Agriculture

The IGC agriculture programme has defined four interlinked forces affecting the current spatial distribution of agricultural production and its growth potential. Trade policy such as the protectionist measures related to biofuels is one. Climate change and the shift in comparative advantage towards high latitude areas is another. The returns of technological development and its beneficiaries will be also critical for countries focused on agriculture. Lastly, the programme deals with the issues of general market environment such as determinants of input and output prices and relevant labour market implications.

Reforming the Customary Land Tenure System in Sierra Leone: A Proposal
Working Paper
Author: Omotunde Johnson
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Estimating Transaction Costs in Tanzanian Supply Chains
Working Paper
Authors: Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda, Bjorn Van Campenhout
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Poverty & Productivity: Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania, 1991-2007
Working Paper
Authors: Razack Lokina, Måns Nerman, Justin Sandefur
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Agricultural Productivity Growth in Kagera between 1991 and 2004
Working Paper
Authors: Martina Kirchberger, Fulgence J. Mishili
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The Agricultural Productivity Gap in Developing Countries
Research Project
Author: David Lagakos
This study seeks to understand why, in most developing countries, measured value added per worker is so much lower in agriculture than in other sectors of the economy.
An Experimental Study of Pro-Poor Growth: Factories and Wage Work Versus Self-Employment
Research Project
Authors: Chris Blattman, Stefan Dercon
Industrial development is clearly growth-promoting, but is this growth “pro-poor”? Given the absence of industrial development from the aid and policy agenda (namely achievement of the Millennium Development Goals), many governments and aid agencies seem to implicitly believe that industrial work is not pro-poor. This belief constrains policy innovation in…
Adoption of Water-Saving Infrastructure in Agriculture: The Case of Laser Levellers
Research Project
Author: Nathan Larson
This project is a pilot study of how social networks among farmers influence the adoption of water-saving agricultural technologies in India.
IGC Agriculture Group: Workshops in Mombasa, Kenya
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Diffusion of technologies within social networks – evidence from a coffee training programme in Rwanda (Agriculture Programme)
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Researchers: Tavneet Suri, Esther Duflo
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Understanding the role of agricultural technologies, their diffusion, and the contribution of extension services in improving productivity is essential to understanding effective ways of improving agricultural productivity. Tavneet Suri and Esther Duflo investigate, in the context of the Rwandan coffee sector.
Ernest Aryeetey on BBC World Service
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The IGC Country Director for Ghana on Africa's agricultural challenge
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Industrial Revolution or Agricultural Revolution? Podcast
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A distinguished panel tackles controversial and highly significant questions regarding the relative importance of industrial and agricultural revolution in the developing countries today, for both economic growth and wider development. With Ernest Aryeetey (IGC), Ijaz Nabi (IGC), Mark Rosenzweig (Yale), Paul Romer (Stanford), John Sutton (LSE). Chaired by Joel Kibazo…
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Examining the Underinvestment in Agriculture: Capital Constraints and Risk (Agriculture programme)
Research Project
Authors: Chris Udry, Paul Collier
Research on the returns to capital in developing countries reveals that the potential for farmers to take on profitable investments may be very high. With a focus on Ghana, Christopher Udry (Yale University), Ernest Aryeetey (Brookings Institute), Dean Karlan (Yale University) and Robert Osei-Akoto (Institute of Statistical Social and Economic…