HarvestChoice keeps catalogs of both raster and vector maps of sub-Saharan Africa (downloadable in either ASCII or ESRI Shapefile formats) along with their associated datasets. We also provide access to over 400 articles, survey and census reports on agriculture-related topics in support of investment targeting and prioritization decisions.

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Quantifying Farmer Adoption Intensity for Weed Resistance Management Practices and Its Determinants

Authored by:
Dong, Fengxia; Mitchell, Paul D.; Hurley, Terrance; Frisvold, George
Publisher:
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2012 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, August 12-14, 2012, August 2012, 33 pages.
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Given the importance of adopting weed resistance management BMPs, it is important to develop methods to compare BMP adoption among farms and to identify factors that affect BMP adoption.

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Seeds of Change: Corn Seed Mixtures for Resistance Management and Integrated Pest Management

Authored by:
Onstad, David W.; Mitchell, Paul D.; Hurley, Terrance M.; Lundgren, Jonathan G.; Porter, R. Patrick; Krupke, Christian H.; Spencer, Joseph L.; Difonzo, Christine D.; Baute, Tracey S.; Hellmich, Richard L.; Buschman, Lawrent L.; Hutchison, William D.; Tooker, John F.
Publisher:
Journal of Economic Entomology, April 2011, Volume 104, Issue 2, 343-352.
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The use of mixtures of transgenic insecticidal seed and nontransgenic seed to provide an in-field refuge for susceptible insects in insect-resistance-management (IRM) plans has been considered for at

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Ex Ante Analysis of the Benefits of Transgenic Drought Tolerance Research on Cereal Crops in Low-income Countries

Authored by:
Kostandini, Genti; Mills, Bradford F.; Omamo, Steven Were; Wood, Stanley
Publisher:
Agricultural Economics, July, 2009, Volume 40, Issue 4, 477-492.
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This article develops a framework to examine the ex ante benefits of transgenic research on drought in eight low-income countries, including the benefits to producers and consumers from farm income stabilization and the potential magnitude of private sector profits from intellectual property rights (IPRs).

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Research Lags Revisited: Concepts and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture

Authored by:
Alston, Julian M.; Pardey, Philip G.; Ruttan, Vernon W.
Publisher:
University of Minnesota, International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center (InSTePP), December 2008, Staff Paper P08-14; InSTePP Paper 08-02, 59 pages.
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Many researchers and commentators underestimate the length and importance of the time lags between initial research investment and ultimate impacts on the development and adoption of technological innovations.

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Technology Adoption under Seed Access Constraints and the Economic Impacts of Improved Pigeonpea Varieties in Tanzania

Authored by:
Shiferaw, Bekele A.; Kebede, Tewodros A.; You, Liang
Publisher:
Agricultural Economics, November, 2008, Volume 39, Issue 3, 309-323.
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Dry-land legumes, well adapted to drought-prone areas, have largely been neglected in the past despite the good opportunities they offer for income growth and food (and nutritional) security for the poor.

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Strategic Approaches to Targeting Technology Generation: Assessing the Coincidence of Poverty and Drought-prone Crop Production

Authored by:
Hyman, Glenn; Fujisaka, Sam; Jones, Peter; Wood, Stanley; De Vicente, M. Carmen; Dixon, John
Publisher:
Agricultural Systems, August, 2008, Volume 98, Issue 1, 50-61.
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Assessing the Potential Impact of Selected Technologies on the Banana Industry in Uganda

Authored by:
Kalyebara, Robert; Wood, Stanley; Abodi, Pamela Nahamya
Edited by: 
Smale, Melina; Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.
Publisher:
An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and Innovation in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2007, 141-153.
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In this chapter, an economic surplus approach is applied to assess the potential impact of a range of current and emerging technologies.

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