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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Right-Sizing Stem-Rust Research

Authored by:
Pardey, P.G.; Beddow, J.M.; Kriticos, D.J.; Hurley, T.M.; Park, R.F.; Duveiller, E.; Sutherst, R.W.; Burdon, J.J.; Hodson, D.
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Science, April, 2013, Volume 340, Issue 6129, 147-148.
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We estimate global wheat losses over the past 50 years absent investments in research to limit impacts of stem rust and discuss how this can inform decisions about “right-sizing” research investments.

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A Long-Run View of South African Agricultural Production and Productivity

Authored by:
Liebenberg, Frikke; Pardey, Philip G.
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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, October 2012, Volume 7, Issue 1, 14-38.
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Here we present and discuss newly constructed long-run data on agricultural input and output aggregates for South Africa spanning most of the 20th century. Updated multi-factor productivity (MFP) measures for South Africa for the last half of the 20th century are also presented.

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The Economic Returns to U.S. Public Agricultural Research

Authored by:
Alston, Julian M.; James, Jennifer; Andersen, Matthew A.; Pardey, Philip G.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, March 2011, Volume 93, Issue 5, 1257-1277.
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We use newly constructed state-specific data to explore the implications of common modeling choices for measures of research returns.

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

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.
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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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Food Commodity Prices in the Long Run: The Crucial Role of Agricultural Research and Productivity

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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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Agricultural Research, Productivity, and Food Prices in the Long Run

Authored by:
Alston, Julian M.; Beddow, Jason M.; Pardey, Philip G.
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Science, September, 2009, Volume 325, Issue 5945, 1209-1210.
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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
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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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The Economics of Agricultural R&D

Authored by:
Alston, Julian M.; Pardey, Philip G.; James, Jennifer; Andersen, Matthew A.
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Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2009, Volume 1, 537-65.
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Agricultural research has transformed agriculture and in doing so contributed to the transformation of economies.

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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
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Agricultural Systems, August, 2008, Volume 98, Issue 1, 50-61.
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Drivers of Change in Global Agriculture

Authored by:
Hazell, Peter; Wood, Stanley
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), February, 2008, Volume 363, Issue 1491, 495-515.
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As a result of agricultural intensification, more food is produced today than needed to feed the entire world population and at prices that have never been so low.

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