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2010: Sales location and supply response among semisubsistence farmers in Benin

Hiroyuki Takeshima and Alex Winter-Nelson

2010: A review of collective action in rural Ghana

Adam Salifu, Gian Nicola Francesconi and Shashi Kolavalli

2010: Eight years of Doha trade talks

Antoine Bouët and David Laborde Debucquet

2010: Price, inventories, and volatility in the global wheat market

Kyosti Pietola, Xing Liu and Miguel Robles

2010: Access, adoption, and diffusion

Neha Kumar and Agnes Quisumbing

2010: Economics of export taxation in a context of food crisis: A theoretical and CGE approach contribution

Bouët, Antoine and David Laborde Debucquet

2010: What is the irrigation potential for Africa?

Zhe Guo, Gerald Nelson, Claudia Ringler, Richard Robertson, Yan Sun, Stanley Wood, Ulrike Wood-Sichra, Liangzhi You and Tingju Zhu

2010: Impact of farmer field schools on agricultural productivity and poverty in East Africa

Kristin Davis, Edward Kato, Daniel Mekonnen, Richard Miiro, Ephraim Nkonya, Jackson Nkuba and Martins Odendo

2010: Exploring the long-term impact of development interventions within life-history narratives in rural Bangladesh

Peter Davis

2010: The costs and benefits of duty-free, quota-free market access for poor countries

Bouët, Antoine, Elisa Dienesch, Kimberly Elliot and David Laborde Debucquet

2010: Mountains, global food prices, and food security in the developing world

Kamiljon Akramov, Shenggen Fan and Bingxin Yu

2010: Examining the dynamic relationship between spot and future prices of agricultural commodities

Manuel Hernandez and Maximo Torero

2010: Dynamic agricultural supply response under economic transformation

Fengwei Liu, Liangzhi You and Bingxin Yu

2010: R&D investment in national and international agricultural research

Shenggen Fan and Alejandro Nin Pratt

2010: Food security and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa

Catherine Aragon, Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker, Nicholas Minot, Alejandro Nin Pratt, Claudia Ringler, Bingxin Yu, Tingju Zhu and Teunis van Rheenen

2010: Improving resource allocation and incomes in Vietnamese agriculture

Joshua Dewbre

2010: Positional spending and status seeking in rural China

Phil Brown, Erwin Bulte and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: Assessing food security in Yemen: An innovative integrated, cross-sector, and multilevel approach

Olivier Ecker, Clemens Breisinger, Christen McCool, Xinshen Diao, Jose Funes, Liangzhi You and Bingxin Yu

2010: Long-term impact of investments in early schooling: Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia

Subha Mani, John Hoddinott and John Strauss

2010: Infrastructure and cluster development

Gezahegn Ayele, Lisa Moorman, Kassu Wamisho and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: Country-level impact of global recession and ChinaÂ’s stimulus package

Kevin Z. Chen, Xinshen Diao and Yumei Zhang

2010: Emergence of Sri Lanka in European fish trade

Andrew Muhammad and Guyslain Ngeleza

2010: China has reached the lewis turning point

Shenglin Wang, Jin Yang and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: The medium-term impact of the primary education stipend in rural Bangladesh

Bob Baulch

2010: A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in nonland agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries

Julia Behrman, Amber Peterman and Agnes Quisumbing

2010: An experiment on the impact of weather shocks and insurance on risky investment

Ruth Hill and Angelino Viceisza

2010: Engendering agricultural research

Julia Behrman, Nienke Beintema, Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Marco Noordeloos, Agnes Quisumbing, Catherine Ragasa and Vicki Wilde

2010: Sarpanch raj: is the President all powerful?

Nethra Palaniswamy

2010: Asset versus consumption poverty and poverty dynamics in the presence of multiple equilibria in rural Ethiopia

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie and Alex Winter-Nelson

2010: Poverty status and the impact of social networks on smallholder technology adoption in rural Ethiopia

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie and Alex Winter-Nelson

2010: Wage subsidies to combat unemployment and poverty

Justine Burns, Lawrence Edwards and Karl Pauw

2010: Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria

Babatunde Omilola

2010: Foreign inflows and growth challenges for African countries

Clemens Breisinger and Xinshen Diao

2010: Biofuels and economic development in Tanzania

Channing Arndt, Karl Pauw and James Thurlow

2010: Weathering the storm

Melissa Lambert and Babatunde Omilola

2010: Who has influence in multistakeholder governance systems?

