Climate‐smart innovations and rural poverty in Ethiopia: Exploring impacts and pathways

W Tesfaye, G Blalock, N Tirivayi - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐smart innovations have been receiving increasing attention in policy dialogues for
their potential to transform agricultural systems and improve the well‐being and resilience of …

Analysis of rice production and the impacts of the usage of certified seeds on yield and income in Cote d'Ivoire

SUO Akanbi, R Mukaila, A Adebisi - Journal of Agribusiness in …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose After a long observation of the high rate of rice importation and low productivity in
Côte d'Ivoire, the certified rice seed was introduced and encouraged to be used by the local …

Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?

E Martey, PM Etwire, T Abdoulaye - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study provides new evidence of the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA)–row
planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties-on farm and welfare outcomes by estimating a …

Ecological shocks and children's school attendance and farm work in Ghana

E Martey, PM Etwire, J Mockshell, R Armah… - World Development …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accelerating the education of children and reducing child labor in agriculture remains an
important development pathway to preventing intergenerational poverty and achieving the …

[HTML][HTML] Can an incremental approach be a better option in the dissemination of conservation agriculture? Some socioeconomic justifications from the drylands of …

YA Yigezu, T El-Shater, M Boughlala, M Devkota… - Soil and Tillage …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite several efforts for its dissemination, adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is low–causing some to wonder if an …

Impact assessment of Striga resistant maize varieties and fertilizer use in Ghana: A panel analysis

E Martey, PM Etwire, T Wossen, A Menkir… - Food and Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzes the impact of a component of climate‐smart agriculture (CSA)
technology—Striga‐resistant maize (SRM) varieties and mineral fertilizer—on maize yield …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic, biophysical, and environmental impacts of raised beds in irrigated wheat: A case study from Egypt

YA Yigezu, E Abbas, A Swelam, SRS Sabry… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Raised beds (RB) are hailed as means to mitigate the problem of excessive irrigation.
However, their adoption and impacts in Egypt are not well-documented. This paper is based …

Socio‐economic impacts of zero and reduced tillage in wheat fields of the Moroccan drylands

YA Yigezu, T El‐Shater - Agricultural Economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zero tillage (ZT) is recommended for dryland farming because it enhances retention of
residual soil moisture. However, it is not always clear whether this translates to an economic …

Spatially coordinated conservation auctions: A framed field experiment focusing on farmland wildlife conservation in China

Z Liu, S Banerjee, TN Cason, N Hanley… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
How best to incentivize land managers to achieve conservation goals in an economically
and ecologically effective manner is a key policy question that has gained increased …

[HTML][HTML] Redistributive land reform policy and women nutritional status in Zimbabwe

K Mujeyi, J Mutambara - Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on a nationally representative sample of 12,119 households surveyed in 2018, the
study sought to analyse the impact of Zimbabwe's redistributive land reform policy on …