Report NEP-AGR-2020-05-25

This is the archive for NEP-AGR, a report on new working papers in the area of Agricultural Economics. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Nkonya, Ephraim M. & Kato, Edward & Ru, Yating, 2020. "Drivers of adoption of small-scale irrigation in Mali and its impacts on nutrition across sex of irrigators," IFPRI discussion papers 1924, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Bonuedi, Isaac & Kornher, Lukas & Gerber, Nicolas, 2020. "Making cash crop value chains nutrition-sensitive: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in rural Sierra Leone," Discussion Papers 303638, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
• Boughton, Duncan & Goeb, Joey & Lambrecht, Isabel & Mather, David & Headey, Derek D., 2020. "Strengthening smallholder agriculture is essential to defend food and nutrition security and rural livelihoods in Myanmar against the COVID-19 threat: Elements for a proactive response," Myanmar SSP policy notes 2, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Jason Snyder & Thomas Jayne & Nicole Mason & Paul Samboko, 2019. "Agricultural Productivity and Rural Household Incomes: Micro-level Evidence from Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303620, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Canning, Patrick & Rehkamp, Sarah & Hitaj, Claudia & Peters, Christian, 2020. "Resource Requirements of Food Demand in the United States," Economic Research Report 303676, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
• Joseph S. Kanyamuka & Joseph K. Dzanja & Flora J. Nankhuni, 2018. "Analysis of the Value Chains for Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: The Case of Cassava," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303569, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Joseph S. Kanyamuka & Flora J. Nankhuni & Joseph K. Dzanja, 2018. "Analysis of the Value Chains for Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: The Case of Sweet Potato," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303570, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Zephania Bondera Nyirenda & Flora Janet Nankhuni & Michael Andrew Bret, 2019. "An Analysis of the Mango Value Chain in Malawi," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303586, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Koo, Jawoo & Mamun, Abdullah & Martin, Will, 2020. "From bad to worse: Poverty impacts of food availability responses to weather shocks in Zambia," IFPRI discussion papers 1923, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Takeshima, Hiroyuki & Ajmani, Manmeet & Roy, Devesh & Fadhillah, Aniq & Liu, Yanyan, 2020. "Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam," IFPRI discussion papers 1922, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Vinay Reddy Venumuddala, 2020. "Farmers' situation in agriculture markets and role of public interventions in India," Papers 2005.07538, arXiv.org.
• Chukwudi Charles Olumba & Jonathan Okechukwu Alimba & Oyinkan Tasie, 2019. "Assessing the Factors influencing Access to land for Urban Agriculture in Southeast Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303580, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Billings, Lucy & Wullingdool, Emmanuel, 2019. "Engaging nutrition stakeholders in Poyentanga: A case study on local-level multisector coordination," Other briefs October 2019, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) & International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2020. "Ghana's chili market," Other briefs 4, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Thomas Url & Serguei Kaniovski, 2020. "The Potential Capital Requirement for a Minimum Prices Insurance Scheme for Wheat, Maize, and Rape Seed," WIFO Working Papers 601, WIFO.
• Osayanmon Wellington Osawe, 2018. "Use of Modern Inputs and Complementary Farm Practices in the Nigeria Rice Value Chain: Implications for Policy," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303577, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie & Awa Sanou & Justice A. Tambo, 2018. "Climate Change Adaptation among Poultry Farmers: Evidence from Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303572, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Justin du Toit & Flora J. Nankhuni & Joseph S. Kanyamuka, 2018. "Opportunities to Enhance the Competitiveness of Malawi’s Tea Industry - Policy Brief," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303575, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) & International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) & Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), 2019. "Foreign assistance investments contribute to U.S. economic growth and employment," Other briefs 1125105921, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Cisneros Tersitsch, Marco Elías & Kis-Katos, Krisztina & Nuryartono, Nunung, 2020. "Palm oil and the politics of deforestation in Indonesia," EFForTS Discussion Paper Series 31, University of Goettingen, Collaborative Research Centre 990 "EFForTS, Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)".
• Todd Benson & Zephania Nyirenda & Flora Nankhuni & Mywish Maredia, 2018. "The Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes at National Level in Malawi Results from the 2017/18 Malawi Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes Endline Survey," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303576, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Malafry, Laurence & Soares Brinca, Pedro, 2020. "Climate Policy in an Unequal World: Assessing the Cost of Risk on Vulnerable Households," MPRA Paper 100201, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Hiroyuki Takeshima & Abdullahi Mohammed Nasir, 2019. "The Role of the Locations of Public Sector Varietal Development Activities on Agricultural Productivity," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303581, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Moraka N Makhura & Olayinka O Adegbite & Elizabeth Mkandawire & Nic JJ Olivier & Florah Nankuni & Christone J Nyondo & Sheryl Hendriks, 2019. "Mapping Policy Responses to Food Systems Transformation in Malawi," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303582, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Toth, Russell, 2020. "Sustaining Myanmar’s microfinance sector during the COVID-19 economic crisis to support food security, resilience, and economic recovery," Myanmar SSP policy notes 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Saweda Liverpool-Tasie & Thomas Reardon & Awa Sanou & Wale Ogunleye & Iredele Ogunbayo & Bolarin T. Omonona, 2019. "The Transformation of Value Chains in Africa: Evidence from the First Large Survey of Maize Traders," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303560, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Hambulo Ngoma & Amare Teklay Hailu & Stephen Kabwe & Arild Angelson, 2019. "Pay, Talk or 'Whip" to Conserve Forests: Framed Field Experiments in Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303610, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Nic Olivier & Elizabeth Mkandawire & Sheryl Hendriks, 2019. "A Review of the Alignment of the Republic of Uganda's Draft Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan with the Malabo Commitments with Regard to Food Security and Nutritio," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303585, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Olivier Ecker & Adam Kennedy, 2019. "Transforming Agriculture to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303612, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Ya?ar Selman Gültekin & ismail baysal, 2020. "Evaluation of Human Based Forest Fires From Socio-economic Perspective and Suggestions for Environmental Awareness in Gallipoli National Park," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 10012567, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
• Jason Snyder & Thomas Jayne & Jordan Chamberlin & Paul Samboko & Nicole Mason, 2019. "Can Agricultural Productivity Growth Shape the Development of the Non-Farm Rural Economy? Geographically Localized Evidence from Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303619, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Researchers of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) & Michigan State University, 2020. "Maintaining food and nutrition security in Myanmar during the COVID-19 crisis: Lessons from India’s lockdown," Myanmar SSP policy notes 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• MIHAI, Florin Constantin & Grozavu, Adrian, 2019. "Role of Waste Collection Efficiency in Providing a Cleaner Rural Environment," SocArXiv mjk7g, Center for Open Science.
• Hiroyuki Takeshima & Adam Kennedy, 2019. "Mechanization in Nigeria: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303614, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Awa Sanou & Lenis O. Liverpool-Tasie & Caputo Vincenzia & John Kerr, 2019. "Introducing Food Safety Labels in Complex Food Supply Chains: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303608, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) & International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2020. "Ghana's rice market," Other briefs 2, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Kanika Mahajan & Shekhar Tomar, 2020. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruptions," Working Papers 28, Ashoka University, Department of Economics.
• Nicole M. Mason & Auckland Kuteya & Danielle Resnick & Vincenzina Caputo & Mywish Maredia & Robert Shupp & Hambulo Ngoma, 2019. "Smallholder farmers' and other agricultural sector stakeholders' priorities for government spending: Evidence from Zambia," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303618, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Balaraba Abubakar Sule, 2019. "Curbing Post Harvest Losses: The Plight of Onion Farmers in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303594, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Diao, Xinshen & Li, Ruoxin, 2020. "Patterns of regional agri-food trade in Asia," IFPRI discussion papers 1921, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Philip Hegarty James, 2019. "Farmers' Perception of Causes of Soil Degradation in Northern Taraba, Taraba State of Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303590, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Matthew Kotchen & Kathleen Segerson, 2020. "The Use of Group-Level Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Policy," NBER Working Papers 27142, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa & Miichael Olabisi, 2019. "Nutrition and Growing Your Own Food: Dietary Diversity Evidence from North Central Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303588, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel & Driha, Oana M. & Shahbaz, Muhammad & Sinha, Avik, 2020. "The effects of tourism and globalization over environmental degradation in developed countries," MPRA Paper 100092, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Hosaena Ghebru & Adam Kennedy, 2019. "Nigeria Land Governance Reform: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303611, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Lenis Liverpool-Tasie & Nikita Saha Turna & Oluwatoyin Ademola Adewale Obadina & Felicia Wu, 2018. "The Co-Occurrence of Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Along the Maize Value Chain in Southwest Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303573, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Aimable Nsabimana & Justice Tei Mensah, 2020. "Weather shocks and child nutrition: Evidence from Tanzania," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-57, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
• Erik Ens & Craig Johnston, 2020. "Scenario Analysis and the Economic and Financial Risks from Climate Change," Discussion Papers 2020-3, Bank of Canada.
