American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Three Decades of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa: 1986–2016
, 2018 Under the title “‘In states unborn and accents yet unknown’: Shakespeare and the ISEA”, this essay first appeared as a chapter in ISEA, 1964-2014: A South African Research Institute Serving People, edited by Monica Hendricks (Grahamstown: NISC, 2016 ...
Wright, Laurence
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of pediatric foreign body aspiration in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Trop Med HealthMolla YD, Belay SA, Urga HB.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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USIU-Africa selects first recipients of African scholarship fund
, 2015 Two bright but needy students have more reasons to smile about their future as they will be first to receive scholarships to study at the United States International University- Africa (USIU-Africa) and two other top-notch African universities to earn ...
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Magnitude of Modern Contraceptive Use and Its Determinants Among Sexually Active Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Selected High HIV Prevalence Southern African Countries: A Multilevel Mixed-Effect Analysis. [PDF]
Open Access J ContraceptShongwe SG +4 more
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Film commission partners with USIU-Africa to promote film production
, 2015 United States International University- Africa students and faculty now have a chance to showcase their film productions to local, regional and international film festivals and markets as the university following the signing of a Memorandum of ...
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