Food Security International Development Working Papers

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54729: Agricultural Research Impact Assessment: The Case of Maize Technology Adoption in Southern Mali

Duncan Boughton and Bruno Henry de Frahan

54728: The Rate of Return to Agricultural Research in Uganda: The Case of Oilseeds and Maize

Rita Laker-Ojok

54727: Assessing the Impact of Cowpea and Sorghum Research and Extension in Northern Cameroon

James A. Sterns and Richard Bernsten

54726: Food Security II Cooperative Agreement: Project Fact Sheets (1994 version)

Michael Weber

54708: The Potential Returns to Oilseeds Research in Uganda: The Case of Groundnuts and Sesame

Rita Laker-Ojok

54707: Understanding Linkages among Food Availability, Access, Consumption, and Nutrition in Africa: Empirical Findings and Issues from the Literature

Patrick K. Diskin

54705: Targeting Assistance to the Poor and Food Insecure: A Review of the Literature

Mattias K.A. Lundberg and Patrick K. Diskin

54703: Interactions Between Food Market Reform and Regional Trade in Zimbabwe and South Africa: Implications for Food Security

Thomas Jayne, T. Takavarasha and Johan van Zyl

54702: A Strategic Approach to Agricultural Research Program Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Duncan Boughton, Eric Crawford, Julie A. Howard, James F. Oehmke, James D. Shaffer and John Staatz

54701: Une approche stratégique pour la planification du programme de recherche agricole en Afrique sub-saharienne

Duncan Boughton, Eric Crawford, Julie A. Howard, James F. Oehmke, James D. Shaffer and John Staatz

54700: An Analysis of Alternative Maize Marketing Policies in South Africa

Thomas Jayne, Milan Hajek and Johan van Zyl

54699: Confronting the Silent Challenge of Hunger: A Conference Synthesis

Thomas Jayne, David Tschirley, Lawrence Rubey, Thomas Reardon, John Staatz and Michael Weber

54698: Ex-Ante Evaluation of Farming Systems Research in Northeastern Mali: Implications for Research and Extension Policy

Bruno Henry de Frahan

54697: Who Eats Yellow Maize? Preliminary Results of a Survey of Consumer Maize Preferences in Maputo, Mozambique

David Tschirley and Ana Paula Santos

54696: Food Security II Cooperative Agreement: Project Fact Sheets (1995/96 version)

Michael Weber

54695: Trends in Real Food Prices in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries

Thomas Jayne, Mulinge Mukumbu, John Duncan, John Staatz, Julie A. Howard, Mattias K.A. Lundberg, Kim Aldridge, Bethel Nakaponda, John Ferris, Francis Keita and Abdel Kader Sanankoua

54694: Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons for Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food

Thomas Jayne and Stephen P. Jones

54693: An Economic and Institutional Analysis of Maize Research in Kenya

Daniel David Karanja

54692: Fighting an Uphill Battle: Population Pressure and Declining Land Productivity in Rwanda

Daniel C. Clay

54691: Finding the Balance Between Agricultural and Trade Policy: Rwanda Coffee Policy in Flux

David Tardif-Douglin, Jean Leonard Ngirumwami, James D. Shaffer, Anastase Murekezi and Theobald Kampayana

54690: Agricultural R&D and Economic Growth

Elias Dinopoulos

54689: Zambia's Stop-And-Go Revolution: The Impact of Policies and Organizations on the Development and Spread of Maize Technology

Julie A. Howard and Catherine Mungoma

54688: Intrahousehold Allocations: A Review of Theories, Empirical Evidence and Policy Issues

John Strauss and Kathleen Beegle

54687: Transforming Poultry Production and Marketing in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned with Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa

Laura L. Farrelly

54686: Market Information Sources Available Through the Internet: Daily to Yearly Market and Outlook Reports, Prices, Commodities and Quotes

Jean-Charles Le Vallee

54685: Food Security II Cooperative Agreement: Project Fact Sheets (1996 version)

Michael Weber

54684: Improving the Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: How Institutional Design Makes a Difference

Thomas Jayne, James D. Shaffer, John Staatz and Thomas Reardon

54683: Final Report-Workshop on Experiences and Options for Priority Setting in NARS, August 12-16, 1996, Nairobi, Kenya

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54681: The Effect of Liberalization on Grain Prices and Marketing Margins in Ethiopia

Thomas Jayne, Asfaw Negassa and Robert Myers

54680: What Makes Agricultural Intensification Profitable for Mozambican Smallholders? An Appraisal of the Inputs Subsector and the 1996/97 DNER/SG2000 Program

Julie A. Howard, Jose Jaime Jeje, David Tschirley, Paul J. Strasberg, Eric Crawford and Michael Weber

54677: Incentives for Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Empirical Evidence on Fertilizer Response and Profitability

David Yanggen, Valerie Kelly, Thomas Reardon and Anwar Naseem

54675: Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Crop Input Use and Productivity in Kenya

Paul J. Strasberg, Thomas Jayne, Takashi Yamano, James K. Nyoro, Daniel David Karanja and John Strauss

54672: Successes and Challenges of Food Market Reform: Experiences from Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Thomas Jayne, Mulinge Mukumbu, Munhamo Chisvo, David Tschirley, Michael Weber, Ballard Zulu, Robert Johansson, Paula Mota Santos and David Soroko

54671: Macro Trends and Determinates of Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa

Anwar Naseem and Valerie Kelly

54670: Effects of Cash Crop Production on Food Crop Productivity in Zimbabwe: Synergies or Trade-offs?

