to assess irrigation and road construction investment strategies in comparison to a baseline scenario over a 12-year time horizon. The motivation for this work is to evaluate whether the inclusion of climate variability in the model has a significant effect on prospective investment strategies and the resulting country-wide economy. The mean climate model is transformed into a variable climate model by dynamically adding yearly climate-yield factors, which influence agricultural...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Climate variability; Climate change; Water; Droughts; Flooding; Irrigation; Economic aspects; Road construction; Investments; Economic situation; Agro-economic model; Food and water security; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55419

The Commons as a Natural Barrier to Entry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perloff,   Jeffrey M.; Berck,   Peter.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Fish-culture; Fisheries.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42863

A comparative analysis of the technical efficiency of rain-fed and smallholder irrigation in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makombe,   Godswill; Namara,   Regassa E.; Hagos,   Fitsum; Awulachew,   Seleshi Bekele; Ayana,   Mekonnen; Bossio,   Deborah A.
Agriculture is the most significant contributor to Ethiopia’s economy. Most of the agricultural production is under rainfed conditions and thus extremely sensitive to rainfall variability. Irrigation development, including smallholder irrigation, is used by the Ethiopian Government to attempt to mitigate the effects of rainfall variability. In this study, we look at smallholder irrigation - modern and traditional irrigation systems. A detailed description of the cropping patterns is given. The stochastic frontier production function approach is used to estimate technical inefficiency, and constraints to production are analyzed. Since the traditional system is found to be efficient but on a lower production frontier, the study shows that significant gains...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rainfed farming; Irrigated farming; Efficiency; Irrigation schemes; Small scale systems; Cropping patterns; Crop production; Economic aspects; Statistical analysis; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113012

An economic assessment of banana genetic improvement and innovation in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tushemereirwe,   Wilberforce K.
This research report highlights the findings from a set of studies undertaken by the International Food Policy Research Institute, along with several national and international research institutions, to assess the economic impact of improved cultivars and management practices on smallholder farmers in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania— an area where the cooking banana is both economically and culturally important. Genetic transformation is a promising alternative for improving the resistance of banana plants to the pests and diseases that cause serious economic losses, because bananas, unlike rice, wheat, and maize, are difficult to improve through conventional breeding techniques. The team of researchers posed three broad questions: What is...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Bananas; Genetic engineering; Economic aspects; Uganda; Tanzania; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37876

A standard computable general equilibrium (CGE) model in GAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lofgren,   Hans; Harris,   Rebecca Lee; Robinson,   Sherman.
Over the past decade, the increasing power and reliability of microcomputers and the development of sophisticated software designed specifically for use with them has led to significant changes in the way quantitative food policy analysis is conducted. These changes cover most aspects of the analysis, ranging from the collections and analysis of socioeconomic data to the conduct of model-based policy simulations. The venue of the computations has shifted from off-site mainframes dependent on highly trained operators and significant capital investment in supporting equipment, to desktop and laptop computers dependent only on the occasional availability of electricity. This means that it is now feasible to quickly transfer new techniques between IFPRI and...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Mathematical models; Food supply; Mathematical models; Equilibrium (Economics); Mathematical models; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42483

2nd Forum on Irrigation and water for sustainable development: 15 –16 December, 2008 Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Awulachew,   Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa,   Teklu; Balcha,   Yodit.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable development; Irrigation management; Irrigation water; Irrigated farming; Irrigation systems; Supplemental irrigation; Land management; Land use; Investment; Case studies; Government policy; Rural poverty; Groundwater; Small scale systems; Socioeconomic development; Economic aspects; Economic growth; Income; Water management; Water resources development; Water harvesting; Water supply; Public policy; Agricultural production; Developing countries; Public-private cooperation; History; Case studies; River basins; Crop production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118411

THE ECONOMICS OF BIOSAFETY: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.
There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology.  Most of these studies, however, address the issue of biosafety from a scientific, legal, environmental and organizational perspective.  The purpose of this paper is to add to this discussion by providing an economic perspective on regulating products of agricultural biotechnology, with special emphasis on implications for developing countries who are under increasing pressure to put a biosafety framework in place. The paper provides a brief discussion on the economic rationale for biosafety regulations, explains the economic benefits and costs...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Biosafety; Economic aspects; Developing countries; Agriculture; Biotechnology; Research; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11768

