Report On A Study To Crowdsource Farmgate Prices For Maize And Soybeans In Malawi

Author : Ochieng, Dennis O.,Baulch, Bob
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi by Ochieng, Dennis O.,Baulch, Bob Pdf

This report summarizes the findings from an innovative study to collect the prices that farmers received for maize and soybeans during the 2020 main marketing season in Malawi. Between April and July, whenever they sold maize or soybeans, farmers were asked to report the prices they received by calling or texting a toll-free number managed by Farm Radio Trust. Reported prices were then compared to the minimum farmgate prices set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Our findings show that 75 percent of maize farmers and 90 percent of soybean farmers sold their crops below the official minimum farmgate prices. On average, prices received by these farmers were approximately three-quarters of official minimum farmgate prices.

Author : Baulch, Bob,Jolex, Aubrey
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mixed Fortunes: Prices paid to soybean farmers have improved in 2021…but not those to maize farmers by Baulch, Bob,Jolex, Aubrey Pdf

Between April and July 2021, IFPRI Malawi conducted its second, nationwide crowdsourcing exercise on the maize and soybean prices paid to farmers. In contrast, to the main harvesting season in 2020, when around three-quarters of sales of maize and soybeans took place at less than the official minimum farmgate price (MFGP), in 2021 the prices paid to soybean farmers have been good but those paid to maize sellers have been poor. Specifically, between early April and late June this year, about eighty percent of soybean farmers received prices equal to or above the minimum price for soybean. However, over the same period, less than ten percent of maize farmers received prices equal to or above the MFGP for maize.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780323915021

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Handbook of Agricultural Economics by Anonim Pdf

Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume Five highlights new advances in the field, with this new release exploring comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, food and agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets: Immigration Policy, Minimum Wages, Etc., Risk Management in Agricultural Production, Animal Health and Livestock Disease, Behavioral and Experimental Economics to Inform Agri-Environmental Programs and Policies, Big Data, Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural and Applied Economists, Agricultural data collection to minimize measurement error and maximize coverage, Gender, agriculture and nutrition, Social Networks Analysis In Agricultural Economics, and more. Presents the latest release in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics Written and contributed by leaders in the field Covers topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets, and more

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821395875

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Information and Communications for Development 2012 by World Bank Pdf

Assessing what has worked, what hasn't, and why, this triennial report is an invaluable guide for understanding how to capture the benefits of information and communication technology around the world. This year's report focuses on mobile applications.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781464810237

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ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition) by World Bank Pdf

Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and to find employment opportunities in a revitalized sector. ICT has unleashed incredible potential to improve agriculture, and it has found a foothold even in poor smallholder farms. ICT in Agriculture, Updated Edition is the revised version of the popular ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook, first launched in 2011 and designed to support practitioners, decision makers, and development partners who work at the intersection of ICT and agriculture. Our hope is that this updated Sourcebook will be a practical guide to understanding current trends, implementing appropriate interventions, and evaluating the impact of ICT interventions in agricultural programs.

Author : McDermott, John,Swinnen, Johan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896294226

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COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later by McDermott, John,Swinnen, Johan Pdf

Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve. The impacts of the pandemic are likely to endure for years to come, with poor, marginalized, and vulnerable groups the most affected. In COVID-19 & Global Food Security: Two Years Later, the editors bring together contributions from new IFPRI research, blogs, and the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub to examine the pandemic’s effects on poverty, food security, nutrition, and health around the world. This volume presents key lessons learned on food security and food system resilience in 2020 and 2021 and assesses the effectiveness of policy responses to the crisis. Looking forward, the authors consider how the pandemic experience can inform both recovery and longer-term efforts to build more resilient food systems.

Author : Mr.Emre Alper,Mr.Niko A Hobdari,Ali Uppal
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475563115

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Food Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mr.Emre Alper,Mr.Niko A Hobdari,Ali Uppal Pdf

This paper analyzes food inflation trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2000 to 2016 using two novel datasets of disaggregated CPI baskets. Average food inflation is higher, more volatile, and similarly persistent as non-food non-fuel (NF/NF) inflation, especially in low-income countries (LICs) in SSA. We find evidence that food inflation became less persistent from 2009 onwards, related to recent improvements in monetary policy frameworks. We also find that high food prices are driven mainly by non-tradable food in SSA and there is incomplete pass-through from world food and fuel prices and exchange rates to domestic food prices. Taken together, these finding suggest that central banks in low-income countries with high and persistent food inflation should continue to pay attention to headline inflation to anchor inflation expectations. Other policy levers include reducing tariffs and improving storage and transport infrastructure to reduce food pressures.