Jones Govereh and Thomas Jayne

54669: Atelier sur la transformation de l'agriculture en Afrique: Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire, September 26-29, 1995

Moussa Batchily Ba, John Staatz, Laura L. Farrelly, Youssouf Camara and Georges Dimithe

54668: Workshop on Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire, September 26-29, 1995

Moussa Batchily Ba, John Staatz, Laura L. Farrelly, Youssouf Camara and Georges Dimithe

54667: Green Revolution Technology Takes Root in Africa The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia

Julie A. Howard, Valerie Kelly, Julie Stepanek, Eric Crawford, Mulat Demeke and Mywish Maredia

54579: Green Revolution Technology Takes Root In Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia; Statistical Annex and Copies of Questionnaire

Julie A. Howard, Valerie Kelly, Julie Stepanek, Eric Crawford, Mulat Demeke and Mywish Maredia

54578: Increasing Seed System Efficiency in Africa: Concepts, Strategies and Issues

Mywish Maredia, Julie A. Howard, Duncan Boughton, Anwar Naseem, Maria N. Wanzala and Kei Kajisa

54577: Food Markets, Policy, and Technology: The Case of Honduran Dry Beans

Pedro V. Martel, Richard Bernsten and Michael Weber

54575: Linkages Between Agricultural Growth and Improved Child Nutrition in Mali

James F. Tefft, Christopher L. Penders, Valerie Kelly, John Staatz, Mbaye Yade and Victoria Wise

54574: Promouvoir les échanges commerciaux pour réduire la pauvreté: les accords de l’ OMC et l’agriculture en Afrique de l’ Ouest. Un rapport de l’ Accord de Coopération no. II sur la sécurité alimentaire

Kofi Nouve, John Staatz, David Schweikhardt and Mbaye Yade

54573: Trading out of Poverty: WTO Agreements and the West African Agriculture. A Report of the Food Security II Cooperative Agreement

Kofi Nouve, John Staatz, David Schweikhardt and Mbaye Yade

54572: Title II Food Aid and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Principled Argument for When, and When Not, to Monetize

David Tschirley and Julie A. Howard

54571: A Cross-Country Analysis of Household Responses to Adult Mortality in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications For HIV/AIDS Mitigation And Rural Development Policies

David Mather, Cynthia Donovan, Thomas Jayne, Michael Weber, Antony Chapoto, Edward Mazhangara, Linda Bailey, Kyeongwon Yoo, Takashi Yamano and Elliot W. Mghenyi

54570: The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa

Lulama Traub and Thomas Jayne

54569: Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies

David Mather, Cynthia Donovan, Thomas Jayne and Michael Weber

54568: Opportunities to Improve Household Food Security Through Promoting Informal Maize Marketing Channels: Experience from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Lulama Traub and Thomas Jayne

54567: Smallholder Farming Under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa

Thomas Jayne, David Mather and Elliot W. Mghenyi

54566: Emergency Needs Assessments and the Impact of Food Aid on Local Markets

Cynthia Donovan, Megan McGlinchy, John Staatz and David Tschirley

54565: The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons from a Decade of Experience

David Tschirley, Colin Poulton and Duncan Boughton

54564: Anticipating and Responding to Drought Emergencies in Southern Africa: Lessons from the 2002-2003 Experience

David Tschirley, Jan J. Nijhoff, Pedro Arlindo, Billy Mwiinga, Michael Weber and Thomas Jayne

54563: Factors Associated with Farm Households’ Movement Into and Out of Poverty in Kenya: The Rising Importance of Livestock

William Burke, Thomas Jayne, H. Ade Freeman and Patricia Kristjanson

54562: Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement: An Assessment of Experience in Africa and Elements of Good Donor Practice

David Tschirley and Anne Marie del Castillo

54561: Linking Emergency Response to Need in “Food Emergencies”

David Tschirley, John Staatz and Cynthia Donovan

54560: Spatial Disadvantages or Spatial Poverty Traps: Household Evidence from Rural Kenya

William Burke and Thomas Jayne

54559: Food Crises and Food Markets: Implications for Emergency Response in Southern Africa

David L. Tschirley and Thomas Jayne

54558: Agricultural Statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Differences in Institutional Arrangements and their Impacts on Agricultural Statistics Systems. A Synthesis of Four Country Case Studies

Valerie Kelly and Cynthia Donovan

54557: Can Cash Transfers Promote Food Security in the Context of Volatile Commodity Prices? A Review of Empirical Evidence

Benjamin B. Magen, Cynthia Donovan and Valerie Kelly

54556: The 2008/09 Food Price and Food Security Situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for Immediate and Longer Run Responses

Thomas Jayne, Antony Chapoto, Isaac J. Minde and Cynthia Donovan

54553: Spatial Patterns of Food Staple Production and Marketing in South East Africa: Implications for Trade Policy and Emergency Response

Steven Haggblade, Steven Longabaugh and David L. Tschirley

53451: Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive For Urban Consumers In Eastern And Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia

Nicole Mason, Thomas Jayne, Cynthia Donovan and Antony Chapoto