The increasing frequency and severity of extreme climatic events and their impacts are
being realized in many regions of the world, particularly in smallholder crop and livestock …

Cropping patterns are defined as the sequence and spatial arrangement of annual crops on
a piece of land. Knowledge of cropping patterns is crucial for crop production and land-use …

Rural microfinance must contend with the triple challenges of isolation, small‐scale
transactions, and risk. These challenges result in information asymmetries and transaction …

Standard measures of productivity display enormous dispersion across farms in Africa. Crop
yields and input intensities appear to vary greatly, seemingly in conflict with a model of …

While some studies suggest mobile phone–based information programs change behavior;
others find no effect. We evaluate six text message agricultural extension programs …

This book challenges conventional wisdoms both about economic performance and about
policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking …

Smallholder farmers are increasingly exposed to weather extremes but lack access to
affordable insurance products for catastrophic crop damage. This paper analyzes the …

Low levels of agricultural productivity are associated with the persistence of food insecurity,
poverty, and other socio-economic stresses. Mapping and monitoring agricultural dynamics …

This study investigates how two aspects of agricultural production diversity–farm production
diversity and composition of production–relate to child height-for-age and weight-for-height …

Agricultural productivity is particularly low in developing countries. Output-sharing rules that
make farmers less-than-full residual claimants are seen as a potentially important driver of …