Report NEP-AGR-2020-05-25

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• Nkonya, Ephraim M. & Kato, Edward & Ru, Yating, 2020, "Drivers of adoption of small-scale irrigation in Mali and its impacts on nutrition across sex of irrigators," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1924.
• Bonuedi, Isaac & Kornher, Lukas & Gerber, Nicolas, , "Making cash crop value chains nutrition-sensitive: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in rural Sierra Leone," Discussion Papers, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), number 303638, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303638.
• Boughton, Duncan & Goeb, Joseph & Lambrecht, Isabel & Mather, David & Headey, Derek D., 2020, "Strengthening smallholder agriculture is essential to defend food and nutrition security and rural livelihoods in Myanmar against the COVID-19 threat: Elements for a proactive response," Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 2.
• Jason Snyder & Thomas Jayne & Nicole Mason & Paul Samboko, , "Agricultural Productivity and Rural Household Incomes: Micro-level Evidence from Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303620, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303620.
• Canning, Patrick & Rehkamp, Sarah & Hitaj, Claudia & Peters, Christian, 2020, "Resource Requirements of Food Demand in the United States," Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, number 303676, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303676.
• Joseph S. Kanyamuka & Joseph K. Dzanja & Flora J. Nankhuni, , "Analysis of the Value Chains for Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: The Case of Cassava," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303569, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303569.
• Joseph S. Kanyamuka & Flora J. Nankhuni & Joseph K. Dzanja, , "Analysis of the Value Chains for Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: The Case of Sweet Potato," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303570, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303570.
• Zephania Bondera Nyirenda & Flora Janet Nankhuni & Michael Andrew Bret, , "An Analysis of the Mango Value Chain in Malawi," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303586, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303586.
• Koo, Jawoo & Mamun, Abdullah & Martin, Will, 2020, "From bad to worse: Poverty impacts of food availability responses to weather shocks in Zambia," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1923.
• Takeshima, Hiroyuki & Ajmani, Manmeet Singh & Roy, Devesh & Fadhillah, Aniq & Liu, Yanyan, 2020, "Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1922.
• Vinay Reddy Venumuddala, 2020, "Farmers' situation in agriculture markets and role of public interventions in India," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2005.07538, May.
• Chukwudi Charles Olumba & Jonathan Okechukwu Alimba & Oyinkan Tasie, , "Assessing the Factors influencing Access to land for Urban Agriculture in Southeast Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303580, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303580.
• Billings, Lucy & Wullingdool, Emmanuel, 2019, "Engaging nutrition stakeholders in Poyentanga: A case study on local-level multisector coordination," Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number October 2019.
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana & International Food Policy Research Institute & Amewu, Sena & Arhin, Eunice & Danso, Jane & Doughan, Roland Ato & Nafrah, Christiana & Owusu, Ivy & Pauw, Karl, 2020, "Ghana's chili market," Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 4.
• Thomas Url & Serguei Kaniovski, 2020, "The Potential Capital Requirement for a Minimum Prices Insurance Scheme for Wheat, Maize, and Rape Seed," WIFO Working Papers, WIFO, number 601, May.
• Osayanmon Wellington Osawe, , "Use of Modern Inputs and Complementary Farm Practices in the Nigeria Rice Value Chain: Implications for Policy," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303577, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303577.
• Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie & Awa Sanou & Justice A. Tambo, , "Climate Change Adaptation among Poultry Farmers: Evidence from Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303572, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303572.
• Justin du Toit & Flora J. Nankhuni & Joseph S. Kanyamuka, , "Opportunities to Enhance the Competitiveness of Malawi’s Tea Industry - Policy Brief," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303575, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303575.
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development & International Food Policy Research Institute & Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, 2019, "Foreign assistance investments contribute to U.S. economic growth and employment," Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1125105921.
• Cisneros Tersitsch, Marco Elías & Kis-Katos, Krisztina & Nuryartono, Nunung, 2020, "Palm oil and the politics of deforestation in Indonesia," EFForTS Discussion Paper Series, University of Goettingen, Collaborative Research Centre 990 "EFForTS, Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)", number 31.
• Todd Benson & Zephania Nyirenda & Flora Nankhuni & Mywish Maredia, , "The Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes at National Level in Malawi Results from the 2017/18 Malawi Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes Endline Survey," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303576, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303576.
• Malafry, Laurence & Soares Brinca, Pedro, 2020, "Climate Policy in an Unequal World: Assessing the Cost of Risk on Vulnerable Households," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 100201, May.