Institutional arrangements for land drainage in developing countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freisem,   Claudia; Scheumann,   Waltina.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Drainage; Infrastructure; Irrigable land; Farmer participation; Financing; Land reclamation; Flood control; Irrigated farming; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Environment; Case studies; Operations; Maintenance; Waterlogging; Salinity; Productivity; Food security; Institutional constraints; Communal irrigation systems; Water users' associations; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92776

Agricultural Growth and Industrial Performance in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rangarajan,   C.
In “The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development,” written nearly a quarter of a century ago, Bruce Johnston and I discussed the principal means by which agriculture could assist in transforming a traditional low-income economy in a modern high-income one. In the intervening years the literature and much of the practice of development has been dominated by either emphasis on industrialization, independent of agricultural development, or on agriculture as a provider of basic human needs, independent of commercialization and industrialization. Perhaps the time is ripe to pick up the old threads of a dynamic interaction between agriculture and industry. Those threads lead to a very specific strategy for development of agriculture itself in which...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; India; Industries; International Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42186

Policy consequences of better stock estimates in Pacific halibut fisheries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berck,   Peter; Johns,   Grace.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Fish; Marine resources; Public.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43635

Irrigation management in Pakistan and India: Comparing notes on institutions and policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shah,   Tushaar; Hussain,   Intizar; Rehman,   Saeed ur.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Productivity; Privatization; Groundwater irrigation; Irrigated farming; Equity; Water distribution; Groundwater management; Economic aspects; Tube wells; Price policy; Electricity supplies; Pumps; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92782

Impacts of Colombia's current irrigation management transfer program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn; Garces-Restrepo,   Carlos.
Assess the impacts of the current national irrigation management transfer program in Colombia. Examines the context of transfer, the basic transfer strategy, the impacts of transfer, and the powers and functions devolved in the transferred districts. The need to use the transfer process to create local management self-reliance is also stressed.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Privatization; Irrigation management; Irrigated farming; Policy; Costs; Economic aspects; Operations; Maintenance; Agricultural production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44584

Tubewell transfer in Gujarat:  A study of the GWRDC approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mukherji,   Aditi; Kishore,   Avinash.
In India public (government) tubewells were built with the intention of providing irrigation to all categories of farmers in a fair, equitable and affordable manner. However, most public tubewell programs across India have failed on all these counts. Efforts to transfer their management to water users too have met with little success. Nonetheless, the Gujarat Water Resources Development Corporation (GWRDC)-a state-owned public company-has achieved rare success in tubewell transfer by handing over management of around 60 percent of public tubewells in the Gujarat state to user groups. This study tries to identify the factors that helped in accelerating the transfer process and evaluate the performance of transferred tubewells against those owned by...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Tube wells; Privatization; Groundwater management; Economic aspects; Operations; Maintenance; Equity; Farmers' attitudes; Policy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44559

Irrigation Kuznets  Curve, governance and dynamics of irrigation development: A global cross-country analysis from 1972 to 1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Madhusudan.
This report verifies the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for irrigation. The EKC hypothesis suggests for an inverse U-shaped (or concave) relationship between the level of environmental degradation and income in a given society. The EKC hypothesis also implies that some form of environmental deterioration appears inevitable during the initial stage of development, but subsequent increases in the societal income would generate enough incentives to improve the environmental quality. In line with this reasoning, the EKC relationship for irrigation (referred to here as Irrigation Kuznets Curve, or IKC) hypothesizes that the demand for irrigation is greater at the initial stage of development and that irrigation demand declines as societal income...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Models; Economic aspects; Irrigated farming; Income; Policy; Governance; Productivity; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43246