Frank Hartwich, Mario Monge and Eva Schiffer

2010: How to overcome the governance challenges of implementing NREGA

Regina Birner, K.G. Gayathridevi, Katharina Raabe, Eva Schiffer, Madhushree Sekher and Amrita Shilpi

2010: Droughts and floods in Malawi

Karl Pauw, James Thurlow and Dirk van Seventer

2010: Climate change implications for water resources in the Limpopo River Basin

Claudia Ringler and Tingju Zhu

2010: Hydro-economic modeling of climate change impacts in Ethiopia

Gene Jiing-Yun You and Claudia Ringler

2010: Promises and realities of community-based agricultural extension

Gershon Feder, Jock Anderson, Regina Birner and Klaus Deininger

2010: Rethinking the global food crisis: The role of trade shocks

Derek Headey

2010: Female participation in African agricultural research and higher education: New insights: Synthesis of the ASTI's award benchmarking survey on gender-disaggregated capacity indicators

Nienke Beintema and Federica Di Marcantonio

2010: Short and long-term effects of the 1998 Bangladesh flood on rural wages

Valerie Mueller and Agnes Quisumbing

2010: Impacts of the triple global crisis on growth and poverty in Yemen

Clemens Breisinger, Marie-Helen Collion, Xinshen Diao and Pierre Rondot

2010: Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Nigeria

Xinshen Diao, Manson Nwafor, Vida Alpuerto, Kamiljon Akramov and Sheu Salau

2010: Micro-level practices to adapt to climate change for African small-scale farmers: A review of selected literature

Till Below, Astrid Artner, Rosemarie Siebert and Stefan Sieber

2010: Internal migration and rural service provision in northern Ghana

Fleur Wouterse

2010: Implications of avian flu for economic development in Kenya

James Thurlow

2010: Is SAFTA trade creating or trade diverting? A computable general equilibrium assessment with a focus on Sri Lanka

Bouët, Antoine, Simon Mevel and Marcelle Thomas

2010: Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income?

Monica Fisher, Jeffrey Reimer and Edward Carr

2010: Breaking the norm: An empirical investigation into the unraveling of good behavior

Ruth Hill, Eduardo Maruyama and Angelino Viceisza

2010: Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition in Tanzania

Karl Pauw and James Thurlow

2010: Labeling genetically modified food in India: Economic consequences in four marketing channels

Sangeeta Bansal and Gruère, Guillaume

2010: Toward a typology of food security in developing countries

Shenggen Fan, Liangzhi You and Bingxin Yu

2010: Asset dynamics in Northern Nigeria

Andrew Dillon and Quiñones, Esteban J.

2010: Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?

Kwadwo Asenso-okyere, Suresh Babu and Claire J. Glendenning

2010: Recent findings on trade and inequality

Ann Harrison, John McLaren and Margaret McMillan

2010: An analysis of institutions and policy processes for selected antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh

Akhter Ahmed and Mubina Khondkar

2010: Clustering as an organizational response to capital market inefficiency: Evidence from handloom enterprises in Ethiopia

Merima Ali, Jack Peerlings and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: Access to improved water source and satisfaction with services: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

Degnet Abebaw Ejigie, Fanaye Tadesse and Tewodaj Mogues

2010: Valuing the environment in developing countries: Modeling the impact of distrust in public authorities' ability to deliver public services on the citizens' willingness to pay for improved environmental quality

Ekin Birol and Sukanya Das

2010: Climate change impacts on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from comprehensive climate change scenarios

Claudia Ringler, Tingju Zhu, Ximing Cai, Jawoo Koo and Dingbao Wang

2010: In-depth assessment of the public agricultural extension system of Ethiopia and recommendations for improvement

Kristin Davis, Burton Swanson, David Amudavi, Daniel Mekonnen, Aaron Flohrs, Jens Riese, Chloe Lamb and Elias Zerfu

2010: Do geese migrate domestically?: Evidence from the Chinese textile and apparel industry

Jianqing Ruan and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: In pursuit of votes: The capture of the allocation of local public goods by the central state in Ghana

Leah Horowitz and Nethra Palaniswamy

2010: An econometric investigation of impacts of sustainable land management practices on soil carbon and yield risk: A potential for climate change mitigation

Edward Kato, Majaliwa Mwanjalolo, Ephraim Nkonya and Frank Place

2010: Effects of inclusive public agricultural extension service: Results from a policy reform experiment in Western China

Yaqing Cai, Kevin Z. Chen, Yongwei Cui, Ruifa Hu and Jikun Huang

2010: Food as the basis for development and security: A strategy for Yemen

Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker, Jose Funes and Bingxin Yu

2010: Purpose and potential for commodity exchanges in African economies

Philip Garcia, Shahidur Rashid and Alex Winter-Nelson

2010: Investigating economywide and household-level impacts of sector-specific shocks in a poor country: The case of avian flu in Ethiopia

Gezahegn Ayele, Ekin Birol, Xinshen Diao, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Devesh Roy and Marcelle Thomas

2010: Market and climatic risks and farmers' investment in productive assets under the Second Fadama Development Project in Nigeria

Hiroyuki Takeshima and Futoshi Yamauchi

2010: Factors affecting the choices of coping strategies for climate extremes: The case of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

Temesgen Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan and Claudia Ringler

2010: Intellectual property rights, private investment in research, and productivity growth in Indian agriculture: A review of evidence and options

