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Market integration in Mozambique: A non-parametric extension to the threshold model

Authors
Bjorn Van Campenhout
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute/ Mozambique Strategy Support Program
Publication date
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/market-integration-mozambique
Source / Citation
Van Campenhout, B. "Market integration in Mozambique: A non-parametric extension to the threshold model," IFPRI/MozzSSP Working Paper No. 4, November 2012.
Country
Mozambique

A well-integrated market system is central to a well-functioning market economy (Dercon, 1995). As production decisions are based on observed prices, the most efficient allocation of resources would come about when prices represent scarcity conditions. In other words, a large network of markets connected by fast and efficient arbitrage is needed in order to exploit spatial comparative advantages (Fackler and Goodwin, 2001).

Impact of off-farm income on agricultural technology adoption intensity and productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmers in Uganda

Authors
Gracious M. Dirro
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute/ Uganda Strategy Support Program
Publication date
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/impact-farm-income-agricultural-technology-adoption-intensity-and-productivity
Source / Citation
Dirro, G.M. "Impact of off-farm income on agricultural technology adoption intensity and productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmers in Uganda," IFPRI/USSP Working Paper No. 11, January 2013.
Country
Uganda

This study analyzed the impact of off-farm earnings on the intensity of adoption of improved maize varieties and the productivity of maize farming in Uganda in the years 2005/06 and 2009/10. Summary statistics show significantly higher adoption intensity and expenditure on purchased inputs among households with off-farm income relative to their counterparts without off-farm income.

Identifying Recommendation Domains for Targeting Dual-purpose Maize-based Interventions in Crop-livestock Systems in East Africa
Authors
An Notenbaerta, Mario Herreroa, Hugo De Grooteb, Liang Youc, Ernesto Gonzalez-Estradaa, Michael Blummela
Publisher
Land Use Policy
Publication date
yuan 9 Oct, 2012 12:50
Location
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837712001214
Source / Citation
An Notenbaert, Mario Herrero, Hugo De Groote, Liang You, Ernesto Gonzalez-Estrada, Michael Blummel, Identifying recommendation domains for targeting dual-purpose maize-based interventions in crop-livestock systems in East Africa, Land Use Policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 834-846, ISSN 0264-8377, 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.016.

In the three major maize producing countries in the East African region of Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, up to 44% of the dietary calorie requirements is provided by maize. It is also recognized that livestock are an essential asset of poor farmers in the mixed crop-livestocksystems in this region. One of the major constraints to their productivity is, however, feed availability. A significant proportion of this feed is sourced from maize stover. We engaged in a multi-disciplinary research of dual-purposemaize cultivars with the purpose of contributing to smallholder food security.

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