Promoting Adoption of Improved Production Technologies among Smallholders in Ghana via Coupled Credit and Index Insurance Contracts
The Ohio State University and the African Center for Economic Transformation, in collaboration with the University of Ghana, propose to undertake a three-year program of research, […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2016/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Complementarities of Training, Technology, and Credit in Smallholder Agriculture: Impact, Sustainability, and Policy for Scaling-up
Programs of training and time-limited subsidization of inputs or capital are often pursued to overcome barriers to farmers’ technology adoption. How successful is this model in […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2017/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: George Washington University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Food Security, Policy
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Evaluating the Socio-Economic Impacts of Western Seed’s Hybrid Maize Program
This study will evaluate the impact of Western Seed Company’s (WSC) hybrid maize program on the welfare of smallholder farmers in Kenya’s mid-altitude regions. This locally-based […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2016/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Tailoring Contract Farming to Smallholders: Experimental Evidence on Enrollment Impact, Insurance Provision, and Communication Technologies
The research proposes three field experiments in Kenya to evaluate the potential of contract farming schemes to increase smallholder welfare. In the first intervention, a large […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2017/11/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Stanford University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
World Food Prize 2012 | Dr. Andrew Mude | Feed the Future Greenroom Interviews
Abstract: At the 2012 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa Dr. Andrew Mude from the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya joined Roger Thurow to […]
- Date of Publication: 12/28/2012
- Author(s): Agrilinks
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Publication
Disseminating Innovative Resources and Technologies to Smallholders (DIRTS) in Northern Region, Ghana
In Ghana’s Northern Region, smallholder farmers cultivate rainfed crops, face significant risk of weather shocks, chronically underinvest in input technologies, achieve just a fraction of potential […]
- Start Date: 2012/10/01
- End Date: 2015/12/31
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Yale University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Innovation, Productivity
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Coping with Drought: Assessing the Impacts of Livestock Insurance in Kenya!
Abstract: Uninsured risk challenges the more than 3 million pastoralist households who live in northern Kenya’s arid and semi arid lands. Whenever drought hits this region, […]
- Date of Publication: March 2012
- Author(s): Michael R. Carter; Sarah A. Janzen
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Publication
BASIS Brief 2012-02: Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Uganda
Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.
- Date of Publication: February 2012
- Author(s): Allan Bomuhangi; Cheryl Doss; Ruth Meinzen-Dick
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Publication
Cropland Allocation Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi
Abstract: We measure the impacts of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program on the cropland allocation decisions of farmers in Kasungu and Machinga districts in central and […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): Christopher Chibwana; Monica Fisher; Gerald Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Publication
Developing a Satellite based Index to Predict Crop Yields in Smallholder Agriculture
The goal of this work is to produce a satellite based index that can accurately predict yields in three pilot areas in rural Tanzania. The pilot […]
- Start Date: 2012
- End Date: 2013/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change, Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