Sectoral Growth in Chile: 1962-82
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coeymans,   Juan Eduardo; Mundlak,   Yair.
To understand the time path of agricultural development, the cause for the variability in sectoral outputs must be examined as part of the general process of economic growth. Such as examination is the focus of this report by Juan Eduardo Coeymans and Yair Mundiak, which appears at a time when there is a great deal of interest in the ability to sustain agricultural as well as general economic growth. This research extends beyond previous studies of agricultural growth at IFPRI by Mudlak and his associates by looking at the economy as consisting of five sectors that vary in their degree of tradablilty as well as in other attributes that caused differential response to the rapidly changing economic conditions in Chile from 1960 on. The study uses an...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Chile; Economic conditions; Econometric models; Agriculture; Economic aspects; 1918; International Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37964

Poverty reduction through improved agricultural water management; Proceedings of the Workshop on Pro-poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigated Agriculture in Asia Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 April 2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water management; Irrigated farming; Poverty; Food security; Households; Income; Drought; Forest policy; Natural disasters; Land ownership; Groundwater; Water market; Water balance; Legislation; Tube wells; Institutional development; Crop production; Wages; Economic aspects; Tillage; Water harvesting; Public policy; Surface water; Labor; Exports; Public sector; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118414

Agricultural Growth Linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delgado,   Christopher L.; Hopkins,   Jane; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; McKenna,   Anna A.; Gruhn,   Peter; Hojjati,   Behjat; Sil,   Jayashree; Courbois,   Claude B.
The wide spread increase in rural purchasing power under the Green Revolution in Asia during the 1970s was key to increased rural employment and industrialization. Studies suggested that an extra dollar of agricultural income was typically associated with an additional $0.80 of nonagricultural income from local enterprises stimulated by the spending of farm house holds. Studies in Africa, where the Green Revolution was harder to discern, tended to be much more pessimistic. This report revisits these issues using especially detailed panel data sets on rural consumption and incomes, collected by IFPRI and collaborating national institutions for a variety of purposes during the mid to late 1980s in Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Results...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Africa; Sub- Saharan; Agriculture and state; International Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37908

Developing effective institutions for water resources management:  A case study in the Deduru Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Somaratne,   Pallewatte G.; Jinapala,   Kiribandage; Perera,   L.R.; Ariyaratne,   Badugodahewa Ranjith; Bandaragoda,   Don Jayatissa; Makin,   I.W.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: River basins; Water resource management; Water lifting; Wells; Domestic water; Population; Economic aspects; Income; Irrigation programs; Institutions; Policy; Groundwater; Agricultural development; Fish farming; Pumps; Ecology; Water supply; Drought; Poverty; Land use; Water scarcity; Natural resources; Agricultural production; Cropping systems; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Production Economics; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92665

The Effects of Sugarcane Production on Food Security, Health, and Nutrition in Kenya: A Longitudinal Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   Eileen T.
This research report by Eilleen T. Kennedy is part of a major IFPRI effort to assess the effects of the commercialization of agriculture on production, consumption, and nutritional status of rural people in Africa, Asia, and Central America countries. It reports on the continuation of survey work first undertaken at the request of the government of Kenya in 1983. The original survey work was analyzed in Research Report 63, Incomes and Nutrition Effects of the Commercialization of Agriculture in Southwestern Kenya. The follow-up study described in this report a rare opportunity to examine longitudinal data on a group of farmers in three periods: before they entered a contract arrangement for growing a commercial crop- sugarcane; during the period before...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Sugarcane industry; Kenya; South Nyanza district; Agriculture; Economic aspects; Food supply; Cost and standard living; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42165

Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Omamo,   Steven Were; Diao,   Xinshen; Wood,   Stanley; Chamberlin,   Jordan; You,   Liangzhi; Benin,   Samuel; Wood-Sichra,   Ulrike; Tatwangire,   Alex.
In countries that are heavily dependent on agriculture for employment and income, underperformance is not only untenable but also potentially explosive. This is the case in the countries of eastern and central Africa—Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda—where tens of millions of people face ongoing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. This report, the result of a two-year collaboration between the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, identifies how eastern and central African countries can stimulate agricultural growth to address these dire circumstances. The findings suggest that...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Africa; Eastern; Central; Agricultural development projects; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37881

