Publications filtered by: Southern Africa, Farming, Input Use, Special Topics

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[Botswana] 2007 and 2008 Annual Agricultural Survey Report

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Demographics, Population, Income and Poverty, Households, Farming, Farm Characteristics, Pests and Diseases, Input Use, Production, Survey/Census Archive

This report presents the 2007 and 2008 Annual Agricultural Survey results. The annual
agriculture survey is a continuous program of household surveys carried out by Statistics

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Crop Production and Road Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Spatial Analysis

Authored by:

Dorosh, Paul; Wang, Hyoung-Gun; You, Liang; Schmidt, Emily;

Publisher:

World Bank, Africa Region, Sustainable Development Division, July, 2010, Policy Research Working Paper WPS 5385, 46 pages.

Topics:

Farming, Input Use, Production, Markets, Infrastructure and Transportation, Market Access, Special Topics, Targeting/Priority Setting

This study examines the relationship between transport infrastructure and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS).

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Potential Impact of Investments in Drought Tolerant Maize in Africa

Authored by:

La Rovere, Roberto; Kostandini, Genti; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Dixon, John; Mwangi, Wilfred; Guo, Zhe; Banziger, Marianne

Publisher:

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), 2010, 38 pages.

Topics:

Farming, Soil and Water Stresses, Input Use, Production, Yield Analysis, Targeting/Priority Setting

The study evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa: Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, ambia, and Zimbabwe and Ghana.

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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.

Topics:

Farming, Input Use, Production, Productivity, Productivity Measures, Yield Analysis, Technology Evaluation, Special Topics, Targeting/Priority Setting, Research Policy

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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Crop Production and Road Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Spatial Analysis

Authored by:

Dorosh, Paul; Wang, Hyoung-Gun; You, Liang; Schmidt, Emily

Publisher:

World Bank, February, 2009, Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic Working Paper 19, 46 pages.

Topics:

Farming, Input Use, Production, Markets, Infrastructure and Transportation, Market Access, Special Topics, Targeting/Priority Setting

This study adopts a cross-sectional spatial approach to examine the impact of transport infrastructure on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS).

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Generating Plausible Crop Distribution and Performance Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatially Disaggregated Data Fusion and Optimization Approach

Authored by:

You, Liangzhi; Wood, Stanley; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike

Publisher:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), October 2007, IFPRI Discussion Paper 00725, 56 pages.

Topics:

Farming, Farm Characteristics, Input Use, Production, Productivity, Productivity Measures, Special Topics, Targeting/Priority Setting

Agricultural production statistics reported at country or sub-national geopolitical scales are used in a wide range of economic analyses, and spatially explicit (geo-referenced) production data are increasingly needed to support improved approaches to the planning and implementation of agricultural development. However, it is extremely challenging to compile and maintain collections of sub-national crop production data, particularly for poorer regions of the world.

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