The paper examines the economic performance of a large number of African countries using an international comparable data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper focuses on growth in total factor productivity and its decomposition into technical change and efficiency change component...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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[Productivity growth, technical progress, and efficiency change in Africa agriculture]
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Productivity growth, technical progress, and efficiency change in Africa agriculture
The overall measure of farm-level technical efficiency is generally used to derive recommendations for the use of individual inputs. In this paper, joint estimation is made of technical and individual input-use (e.g. irrigation water productivity) efficiencies. This indicates that overall technic...
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Ramarao, R.C.
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Samiappan, S.
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Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
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[Estimating technical and irrigation water productivities in rice production in Tamil Nadu, India]
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Estimating technical and irrigation water productivities in rice production in Tamil Nadu, India
The types of technology change catalyzed by research interventions in integrated natural resource management (INRM) are likely to require much more social negotiation and adaptation than are changes related to plant breeding, the dominant discipline within the system of the Consultative Group on ...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Haan, Nicoline C. de
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change]
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Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change
Cet article examine les changements dans la productivité agricole dans 8 pays francophones. La performance relative du secteur agricole a été évaluée à l'aide de l'analyse de l'enveloppement des données. À partir d'un ensemble de données de panel sur les 8 pays, incluant la période de 30 ans 1970...
Franco, J.
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Otero O, C
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[Aportes de la investigación en el incremento de la producción de arroz]
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Aportes de la investigación en el incremento de la producción de arroz
Garming, H.
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Espinosa, J.
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Guardia, S.
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Jiménez, R.
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Instituto de Investigacion Agropecuaria de Panama
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Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza
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Instituto Dominicano de Investigacion Agropecuaria y Forestal
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[Large-scale adoption of improved plantains: the impact of FHIA-21 in the Dominican Republic]
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Large-scale adoption of improved plantains: the impact of FHIA-21 in the Dominican Republic
Over the past 15 or so years authors in Enterprise Development and Microfinance (EDM) have written extensively about the design and implementation of microfinance and its use by the poor, whether to respond to shocks and changing contexts, invest in education, or advance livelihood goals (Figure ...
Donovan, J.
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Hellin, J.
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Stoian, D.
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[Editorial: Revisiting the role of business, technical and financial services in fostering rural entrepreneurship]
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Editorial: Revisiting the role of business, technical and financial services in fostering rural entrepreneurship
This article proposes strategy for agricultural technology development for semi-arid West Africa. The strategy evaluation consists of two aspects: a) a review of the successes in the region; and b) analysis with mathematical programming of the potential impacts and constraints to various new tech...
Sanders, J.H.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Ramaswamy, S.
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[A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa]
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A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa
The objectives were to: (1) identify and quantify the effect of technological change on productivity, profitability, and competitiveness in different milk production systems and regions of the country; (2) analyze the relationship between productivity, technological change, profitability, and com...
Holmann, Federico J.
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Carulla, Juan E.
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Rivera, B
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Giraldo, L.A.
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Guzmán Perez, S.
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Martínez, M.
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Medina, A.
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Farrow, Andrew
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[Evolution of milk production systems in Tropical Latin America and its interrelationship with markets : An analysis of the Colombian case]
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Evolution of milk production systems in Tropical Latin America and its interrelationship with markets : An analysis of the Colombian case
Clement, Floriane
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Pradhan, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Understanding the non-institutionalization of a socio-technical innovation: the case of multiple-use water services (MUS) in Nepal]
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Understanding the non-institutionalization of a socio-technical innovation: the case of multiple-use water services (MUS) in Nepal