Irrigation management transfer in Mexico:  A strategy to achieve irrigation district sustainability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Sam H., III.
Describes the process of transfer of irrigation districts in Mexico from public ownership to joint management, where responsibility for irrigation O&amp;M is shared between the public irrigation agency and water user associations. It evaluates the sustainability of transferred systems and discusses needed changes.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Privatization; Participatory management; Agricultural production; Sustainability; Private sector; Public sector; Economic aspects; Water users' associations; Investment; Agricultural policy; Irrigated farming; Water law; User charges; Land ownership; Mexico; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52799

Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia: A Bioeconomic Model with Market Imperfections Food Security in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holden,   Stein T.; Shiferaw,   Bekele A.; Pender,   John L.
Soil fertility and the lack of fertilizer use in Africa are frequently discussed topics. The problems of land degradation and low agricultural productivity, which result in food insecurity and poverty, are particularly severe in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. In many areas, a downward spiral of land degradation and poverty appears to be occurring. Finding solutions to these problems requires identifying effective entry points for farmers, governments, and civil society organizations, and understanding the potential impacts and tradeoffs that are likely to arise from alternative interventions. This report seeks to improve that understanding, using a bioeconomic model of land management and agricultural production developed for a community that is fairly...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Ethiopia; Food supply; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Government policy; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37890

Economic gains of improving soil fertility and water holding capacity with clay application: the impact of soil remediation research in northeast Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saleth,   Rathinasamy Maria; Inocencio,   Arlene; Noble,   Andrew D.; Ruaysoongnern,   Sawaeng.
Declining productivity of agricultural soils in Northeast Thailand is a challenge facing land managers and farmers. A program was initiated in 2002 to investigate the potential role of incorporating clay-based materials into degraded soils as a means of enhancing productivity. This research report attempts to provide an ex-post assessment of the field level impact and economic viability of this approach, using the empirically derived estimates of the average income impacts that the application of bentonite or clay technology has generated among farm communities in Northeast Thailand. From an exclusive IWMI perspective, the impact evaluation suggests that the program has a net present value (NPV) of US$0.41 million with a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 2.44...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Soil improvement; Impact assessment; Research projects; Soil fertility; Sandy soils; Water holding capacity; Clay soils; Soil water relations; Soil management; Farming systems; Crop yield; Vegetable crops; Rice; Sorghum; Models; Statistical methods; Cost benefit analysis; Economic analysis; Economic aspects; Thailand; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53064

Charging for irrigation water:  The issues and options, with a case study from Iran
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perry,   Christopher J.
Inadequate funding for maintenance of irrigation works and emerging shortages of water are prevalent. The use of water charges to generate resources for maintenance and to reduce demand is widely advocated. Examples from other utilities, and from the domestic/industrial sectors of water supply suggest the approach could be effective. In developing countries, the facilities required for measured and controlled delivery of irrigation are rarely in place, and would require a massive investment in physical, legal and administrative infrastructure. To be effective in curtailing demand, the marginal price of water must be significant. The price levels required to cover operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) costs are too low to have a substantial impact on demand,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Productivity; Water allocation; Water use efficiency; Operations; Maintenance; Cost recovery; User charges; Water rates; Pricing; River basins; Water shortage; Economic aspects; Salinity; Case studies; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44567

Geographic Space, Assets, Livelihoods and Well-Being in Rural Central America: Empirical Evidence from Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Jansen,   Hans G.P.; Siegel,   Paul B.; Pichon,   Francisco.
This paper uses an asset-base framework to analyze the determinants of rural growth and sustainable poverty reduction for the three poorest countries in Central America: Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua…Using a combination of GIS mapping techniques, quantitative household analysis, and qualitative analyses of assets and livelihoods, the authors generate a description of rural territories that recognizes the differential effects of policies and asset bundles across space and households. They identify the combinations of human, natural and physical, social and location-specific assets that matter most to raise household well-being and take advantage of prospects for poverty-reducing growth.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Poverty reduction; Rural livelihoods; Households; Economic aspects; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55408

IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Developing  countries  like  India  are  actively  being  encouraged  to  move  from  the  traditional  supply-side orientation  towards  proactive  demand  management  under  the  broad  framework  of  Integrated  Water Resources Management (IWRM). Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a sound philosophy which is hard to disagree with. However, in developing countries, what usually gets passed-off in the name of  IWRM  at  the  operational  level  takes  a  rather  narrow  view  of  the philosophy  and  has  largely  tended  to include  a  blue-print  package  including:  [1]  A  national  water  policy;  [2]  A  water  law  and  regulatory framework;  [3]  Recognition  of  River  Basin as  the  appropriate  unit  of  water  and  land  resources...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Institutional development; Tube wells; Economic aspects; Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113018

Agricultural Growth and Structural Changes in the Punjab Economy: An Input-output Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhalla,   G.S.; Chadha,   G.K.; Kashyap,   S.P.; Sharma,   R.K.
This research report is part of IFPRI's continuous efforts to understand the relationship between technological change in agriculture and overall economic growth that expands employment and income opportunities for the poor in developing countries. The research is a collaborative effort with the Centre for the Study of Regional Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. The study documents and analyzes the structural changes that have occurred in the Punjab economy since the green revolution of the mid-1960s. With two input-output tables—one for 1969/70 and the other for 1979/80—the authors have traced the sources of structural changes and examined the changes in the intersectoral linkages and the quantum of indirect and induced income and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Punjab (India); Economic conditions; Input-output analysis; International Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42162

Integrated water-resources management in a river basin context:  institutional strategies for improving the productivity of agricultural water management; Proceedings of the Regional Workshop, Malang, Indonesia January 15-19, 2001
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; River basins; Institutional development; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Water policy; Hydrology; Models; Water allocation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118403

Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Land Tenure, Household Resource Allocation, and Nutrition in the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouis,   Howarth E.; Haddad,   Lawrence James.
Over the past several years IFPRI has undertaken research on the production, consumption, and nutrition effects of agricultural commercialization in The Gambia, Guatemala, Kenya, the Philippines, and Rwanda. While it is widely recognized that the commercialization of agriculture is essential to overall economic development, various rural population groups adapt differently to the process of commercialization, depending on the resources available to them, economic and social conditions, and government policies. Many households benefit in the form of higher incomes; others may suffer a decline in income. A particular concern of policymakers has been the effect of commercialization on nutrition. The purpose of these studies has been to analyze the process of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; Philippines; Produce trade; Land tenure; Household; Nutrition; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42164

Irrigation Technology and Commercialization of Rice in the Gambia: Effects on Income and Nutrition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: von Braun,   Joachim; Puetz,   Detlev; Webb,   Patrick.
With its focus in irrigation technology and commercialization of rice in West Africa, this study addresses the question of how agricultural growth in Sub-Saharan Africa may improve food security. Over the last few decades in Africa, rice has ranked second after maize among cereal that have contributed to the overall growth of cereal output.  In West Africa, rice imports have grown rapidly during the last two decades. Future decisions on irrigation investments and technology choices will be critical importance in view of numerous past failures and excessive costs of irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa. This research by Joachim Von Braun, Detlev Puetz, and Patrick Webb is to be seen against the backdrop of policy priorities resulting from the earlier work of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rice trade; Gambia; Irrigation; Economic aspects; Food supply; Income; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42167

Determinants of change in house-hold level of consumption and poverty in Uganda, 1992/93 - 1999/00
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Benin,   Samuel; Mugarura,   Samuel.
Recent estimates showing increase in the incidence of poverty in Uganda has kindled interest in understanding the factors that cause changes in poverty, as the reversal of the positive trend in the 1990s threatens the government’s poverty eradication plan of reducing poverty to a level below 28% by 2014. Using a household and community panel dataset, this paper analyzes the factors contributing to change in household-level consumption and poverty.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Poverty reduction; Household; Economic aspects; Economic assistance; Consumption; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55407

