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Research paper thumbnail of A revised Tobit procedure for mitigating bias in the presence of non-zero censoring with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands

Agricultural Economics, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Agroindustrialization through institutional innovation Transaction costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the east-African highlands

Agricultural Economics, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence and Implications of Non-Tradability of Food Staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Journal of Development Studies

Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the re... more Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the real exchange rate raises the value of output compared to factor costs in domestic currency. In Tanzania, major food staples that account for most real income are non-tradables in at least one-quarter of the country. This conclusion is demonstrated and the implications are assessed for the constraints imposed on macroeconomic-led adjustment strategies.

Research paper thumbnail of THE ROAD HALF TRAVELED: AGRICULTURAL MARKET REFORM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

OCL - Oleagineux Corps Gras Lipides

Research paper thumbnail of Agricultural Growth Linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa

Research paper thumbnail of The road half traveled: agricultural market reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2002

... The authors have benefited from dis-cussions with Raisuddin Ahmed and Ousmane Badiane as well... more ... The authors have benefited from dis-cussions with Raisuddin Ahmed and Ousmane Badiane as well as several researchers in the United Kingdom, includ-ing Jonathan Kydd, Andrew Dorward, and Colin Poulton at Wye College; Stephen Jones, Brendan Bayley, and Alex ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Structural View of Policy Issues in African Agricultural Development

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984

... ' The authors have drawn heavily from the thirty-five papers and discussion at t... more ... ' The authors have drawn heavily from the thirty-five papers and discussion at the University of Zimbabwe-IFPRI Conference on Accelerating Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in August 1983 (Mellor, Delgado and Blackie), henceforth ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence and Implications of Non-Tradability of Food Staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Journal of Development Studies, 2005

... After 1993, the net impact of RER changes was to favour the producers of non-tradables, despi... more ... After 1993, the net impact of RER changes was to favour the producers of non-tradables, despite the acceleration thereafter ... Shinyanga Shinyanga 1,001 Kigoma Kigoma 1,442 Dodoma Mpwapwa 435 Dodoma Dodoma 479 Tabora Tabora 1,039 Tabora Urambo 1,139 Mbeya ...

Research paper thumbnail of The livestock revolution, food safety, and small-scale farmers: why they matter to us all

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1988

Research paper thumbnail of Constraints on Oxen Cultivation in the Sahel

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1982

... The reluctance of Sahel farmers to risk crops with ATO after they are knee-high has been wide... more ... The reluctance of Sahel farmers to risk crops with ATO after they are knee-high has been widely noted (de Wilde; Delgado 1979a; Newman, Ouedraogo, Norman). This ubiquitous result suggests problems with the technology rather than problems with farmers' attitudes. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Promoting Intersectoral Growth Linkages in Rural Africa through Agricultural Technology and Policy Reform

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994

This paper addresses how increased rural incomes in select African cases are spent on consumption... more This paper addresses how increased rural incomes in select African cases are spent on consumption items, the implications of these patterns for stimulating rural growth, and areas of intervention necessary to sustain demand-led growth from improved agricultural ...

Research paper thumbnail of A revised Tobit procedure for mitigating bias in the presence of non-zero censoring with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands

Agricultural Economics, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Agroindustrialization through institutional innovation Transaction costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the east-African highlands

Agricultural Economics, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence and Implications of Non-Tradability of Food Staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Journal of Development Studies

Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the re... more Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the real exchange rate raises the value of output compared to factor costs in domestic currency. In Tanzania, major food staples that account for most real income are non-tradables in at least one-quarter of the country. This conclusion is demonstrated and the implications are assessed for the constraints imposed on macroeconomic-led adjustment strategies.

Research paper thumbnail of THE ROAD HALF TRAVELED: AGRICULTURAL MARKET REFORM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

OCL - Oleagineux Corps Gras Lipides

Research paper thumbnail of Agricultural Growth Linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa

Research paper thumbnail of The road half traveled: agricultural market reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2002

... The authors have benefited from dis-cussions with Raisuddin Ahmed and Ousmane Badiane as well... more ... The authors have benefited from dis-cussions with Raisuddin Ahmed and Ousmane Badiane as well as several researchers in the United Kingdom, includ-ing Jonathan Kydd, Andrew Dorward, and Colin Poulton at Wye College; Stephen Jones, Brendan Bayley, and Alex ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Structural View of Policy Issues in African Agricultural Development

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984

... ' The authors have drawn heavily from the thirty-five papers and discussion at t... more ... ' The authors have drawn heavily from the thirty-five papers and discussion at the University of Zimbabwe-IFPRI Conference on Accelerating Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in August 1983 (Mellor, Delgado and Blackie), henceforth ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence and Implications of Non-Tradability of Food Staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Journal of Development Studies, 2005

... After 1993, the net impact of RER changes was to favour the producers of non-tradables, despi... more ... After 1993, the net impact of RER changes was to favour the producers of non-tradables, despite the acceleration thereafter ... Shinyanga Shinyanga 1,001 Kigoma Kigoma 1,442 Dodoma Mpwapwa 435 Dodoma Dodoma 479 Tabora Tabora 1,039 Tabora Urambo 1,139 Mbeya ...

Research paper thumbnail of The livestock revolution, food safety, and small-scale farmers: why they matter to us all

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1988

Research paper thumbnail of Constraints on Oxen Cultivation in the Sahel

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1982

... The reluctance of Sahel farmers to risk crops with ATO after they are knee-high has been wide... more ... The reluctance of Sahel farmers to risk crops with ATO after they are knee-high has been widely noted (de Wilde; Delgado 1979a; Newman, Ouedraogo, Norman). This ubiquitous result suggests problems with the technology rather than problems with farmers' attitudes. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Promoting Intersectoral Growth Linkages in Rural Africa through Agricultural Technology and Policy Reform

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994

This paper addresses how increased rural incomes in select African cases are spent on consumption... more This paper addresses how increased rural incomes in select African cases are spent on consumption items, the implications of these patterns for stimulating rural growth, and areas of intervention necessary to sustain demand-led growth from improved agricultural ...