Without enforced standards or reliable third‐party verification, food safety threats such as pesticide residues and aflatoxin contamination are generally unobservable or only partially observable to both buyers and sellers, especially of staple foods in rural maize markets in sub‐Saharan Africa. ...
Kadjo, D.
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Ricker-Gilbert, J.
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Shively, G.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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[Food safety and adverse selection in rural maize markets]
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Food safety and adverse selection in rural maize markets
This paper characterizes the charcoal value chain in Uganda, focusing on production and trade in three districts in the west central region of the country. Data come from surveys of 407 charcoal value chain participants undertaken in 2008. The surveys included 171 charcoal-producing households an...
Shively, G.
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Jagger, P.
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Sserunkuuma, D.
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Arinaitwe, A.
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Chibwana, C.
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[Profits and margins along Uganda's charcoal value chain]
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Profits and margins along Uganda's charcoal value chain
Previous research suggests that forest-dependent households tend to be poorer than other groups, and that extreme reliance on forest resources might constitute a poverty trap. We provide an example in which a non-timber forest product – charcoal – appears to be providing a pathway out of poverty ...
Ainembabazi, John H.
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Shively, G.
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Angelsen, A.
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[Charcoal production and household welfare in Uganda: a quantile regression approach]
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Charcoal production and household welfare in Uganda: a quantile regression approach
This article estimates how storage losses from mold, insects, and other pests, combined with liquidity constraints, influence a smallholder farm household's decision to store maize on farm after harvest. We analyze panel data from 309 smallholders in Benin covering the 2011 and 2013 harvest seaso...
Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Angelsen, A.
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Babigumira, R.
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Ickowitz, A.
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Paumgarten, F.
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Reyes García, Victoria
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Shively, G.
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[Challenging perceptions about men, women, and forest product use: a global comparative study]
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Challenging perceptions about men, women, and forest product use: a global comparative study
Börner, J.
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Shively, G.
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Wunder, Sven
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Wyman, M.
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[How do rural households cope with economic shocks ?: Insights from global data using hierarchical analysis]
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How do rural households cope with economic shocks ?: Insights from global data using hierarchical analysis