An Open-Access Fishery with Rational Expectations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berck,   Peter; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
How potential entrants to an open-access fishery form their expectations determines the fishery’s adjustment path to a steady state but not the steady state values themselves. It is well known that, in the standard model with myopic expectations (those based on current values), boats enter the fishery only when the fish stock is greater than its steady state stock. We show that, with rational expectations (perfect foresight), however, boats may enter when the fish stock is much lower than its steady state value if the boat fleet is sufficiently small. This paper contrasts myopic and rational expectations within a general dynamic model of an open-access fishery.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Expectations; Fisheries.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42856

Demand for High-value Secondary Crops in Developing Countries: The Case of Potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouis,   Howarth E.; Scott,   Gregory.
Secondary crops are of increasing interest to policymakers and planners in developing countries because of a desire to diversify economic activities and because of their proven potential to raise farm incomes and rural employment. To assess this potential, basic information on the demand characteristics for these crops is required. But, given the large number of possible crops to be studied, policy analysts require an estimation procedure that is less data-intensive and time-intensive than standard econometric estimation procedures. In this paper, a relatively new, low-cost procedure, based on demand for food characteristics, is applied, illustrating its usefulness for analysis of demand for potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Asia, the potato should...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economics; Methodology; Pakistan; Potatoes; Economic aspects; Crop diversification; Price Maintenance; Asia; Bangladesh; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97300

Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 4. Water productivity improvements in Indian agriculture: potentials, constraints and prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Water productivity; Water use efficiency; Multiple use; Irrigation practices; Irrigation systems; Water quality; Water allocation; Cereals; Crop yield; Livestock; Milk production; Economic aspects; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113504

Impact assessment of irrigation management transfer in the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kloezen,   Wim H.; Garces-Restrepo,   Carlos; Johnson,   Sam H., III.
Tests the hypothesis that, in general, irrigation management transfer has positive impacts on operation performance, managerial accountability, O&amp;M budgeting and expenditures, costs of water to farmers, and agricultural and economic productivity in the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District in Mexico. Evaluates the potential of the Mexican IMT process as a model for other countries.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Privatization; Assessment; Economic aspects; Legal aspects; Data collection; Water rights; Water allocation; Water distribution; Groundwater; Financing; Maintenance; Operations; Agricultural production; Water users' associations; Farmer participation; Mexico; Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61110

The role of agriculture in development : implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diao,   Xinshen; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Resnick,   Danielle; Thurlow,   James.
Thinking on development has long held that agricultural growth is an important step toward economic development and transformation. However, the new challenges facing African agriculture in today’s more globalized environment have led some to question whether conventional wisdom about the role of agriculture in development is still applicable to Africa. There is a shift in emphasis toward nonagricultural growth opportunities, which has the potential to reshape the development strategies of many African countries over the coming decades. This research report critically examines conventional wisdom and contemporary skepticism. It also develops a country typology reflecting the diversity of conditions across the subcontinent and then examines the role of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Africa; Sub-Saharan; Farms; Small; Rural development; Poverty; Agriculture and state; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37878

A proposed framework for irrigation management transfer in Iran: Lessons from Asia and Iran.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ul Hassan,   Mehmood; Qureshi,   Asad Sarwar; Heydari,   Nader.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Privatization; Water policy; Economic aspects; Institutional development; Water users associations; Irrigation systems; Irrigation canals; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91875

Agriculture and Economic Growth in Argentina, 1913-84
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mundlak,   Yair; Cavallo,   Domingo; Domenech, Roberto.
In 1982 Dominga Cavallo and Yair Mundlak received an award for quality of research discovery from the American Agriculture Economics Association for IFPRI Research Report 36, Agriculture and Economic Growth in an Open Economy: The Case of Argentina. The research was sponsored jointly by IFPRI and the Instituto de Estudios Economicos Sobre la Realidad Argentina y Latinoamericana (IEERAL) of the Fundacion Mediteranea, and it in turn built on earlier prize-winning research by Mundlak, presented in Research  Report 6, Intersectoral Factor Mobility and Agricultural Growth. The model developed for the study makes it possible to explore the effects of policies directed at agriculture as well as general macro and trade policies, taking into account interaction...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; History; 20th Century; Economic conditions; Econometric models; International Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42166

Lift irrigation in West Africa: challenges for sustainable local management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Purkey,   David R.; Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Low lift irrigation; Privatization; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Groundwater irrigation; Surface water; Environment; Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113604

Hotelling's theory, enhancement, and the taking of the Redwood National Park
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berck,   Peter; Bentley,   William R.
We estimate a reduced form model of the redwood timber industry that is consistent with Hotelling’s exhaustible resource theory. The consequences for this theory of various assumptions about the elasticity of expectations are derived. The estimated equations are used to test the hypotheses about expectations. We also use these equations to find the amount that owners of redwood not taken for the Redwood National Park benefited from the park’s establishment.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Elasticities; Forest products; National parks.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43662

Agricultural water management in a water stressed catchment: lessons from the RIPARWIN project
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCartney,   Matthew P.; Lankford,   Bruce A.; Mahoo,   Henry F.
With contributions from Julien Cour, Reuben Kadigi, Japhet Kashaigili, Magayane Machibya, Abraham Mehari, Sylvie Morardet, Kossa Rajabu, Charles Sokile, Siza Tumbo, Barbara van Koppen, Thalia Vounaki and Daniel Yawson
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: River basin management; Water stress; Irrigation programs; Irrigation management; Irrigation efficiency; Water use; Water allocation; Wetlands; Water rights; Water law; Economic aspects; Water rates; User charges; Water users associations; Decision support tools; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37668

Incentives and Constraints in the Transformation of Punjab Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGuirk,   Anya M.; Mundlak,   Yair.
The introduction of modern crops varieties in the mid-1960s caused a dramatic change, known as the “green revolution”, in agricultural production in Asia, as elsewhere. However, in spite of their yields, the process of adoption of these varieties has taken a long time, and even today traditional varieties are still widely grown. Various reasons, such as imperfect information, uncertainty, inadequate human capital, and institutional constraints, have been given for this slow diffusion. This research during 1960-79 emphasizes the role of economic incentives and resource availability in determining the pace of technology adoption.   Only three years after their introduction, the modern wheat varieties accounted for 70 percent of the wheat area in Punjab....
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; India; Punjab; International Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42125

Adoption of Hybrid maize in Zambia: effects on gender roles, food consumption, and nutrition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Shubh K.
Enhanced agriculture productivity in sub-Saharan Africa is critical to promote economic growth and poverty alleviation and to avoid increasing food scarcities in the region. The impact of commercialization and intensification of agriculture on the well- being of the rural poor depends on how they are carried out. Past research by IFPRI and collaborating institutions on commercialization of small- scale farming in about a dozen countries provided new knowledge about the relationships between commercialization and rural well- being as measured by incomes, consumption, and nutrition. These links were shown to depend greatly on household behavior, which in turn is influenced by intrahousehold processes. A better understanding of these processes is likely to...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Corn industry; Zambia; Eastern Province; Hybrid corn; Economic aspects; Food consumption; Nutrition; Agricultural laborers; Sex role in work environment; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37917

Optimal Management of Renewable Resources with Growing Demand and Stock Externalities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berck,   Peter.
Published in:  Journal of environmental economics and management, v.8:2, June 1981, p.105-117
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic aspects; Externalities (economics); Interest; Natural resources; Taxation.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37694

Why Do Migrants Remit?: An Analysis for the Dominican Sierra
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de la Briere,   Benedicte; de Janvry,   Alain; Lambert,   Sylvie; Sadoulet,   Elisabeth.
Two contrasting hypotheses about what motivates Dominican migrants to send remittances to their rural parents in the Sierra are tested: (1) an investment in potential bequests and (2) an insurance contract between parents and migrant children. Remittances from young migrants, males, and migrants who want to return to the Sierra follow a pattern consistent with investment. In contrast, female migrants with no intention of returning to the Sierra play the role of insurers. The gender composition of the migrant siblings affects this remittance task-sharing, since women with no remitting brothers show interest in inheritance, while men with no sisters offer insurance.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Migrant Remittances; Developing Countries; Gender Issues; Investments; Social aspects; Family; Economic aspects; Gender; Household resource allocation; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97051