• Hiroyuki Takeshima & Abdullahi Mohammed Nasir, , "The Role of the Locations of Public Sector Varietal Development Activities on Agricultural Productivity," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303581, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303581.
• Moraka N Makhura & Olayinka O Adegbite & Elizabeth Mkandawire & Nic JJ Olivier & Florah Nankuni & Christone J Nyondo & Sheryl Hendriks, , "Mapping Policy Responses to Food Systems Transformation in Malawi," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303582, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303582.
• Toth, Russell, 2020, "Sustaining Myanmar’s microfinance sector during the COVID-19 economic crisis to support food security, resilience, and economic recovery," Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 3.
• Saweda Liverpool-Tasie & Thomas Reardon & Awa Sanou & Wale Ogunleye & Iredele Ogunbayo & Bolarin T. Omonona, , "The Transformation of Value Chains in Africa: Evidence from the First Large Survey of Maize Traders," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303560, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303560.
• Hambulo Ngoma & Amare Teklay Hailu & Stephen Kabwe & Arild Angelson, , "Pay, Talk or 'Whip" to Conserve Forests: Framed Field Experiments in Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303610, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303610.
• Nic Olivier & Elizabeth Mkandawire & Sheryl Hendriks, , "A Review of the Alignment of the Republic of Uganda's Draft Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan with the Malabo Commitments with Regard to Food Security and Nutritio," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303585, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303585.
• Olivier Ecker & Adam Kennedy, , "Transforming Agriculture to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303612, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303612.
• Ya?ar Selman Gültekin & ismail baysal, 2020, "Evaluation of Human Based Forest Fires From Socio-economic Perspective and Suggestions for Environmental Awareness in Gallipoli National Park," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, number 10012567, Feb.
• Jason Snyder & Thomas Jayne & Jordan Chamberlin & Paul Samboko & Nicole Mason, , "Can Agricultural Productivity Growth Shape the Development of the Non-Farm Rural Economy? Geographically Localized Evidence from Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303619, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303619.
• Researchers of the International Food Policy Research Institute and Michigan State University & Headey, Derek D., 2020, "Maintaining food and nutrition security in Myanmar during the COVID-19 crisis: Lessons from India’s lockdown," Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1.
• MIHAI, Florin Constantin & Grozavu, Adrian, 2019, "Role of Waste Collection Efficiency in Providing a Cleaner Rural Environment," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number mjk7g, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/mjk7g.
• Hiroyuki Takeshima & Adam Kennedy, , "Mechanization in Nigeria: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303614, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303614.
• Awa Sanou & Lenis O. Liverpool-Tasie & Caputo Vincenzia & John Kerr, , "Introducing Food Safety Labels in Complex Food Supply Chains: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303608, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303608.
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana & International Food Policy Research Institute & Amewu, Sena & Arhin, Eunice & Danso, Jane & Doughan, Roland Ato & Nafrah, Christiana & Owusu, Ivy & Pauw, Karl, 2020, "Ghana's rice market," Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 2.
• Kanika Mahajan & Shekhar Tomar, 2020, "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruptions," Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics, number 28, May.
• Nicole M. Mason & Auckland Kuteya & Danielle Resnick & Vincenzina Caputo & Mywish Maredia & Robert Shupp & Hambulo Ngoma, , "Smallholder farmers' and other agricultural sector stakeholders' priorities for government spending: Evidence from Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303618, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303618.
• Balaraba Abubakar Sule, , "Curbing Post Harvest Losses: The Plight of Onion Farmers in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303594, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303594.
• Diao, Xinshen & Li, Ruoxin, 2020, "Patterns of regional agri-food trade in Asia," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1921.
• Philip Hegarty James, , "Farmers' Perception of Causes of Soil Degradation in Northern Taraba, Taraba State of Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303590, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303590.
• Matthew Kotchen & Kathleen Segerson, 2020, "The Use of Group-Level Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Policy," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 27142, May.
• Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa & Miichael Olabisi, , "Nutrition and Growing Your Own Food: Dietary Diversity Evidence from North Central Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303588, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303588.
• Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel & Driha, Oana M. & Shahbaz, Muhammad & Sinha, Avik, 2020, "The effects of tourism and globalization over environmental degradation in developed countries," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 100092.
• Hosaena Ghebru & Adam Kennedy, , "Nigeria Land Governance Reform: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303611, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303611.
