Profitability Calculator

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Tool Type: 
Model
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
Country

Based on gridcell-level estimates of wheat yields, and response to nutrient application, together with gridcell-specific estimates of fertilizer and wheat prices, this spreadsheet model assesses the profitability of fertilizer application in Ethiopia.

Crop Response Tool

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
1st-level admin unit
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This is a selection of management input scenarios and simulated crop responses for maize, rice, sorghum, wheat, groundnut, soybean, bean, cassava, potato, and yams.

Commodity Dashboard

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
1st-level administrative unit
Years Covered: 
1969 - 2010
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

HarvestChoice Commodity Dashboard provides a one-page view of national time-series and sub-national statistics for 21 commodity groups.

Crop Reporter

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
Country
Years Covered: 
1965 - 2005
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Based on the country-level crop production statistics retrieved from FAOSTAT in 2006, this tool instantly shows users the custom ranking across countries and regions in terms of their reported harvest area, production, production value, and yield of major crops.

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A Strategic Look at Global Wheat Production, Productivity and R&D Developments

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.
Publisher:
Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2011, Volume 47, Issue Special Issue, S6-S19.
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The 20th century began with a rapid ramping up of national investments in and institutions engaged with research for food and agriculture.

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Agricultural R&D, Productivity and Global Food Security (PowerPoint)

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.
Publisher:
New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2011 Conference, August 25-26, 2011, Nelson, New Zealand, 2011, 51 pages.
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Region Dashboard

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
level-2 administrative unit
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

HarvestChoice region dashboard provides a one-page view of national time-series and sub-national statistics for 52 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Food Commodity Prices in the Long Run: The Crucial Role of Agricultural Research and Productivity

Publisher:
EuroChoices, December, 2010, Volume 9, Issue 3, 36-42.
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Over the past 50 years and longer, the supply of food commodities has grown faster than the effective market demand, in spite of increasing population and per capita incomes.

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South African Agricultural Production and Productivity Patterns

Authored by:
Liebenberg, Frikkie; Pardey, Philip G.
Edited by: 
Alston, Julian M.; Babcock, Bruce A.; Pardey, Philip G.
Publisher:
The Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide, Iowa State University, The Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center (MATRIC), 2010, 383-408.
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Here we document and discuss developments regarding aggregate input, output, and productivity developments within South Africa. To do so we draw on an entirely new set of production data stretching back to 1910/11 reported in Liebenberg 2010, as well as related evidence reported by other studies for South Africa and other countries within subSaharan Africa.

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Agricultural Productivity in the United Kingdom

Authored by:
Piesse, Jenifer; Thirtle, Colin
Edited by: 
Alston, Julian M.; Babcock, Bruce A.; Pardey, Philip G.
Publisher:
The Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide, Iowa State University, The Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center (MATRIC), 2010, 149-191.
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