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) & International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2020. "Ghana's maize market," Other briefs 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• World Bank Group, 2019. "Improving Mindanao Agro-Industrial Competitiveness through Better Logistics and Connectivity," World Bank Publications - Reports 33703, The World Bank Group.
• Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi & Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin & Oloka, Herbert Kefa & Chambers, Judith A. & Komen, John & Zambrano, Patricia & Wood-Sichra, Ulrike & Hanson, Hillary, 2020. "Benefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: An ex ante analysis," IFPRI discussion papers 1927, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Yoshida, Jun & Kono, Tatsuhito, 2020. "Cities and biodiversity: Spatial efficiency of land use," MPRA Paper 100447, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Sule, B. A. & Crawford, E. & Coker, A. A. A, 2019. "Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage of Rice Production Systems: The Policy Analysis Matrix Approach," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303617, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Chen, Yiqun & Rajabifard, Abbas & Sabri, Soheil & Xie, Yuke & Zhang, Yibo, 2020. "A discussion of irrational stockpiling behaviour during crisis," SocArXiv udzah, Center for Open Science.
• Chukwudi Charles Olumba, 2019. "Agriculture, Land Access and Economic Growth in Africa: An Instrumental Variable Approach," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303592, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Frank Wijen & Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, 2019. "Controversy Over Voluntary Environmental Standards: A Socioeconomic Analysis of the Marine Stewardship Council," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-02071504, HAL.
• Moraka N Makhura & Olayinka O Adegbite & Elizabeth Mkandawire & Nic Olivier & Flora Nankhuni & Christone Nyondo & Sheryl Hendriks, 2019. "Are Financing Policies Sensitive to Food Systems Transformation in Malawi?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303584, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Arthur Lewbel & Lars Nesheim, 2019. "Sparse demand systems: corners and complements," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 1005, Boston College Department of Economics.
• Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa, 2019. "Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in Tomatoes," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303597, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Blessing Agada, 2018. "Changing the Fertilizer Conversation in Nigeria: The Need for Site Specific Soil-Crop Fertilizer Use," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303574, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Razak, Muhammad Rais Rahmat, 2020. "Role of Village-Owned Enterprises in Farming Community Empowerment," OSF Preprints 5ycva, Center for Open Science.
• Hephizibah Onyeje Obekpa, 2019. "The Nexus between Malnutrition and Agricultural Subsector Outputs in Nigeria," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303591, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) & International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2020. "Ghana's tomato market," Other briefs 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Yirga, Chilot & Nin-Pratt, Alejandro & Zambrano, Patricia & Wood-Sichra, Ulrike & Habte, Endeshaw & Kato, Edward & Komen, John & Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin & Chambers, Judith A., 2020. "GM maize in Ethiopia: An ex ante economic assessment of TELA, a drought tolerant and insect resistant maize," IFPRI discussion papers 1926, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Sawosri, Arieska Wening & Mußhoff, Oliver, 2020. "Risk and time preferences of farmers in India and Indonesia," EFForTS Discussion Paper Series 32, University of Goettingen, Collaborative Research Centre 990 "EFForTS, Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)".
• Flora J. Nankhuni & Nathalie M. Me-Nsope, 2018. "Is the Future of Malawi’s Pigeon Pea Industry at the Mercy of India?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 303566, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).