• Lenis Liverpool-Tasie & Nikita Saha Turna & Oluwatoyin Ademola Adewale Obadina & Felicia Wu, , "The Co-Occurrence of Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Along the Maize Value Chain in Southwest Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303573, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303573.
• Aimable Nsabimana & Justice Tei Mensah, 2020, "Weather shocks and child nutrition: Evidence from Tanzania," WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), number wp-2020-57.
• Erik Ens & Craig Johnston, 2020, "Scenario Analysis and the Economic and Financial Risks from Climate Change," Discussion Papers, Bank of Canada, number 2020-3, May, DOI: 10.34989/sdp-2020-3.
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana & International Food Policy Research Institute & Amewu, Sena & Arhin, Eunice & Danso, Jane & Doughan, Roland Ato & Nafrah, Christiana & Owusu, Ivy & Pauw, Karl, 2020, "Ghana's maize market," Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1.
• World Bank Group, 2019, "Improving Mindanao Agro-Industrial Competitiveness through Better Logistics and Connectivity," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 33703, Oct.
• Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi & Falck-Zepeda, José B. & Oloka, Herbert Kefa & Chambers, Judith A. & Komen, John & Zambrano, Patricia & Wood-Sichra, Ulrike & Hanson, Hillary, 2020, "Benefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: An ex ante analysis," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1927.
• Yoshida, Jun & Kono, Tatsuhito, 2020, "Cities and biodiversity: Spatial efficiency of land use," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 100447, May.
• Sule, B. A. & Crawford, E. & Coker, A. A. A, , "Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage of Rice Production Systems: The Policy Analysis Matrix Approach," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303617, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303617.
• Chen, Yiqun & Rajabifard, Abbas & Sabri, Soheil & Xie, Yuke & Zhang, Yibo, 2020, "A discussion of irrational stockpiling behaviour during crisis," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number udzah, May, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/udzah.
• Chukwudi Charles Olumba, , "Agriculture, Land Access and Economic Growth in Africa: An Instrumental Variable Approach," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303592, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303592.
• Frank Wijen & Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, 2019, "Controversy Over Voluntary Environmental Standards: A Socioeconomic Analysis of the Marine Stewardship Council," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL, number halshs-02071504, DOI: 10.1177/1086026619831449.
• Moraka N Makhura & Olayinka O Adegbite & Elizabeth Mkandawire & Nic Olivier & Flora Nankhuni & Christone Nyondo & Sheryl Hendriks, , "Are Financing Policies Sensitive to Food Systems Transformation in Malawi?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303584, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303584.
• Arthur Lewbel & Lars Nesheim, 2019, "Sparse demand systems: corners and complements," Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics, number 1005, Nov.
• Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa, , "Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in Tomatoes," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303597, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303597.
• Blessing Agada, , "Changing the Fertilizer Conversation in Nigeria: The Need for Site Specific Soil-Crop Fertilizer Use," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303574, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303574.
• Razak, Muhammad Rais Rahmat, 2020, "Role of Village-Owned Enterprises in Farming Community Empowerment," OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science, number 5ycva, Apr, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5ycva.
• Hephizibah Onyeje Obekpa, , "The Nexus between Malnutrition and Agricultural Subsector Outputs in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303591, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303591.
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana & International Food Policy Research Institute & Amewu, Sena & Arhin, Eunice & Danso, Jane & Doughan, Roland Ato & Nafrah, Christiana & Owusu, Ivy & Pauw, Karl, 2020, "Ghana's tomato market," Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 3.
• Yirga, Chilot & Nin-Pratt, Alejandro & Zambrano, Patricia & Wood-Sichra, Ulrike & Habte, Endeshaw & Kato, Edward & Komen, John & Falck-Zepeda, José B. & Chambers, Judith A., 2020, "GM maize in Ethiopia: An ex ante economic assessment of TELA, a drought tolerant and insect resistant maize," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 1926.
• Sawosri, Arieska Wening & Mußhoff, Oliver, 2020, "Risk and time preferences of farmers in India and Indonesia," EFForTS Discussion Paper Series, University of Goettingen, Collaborative Research Centre 990 "EFForTS, Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)", number 32.
• Flora J. Nankhuni & Nathalie M. Me-Nsope, , "Is the Future of Malawi’s Pigeon Pea Industry at the Mercy of India?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP), number 303566, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303566.

Report NEP-AGR-2020-05-25

This is the archive for NEP-AGR, a report on new working papers in the area of Agricultural Economics. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

Subscribe to this report: email, RSS, or Mastodon, or Bluesky.

Other reports in NEP-AGR

The following items were announced in this report: