Are there gender differences in demand for index-based livestock insurance?
In: The journal of development studies, Band 53, Heft 6, S. 932-952
ISSN: 1743-9140
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 53, Heft 6, S. 932-952
ISSN: 1743-9140
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 53, Heft 6, S. 932-952
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, S. 1-21
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: IFPRI Discussion Paper 1515
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In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Forthcoming
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In: Applied economic perspectives and policy, Band 32, Heft 4, S. 624-641
ISSN: 2040-5804
AbstractThis paper uses an unprecedentedly rich data set to estimate the cost of agricultural cargo preference (ACP) restrictions on United States food aid programs, and to document some of the programs' competitiveness and national security impacts. ACP cost U.S. taxpayers $140 million in 2006, 46% more than competitive freight costs would have. This roughly equals the cost of non‐emergency food aid to Africa. Furthermore, 70% of ACP vessels did not satisfy the criteria that deem them militarily useful, a large share were ultimately owned by foreign corporations, and no ACP vessel crew has been mobilized for national service.
In: Applied economic perspectives and policy, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 1925-1941
ISSN: 2040-5804
AbstractFor decades, the lack of high‐quality empirical economic research on the state of Africa's agriculture and rural economies has been an important factor impeding the formulation of evidence‐based policy on the continent. The Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces program aims to build a critical mass of early career African scholars and policy research through an emphasis on mentorship and professional development to help remedy that deficiency. This paper explains the motivations, origins, and outcomes to date of the program, and offers lessons learned for others wishing to create research capacity development opportunities for under‐represented groups.
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 24, Heft 3
ISSN: 1708-3087
In: Sustainable Development Goals Series
In: Springer eBook Collection
This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel's rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.