CRSP BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA) : CRSPs

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

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

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

BASIS Brief 2010-04: Subsidies and the Consequences of Drought: A Field Report

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

Date of Publication: 7/1/2010
Author(s): Rachid Laajaj; Aniceto Da Fonseca Matias
Type of Document: Research Brief

Region: Global
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Publication

BASIS Brief 2010-02: Savings, Subsidies, and Sustainable Food Security in Mozambique

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

Date of Publication: 5/1/2010
Author(s): Michael R. Carter; Rachid Laajaj; Dean Yang
Type of Document: Research Brief

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Publication

Savings, Subsidies and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique

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Date of Publication: 11/2/2009
Author(s): Michael R. Carter; Rachid Laajaj; Dean Yang; Rob Groot; Carlos Zandamela; Aniceto Matias; Emily Haddad; Douglas Pond; Alberto Cumaio; Sicco Kolijn; Domingos Luis
Type of Document: Project Document

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Publication

Savings, Subsidies and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique

Several sub-Saharan African countries have implemented large-scale fertilizer subsidy programs in an attempt to boost the productivity and food security of small farmers. With the recent […]