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Regional Disparities in Ghana: Policy Options and Public Investment Implications [PDF]
, 2007 Ghana has achieved sustained growth and poverty reduction during the 1990s, but such growth did not benefit the three poor northern regions and the development gap has increased between the south and north.
Ramatu M. Al-Hassan, Xinshen Diao
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Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
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Pre- and Post-WTO Changes in Oilseed Economy of Karnataka: A Case of Groundnut [PDF]
The growth in exports, economics of production and global competitiveness of groundnut has been reported over the period of 20 years (1984-85 to 2004-05) in Karnataka by collecting data from various published sources. Techniques used for the analysis are
Karnool, N.N. +5 more
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How Input Subsidies Boost Food Security in Developing Countries: Micro‐Level Evidence From Zambia
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While previous studies have examined the effects of input subsidies on income and yields, we study their impact on food security, measured through household dietary diversity, a key dimension of nutritional well‐being—examined across specific pathways.
Terence Jude Wood +3 more
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Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa? [PDF]
We provide an ex-post econometric examination of the harmonization and tightening of the EU Maximum Residues Limit (MRL) on aflatoxins in 2002, and its impact on African exports of groundnut products. We show that the MRL set by the EU has no significant
Beghin, John C., Xiong, Bo
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La revalorisation de la filière arachide dans la zone soudano-sahélienne du Nord Cameroun [PDF]
Tropicultura, 2008 Revamping the Groundnut Sector in the Sudano-sahelian Zone of North Cameroon. Prior to the introduction of cotton, groundnut was the main cash crop in North Cameroon.
Hamasselbé, A.
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020 Background Groundnut is one of the major legume crops grown as food and cash crop across the different agroecological zones of Burkina Faso. It is ranked the 2nd important legume crop for household food, nutrition, and income generation for both rural ...
Boubacar Sinare +7 more
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Gene Editing and Transformation Strategies for Engineering Drought‐Tolerant Legumes
Legume Science, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Legumes play a vital role in agriculture, nutrition, and the economy, but their production faces significant threats. Among these, drought and its unpredictability will be the most damaging constraint in the coming decades. Enhancing drought tolerance is essential for resilient and sustainable legume cultivation, and genetic engineering ...
Andrea Fernandez‐Gutierrez +2 more
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Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology, 2017 Nutritional quality and functional properties of composite flour consisting amaranth grain, bambara groundnut, carrot and rice bran flours were evaluated. The dependent variables were optimized using optimal mixture model of response surface methodology.
Awolu Olugbenga Olufemi +1 more
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Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2016 Water deficit stress conditions disturb photosynthetic activity of plants and thereby affect further growth and the mobilization of assimilates towards sink tissues.
Koushik Chakraborty +5 more
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