Development of an Almanac Characterization Tool for Results Reporting
The development of an Almanac Characterization Tool for Results Reporting (DACTRR) is an experiment to test whether it is possible to merge household and individual survey […]
- Start Date: 2001/03/01
- End Date: 2002/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation
Constraints to Growth in Russian Agriculture
This research investigates four areas: (1) policy-related barriers to entering and transacting in purchased input markets, and new contractual arrangements in farming to cope with those […]
- Start Date: 2000/10/01
- End Date: 2004/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Maryland
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Markets
Institutional Innovations to Improve the Viability of Equity Sharing Under Privatization and Farm Restructuring
Researchers from the US, Kyrgyzstan, and South Africa studied the institutional and financial barriers faced by the rural poor land owners in Kyrgyzstan and South Africa. […]
- Start Date: 2000/10/01
- End Date: 2001/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Policy
BASIS/Zimbabwe Land Reform and Resettlement Program
This project addressed the importance of integrating sustainable management of land and other resources like water in land reform policies to achieve broad-based economic growth and […]
- Start Date: 2000/07/01
- End Date: 2002/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Alleviating Poverty and Food Insecurity: The Case of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya
This project examined whether or not farmers were better off within the Mwea Irrigation scheme (MIS) and what MIS should look like in the future.
- Start Date: 2000/05/01
- End Date: 2001/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Clark Atlanta University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Innovation
Land Market Liberalization and the Land Access of the Rural Poor: Lessons from Recent Reforms in Central America
This project’s research on land market liberalization and land access of the rural poor in Honduras in Nicaragua focused on the impacts of access to land […]
- Start Date: 1999/11/01
- End Date: 2001/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
Rural Households’ Land and Labor Market Participation Strategies in El Salvador in the 1990s
This project examined rural households’ access to land tenancy markets in El Salvador and its impacts on households’ economic behavior.
- Start Date: 1999/10/01
- End Date: 2001/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Williams College
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets, Policy
Design of a Database to Monitor Land Privatization in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
In an effort to evaluate Eastern European countries’ transition to market economies this project evaluated the viability of using a ”land privatization index” (LPI) to help […]
- Start Date: 1999/10/01
- End Date: 2001/07/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Region: Asia, Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Policy
Case Studies on Factor Market Constraints in the Context of Regional Food Security and Income Growth in the Amhara Region (3) of Ethiopia
This project studied migration and rural labor markets, informal/formal finance, and resource tenure and use of common property resources in Ethiopia. Researchers presented findings at a […]
- Start Date: 1999/10/01
- End Date: 2001/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Kentucky
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
Farm Size, Farm Type and Competitiveness in the Kyrgyz Republic
Monitored and evaluated net farm returns by farm type during land reform.
- Start Date: 1999/10/01
- End Date: 2000/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Region: Asia, Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Policy