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Autor:
Harriet Mawia, Franklin Simtowe
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Vol 122, Iss 1, Pp 103-114 (2021)
Households in developing countries employ a wide range of mechanisms for making cash and in-kind (goods and services) savings which are either formal or informal. Yet, literature on how choices about appropriate savings instruments are made remains s
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https://doaj.org/article/81119123e41a4c5d8cb9b6995a3cf383
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 91-105 (2021)
Droughts have devastating effects on agricultural productivity and livelihoods, which triggers a quest for adaptation strategies such as the development and deployment of drought tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs). This study examines the scalability o
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https://doaj.org/article/c82066c6bbeb4d0a9680f9a35005aa6a
Autor:
Franklin Simtowe, Paswel Marenya, Emily Amondo, Mosisa Worku, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Olaf Erenstein
Publikováno v:
Agricultural and Food Economics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-23 (2019)
Abstract Frequent droughts in sub-Saharan Africa imply water stress for rainfed agriculture and, ultimately, food insecurity, underlining the region’s vulnerability to climate change. Yet, in the maize-growing areas, farmers have been given new dro
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https://doaj.org/article/b6c74d07effd477182a5010557d7cad5
Autor:
Franklin Simtowe, Birthe K. Paul, Benjamin M. M. Wimba, Samy B. Bacigale, Wanjiku L. Chiuri, Brigitte L. Maass
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Vol 118, Iss 2, Pp 245-257 (2017)
Smallholder supply chain participation remains low despite the potential welfare gains that would result from choosing a market-oriented production. Yet, studies on determinants of market participation for commodities with underdeveloped value chains
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https://doaj.org/article/7bad46e7dac341b19e80c10c19016dbe
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 19:91-105
Droughts have devastating effects on agricultural productivity and livelihoods, which triggers a quest for adaptation strategies such as the development and deployment of drought tolerant maize var...
Autor:
Franklin Simtowe, Hugo De Groote
Publikováno v:
Food Security. 13:141-155
This paper uses data from 1128 households drawn from 35 districts, three agroecological zones and five provinces in Zambia to explore the influence of gender and other parameters on seasonal maize market participation. We apply a multivariate regress
Autor:
Emily Amondo, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Paswel Marenya, Mosisa Worku, Franklin Simtowe, Olaf Erenstein
Publikováno v:
Agricultural and Food Economics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-23 (2019)
Frequent droughts in sub-Saharan Africa imply water stress for rainfed agriculture and, ultimately, food insecurity, underlining the region’s vulnerability to climate change. Yet, in the maize-growing areas, farmers have been given new drought-copi
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
Purpose Productivity and production risks affect the use of agricultural production practices and inputs, particularly in developing countries. This paper aims to investigate the effects of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) on farm pr
Autor:
Girma Gesimu, Late Franklin Simtowe, Harriet Mawia, Jeetendra Prakash Aryal, Dil Bahadur Rahut
Drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) offer hope as an adaptation strategy for farmers facing increasing frequency of droughts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, these varieties are not yet widely cultivated, and the potential economic benefits
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::a3821dddfbbf055cc1559ceb66ae7449
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-195655/v1
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-195655/v1
Autor:
Franklin Simtowe, Temesgen Bocher
Publikováno v:
Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics. 9:278-288
This study analyzes the profit efficiency and its determinants in groundnut production, applying a stochastic profit frontier model on survey data collected from 400 groundnut growing households in Malawi. The result indicated that the inefficiencies