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This study develops and demonstrates procedures for modeling the impact of agricultural technology adoption decisions on consumption and nutrition in a subsistence-farming context. The method is based on expected direct utility maximization (EDUM) formulation and incorporates subsistence quantiti...


Ahmed, M.M.Preckel, P.Baker, T.G.López Pereira, M.[Modeling the impact of technological change on nutrition and marketed surplus]Modeling the impact of technological change on nutrition and marketed surplus

Many semiarid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing vast increases in human population pressure and urbanization. These augment the demand for agricultural products and have led to the expansion, intensification, and often closer integration of crop and livestock production systems...


Powell, J.M.Pearson, R.A.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.[Crop-livestock interactions in the West African drylands]Crop-livestock interactions in the West African drylands

A study carried out to estimate disaggregated demand parameters for dairy products and to use the results to illustrate the policy implications of dairy self-sufficient policy objectives on families in different income strata. Discusses patterns of dairy consumption in the sub-region with special...


Debrah, S.K.Sissoko, K.Soumare, S.[Disaggregated demand and policy analysis: The case of dairy demand in Mali]Disaggregated demand and policy analysis: The case of dairy demand in Mali

Presents the results of a comparative analysis of the hoe and bullock farming system conducted in the households of three villages of Ghana. Examines impacts of bullock traction technology on size of cultivated area, cropping patterns, mixed cropping systems, crop yields, labour use and input, ho...


Panin, A.Haen, H. de[Economic evaluation of animal traction - a comparative analysis of hoe and bullock farming systems in northern Ghana]Economic evaluation of animal traction - a comparative analysis of hoe and bullock farming systems in northern Ghana

The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered a major aid for those regions with unequal water distribution, limited accessibility and anticipated climate change impacts. Great attention is given by many SSA countries to set up different water storage schemes ...


Xenarios, StefanosPolatidis, H.McCartney, Matthew P.Nemes, A.[Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia]Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia
Reddy, Junna MohanJumaboev, KahramonBobojonov, IhtiyorCarli, C.Eshmuratov, Davron[Yield and water use efficiency of potato varieties under different soil-moisture stress conditions in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia]Yield and water use efficiency of potato varieties under different soil-moisture stress conditions in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia

The present study evaluated profitability of some models of cocoa farms and analyzed the relationship between cocoa yield, income and carbon stored in traditional cocoa agroforests to discuss implications of cocoa intensification on carbon emissions in Cameroun. Surveys on establishment, manageme...


Magne, A.N.Nonga, N.E.Yemefack, M.Robiglio, V.[Profitability and implications of cocoa intensification on carbon emissions in southern Cameroun]Profitability and implications of cocoa intensification on carbon emissions in southern Cameroun

Quantitative information on Colombian consumption of different foods (among them beans) is presented by region, urban or rural sector, and income strata in terms of physical amounts, contribution to protein and calorie supply, and expenditure share. The study was based on a cross sectional survey...


Sanint, Luis RobertoRivas Ríos, LibardoDuque E., Myriam CristinaSeré Rabé, Carlos[Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey]Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey

This study investigates the household-level impacts of market-oriented dairy technologies (crossbred cows and complementary feed and management technologies) on in-comes, food and non-food expenditures, nutrient intakes, and health of pre-school children. A recursive econometric model was employe...


Ahmed, M.Ehui, Simeon K.Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.[Adoption of crossbred cow technologies and increased food security among smallholder dairy farmers in the East African highlands]Adoption of crossbred cow technologies and increased food security among smallholder dairy farmers in the East African highlands

This article examines social conditions in a bay experiencing population growth, gear conflict, overfishing, and general resource declince. Sample surveys of fishing households caried out in 1980 and 1993 in nine villages of San Miguel Bay reveal patterns of continuity and change. The key continu...


Sunderlin, William D.[Resource decline and adaptation through time: fishers in San Miguel Bay, Philippines 1980-1993]Resource decline and adaptation through time: fishers in San Miguel Bay, Philippines 1980-1993

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