Author : ElKadhi, Zouhair,Elsabbagh, Dalia,Frija, Aymen,Lakoud, Thouraya,Wiebelt, Manfred,Breisinger, Clemens
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The impact of COVID-19 on Tunisia’s economy, agri-food system, and households by ElKadhi, Zouhair,Elsabbagh, Dalia,Frija, Aymen,Lakoud, Thouraya,Wiebelt, Manfred,Breisinger, Clemens Pdf

The COVID-19 crisis is expected to lead to a 46.4 percent decline in Tunisia’s GDP during the 2nd quarter of 2020 (April to June). The industrial sector will be hit hardest, with output falling by 52.7 percent, followed closely by services (-49.0 percent) and agriculture (-16.2 percent). These high losses are a result of the complete lockdown imposed in the country to contain the pandemic. Higher-income urban households will see the largest income losses, although lower-income urban households also will experience significant reductions in their income. As a policy response, social transfers towards poorer households will reduce the adverse welfare impact of these drops in household income. Government policies to support struggling businesses will allow economic activities to revive more rapidly when the lockdown loosens. Consequently, comprehensive planning by the Government of Tunisia to re-open the economy will be critical to reduce the pandemic’s adverse impact on the country’s economy in the longer-term, reducing losses of employment and income, especially in manufacturing and retail.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821368095

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World Development Report 2008 by World Bank Pdf

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.

Author : RALPH. CLARENCE-SMITH LUKEN (EDWARD.),Edward Clarence-Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103257089X

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Greening Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa by RALPH. CLARENCE-SMITH LUKEN (EDWARD.),Edward Clarence-Smith Pdf

This book explores the concept of greening industrialisation and issues and considerations surrounding it through the lens of Sub-Saharan Africa. The book critically examines the concept of greening industrialisation and describes the progress and data challenges of monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals confronting African countries. The chapters summarise the policy and programme literature focused on eight policy regimes essential for greening industrialisation and identify opportunities for greening industrial policies. The authors lay out a research agenda that would inform, enable, and support greening industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa and provide an overview of green industrial plans that include climate strategies, energy efficiency strategies, and green industry assessments. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, policy-makers, and planners in the fields of Sub-Saharan African development and African environmentalism.

Author : Robert M. Groves,Paul P. Biemer,Lars E. Lyberg,James T. Massey,William L. Nicholls, II,Joseph Waksberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0471209562

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Telephone Survey Methodology by Robert M. Groves,Paul P. Biemer,Lars E. Lyberg,James T. Massey,William L. Nicholls, II,Joseph Waksberg Pdf

- Thema des Buches sind methodische Ansätze für telefonische Umfragen - geschrieben von international tätigen Fachleuten aus Privatwirtschaft, Behörden und Forschungseinrichtungen (USA, Europa, Australien) - alle wichtigen Teilbereiche einer Umfrage werden ausführlich abgehandelt: Wahl der Zielgruppe, Zusammenstellung des Fragebogens, Interviewverfahren, Fehlerabschätzung usw. - ausführliche Literaturübersicht - Angaben zu gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen sowie zur Nutzung des Computers beim Interview (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing)

Author : Jessica Eise,Kenneth A. Foster
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610918848

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How to Feed the World by Jessica Eise,Kenneth A. Foster Pdf

By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How will we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering population, water, land, climate change, technology, food systems, trade, food waste and loss, health, social buy-in, communication, and equal access to food, the book reveals a complex web of challenges. Contributors unite from different perspectives and disciplines, ranging from agronomy and hydrology to economics. The resulting collection is an accessible but wide-ranging look at the modern food system.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015029217232

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Collecting Data on Livestock by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : FAO
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015052311530

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Land Tenure and Rural Development by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.

Author : Christopher B. Barrett,David R. Just
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780323915014

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Handbook of Agricultural Economics by Christopher B. Barrett,David R. Just Pdf

Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume Five highlights new advances in the field, with this new release exploring comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, food and agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets: Immigration Policy, Minimum Wages, Etc., Risk Management in Agricultural Production, Animal Health and Livestock Disease, Behavioral and Experimental Economics to Inform Agri-Environmental Programs and Policies, Big Data, Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural and Applied Economists, Agricultural data collection to minimize measurement error and maximize coverage, Gender, agriculture and nutrition, Social Networks Analysis In Agricultural Economics, and more. Presents the latest release in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics Written and contributed by leaders in the field Covers topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets, and more