This report addresses the overarching question regarding the role of institutions in
enhancing market development following market reforms. It uses the New Institutional …

The literature on the effects of agricultural market reform in Africa is sharply divided and
inconsistent. This article attempts to reconcile opposing viewpoints on the effects of food and …

In many developing countries, especially in Africa, farmers have been introduced to
agroforestry with little consideration for the markets for trees and tree products aside from …

This publication analyses country studies into poverty dynamics over the past decade in
eight African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritania, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia …

This article analyzes the effect of facilities and infrastructure available at the marketplace on
a farmer's decision to sell at the market. The econometric estimation shows that the …

Following the agricultural market liberalization policy, there is an emerging grain market
structure in Ethiopia in which the central wholesale market exhibits concentration of power …

This report evaluates the 2006/7 Malawi Government Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme
(AISP). The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the impact and implementation of …

We use large-scale, panel experimental data from maize field trials throughout Malawi to
estimate the expected biophysical returns to fertiliser use conditional on a range of …

Diversifying and enhancing livelihood options for reducing poverty and securing livelihoods
is an essential activity. It has greater relevance in areas where subsistence agricultural …

The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global
population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one …