Anthony J. Cavalieri, Deepthi Kolady and David Spielman

2010: Examining relationships between customary and state institutions in Ghana's decentralized system

Cory Belden

2010: How safe is my food?: Assessing the effect of information and credible certification on consumer demand for food safety in developing countries

Ekin Birol, Devesh Roy and Maximo Torero

2010: Rehabilitating agriculture and promoting food security following the 2010 Pakistan floods: Insights from South Asian experience

Paul Dorosh, Sohail Malik and Marika Krausova

2010: Neighbor effects in the provision of public goods in a young democracy: Evidence from China

Claudio Agostini, Phil Brown and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: Opportunities and challenges of community-based rural drinking water supplies: An analysis of water and sanitation committees in Ghana

Yan Sun, Felix A. Asante and Regina Birner

2010: “Made in China”: Crisis begets quality upgrade

Jianqing Ruan and Xiaobo Zhang

2010: Overview of the agricultural input sector in Ghana

Marika Krausova and Afua Banful

2010: Efficacy and adoption of strategies for avian flu control in developing countries: A Delphi study

Ekin Birol, Dorene Asare-Marfo and Yorbol Yakhshilikov

2010: Do differences in the scale of irrigation projects generate different impacts on poverty and production?

Andrew Dillon

2010: Crop price indemnified loans for farmers

Dean Karlan, Ed Kutsoati, Margaret McMillan and Christopher Udry

2010: Institutional and public expenditure review of GhanaÂ’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Kwadwo Asenso-okyere, Suresh Babu, Samuel Benin, Regina Birner, Leah Horowitz, Shashi Kolavalli, John Poku and Nii Moi Thompson

2010: Building capacities for evidence and outcome-based food policy planning and implementation

Ousmane Badiane, Sunday P. Odjo and John Ulimwengu

2010: Modeling the global trade and environmental impacts of biofuel policies

Bouët, Antoine, Betina Dimaranan and Hugo Valin

2010: Analyzing nutritional impacts of policies: An empirical study for Malawi

Olivier Ecker and Matin Qaim

2010: Optimal rainfall insurance contracts for maize producers in GhanaÂ’s Northern Region

Francis M. Muamba and John Ulimwengu

2010: Impacts of climate change on agriculture and policy options for adaptation: The case of Vietnam

Bingxin Yu, Tingju Zhu, Clemens Breisinger and Hai Nguyen

2010: Spatial price transmission and market integration in SenegalÂ’s groundnut market

Ousmane Badiane, John Ulimwengu and Fleur Wouterse

2010: Strategies for adapting to climate change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of data sources, Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs (PRSPs) and National Adaptation Plans for Agriculture (NAPAs) in ASARECA member countries

Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Michael Waithaka, Richard Mbithi Mulwa, Miriam Kyotalimye and Gerald Nelson

2010: Do health investments improve agricultural productivity? Lessons from agricultural household and health research

Paul McNamara, John Ulimwengu and Kenneth Leonard

2010: Investigating the role of poultry in livelihoods and the impact of avian flu on livelihoods outcomes in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria

Ekin Birol, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Gezahegn Ayele, Akwasi Mensa-Bonsu, Lydia Ndirangu, Benjamin Okpukpara, Devesh Roy and Yorbol Yakhshilikov

2010: Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria: Insights from agricultural extension service

Afua Banful, Ephraim Nkonya and Victor Oboh

2010: Do household definitions matter in survey design? Results from a randomized survey experiment in Mali

Lori Beaman and Andrew Dillon

2010: Livestock development planning in Uganda: Identification of areas of opportunity and challenge

Todd Benson and Samuel Mugarura

2010: Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria

Andrew Dillon, Valerie Mueller and Sheu Salau

2010: Do Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) Processes Make a Difference to Country Commitments to Develop Agriculture?

Ramatu Al-Hassan, Kwaku Owusu Baah, Kathleen Flaherty and Shashi Kolavalli

2010: The new Nicaraguan water law in context: Institutions and challenges for water management and governance

Paula Novo and Alberto Garrido

2010: Potential of carbon markets for small farmers: A literature review

Alessandro (Alex) De Pinto, Marilia Magalhaes and Claudia Ringler

2010: Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria

Julia Behrman, Ephraim Nkonya, Amber Peterman and Agnes Quisumbing

2010: Old problems in the new solutions? Politically motivated allocation of program benefits and the "new" fertilizer subsidies

Afua Banful

2010: The role of public–private partnerships in promoting smallholder access to livestock markets in developing countries

Clare Narrod and Karl M. Rich

2010: Mapping the policy process in Nigeria

Noora-Lisa Aberman, Michael Johnson, Victor Oboh and Eva Schiffer

2010: Strengthening innovation capacity of Nigerian agricultural research organizations

Catherine Ragasa, Suresh Babu, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi and Baba Yusuf Abubakar