Input choices in agriculture: Is there a gender bias?
This study analyzes the effect of child gender on the use of agricultural inputs in rural India. Results indicate that households with boys use fertilizers, irrigation […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): P. Bhagowalia; S. Chen; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Research Report
Short-term investments in agriculture: Is there a gender bias?
Abstract: Most developing countries strive to improve agricultural productivity by relaxing credit constraints, supplying better inputs, improving marketing and distribution. However the efficacy of these reforms […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): P. Bhagowalia; S. Chen; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
The role of pest management techniques in Indonesian cocoa production
In the tropics, pest infestation is often a major constraint to agricultural production. Moreover, research earmarked for pest control and pest knowledge is minimal compared to […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J. Perdew; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Media
Surviving Vietnam’s coffee boom and bust
SANREM CRSP researchers Dang Thanh Ha of Vietnam’s Nong Lam University and Gerald Shively of Purdue University examined small farmers’ responses to the boom and bust […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): SANREM CRSP
- Type of Document: Research Brief
Challenges to sustainable forest management and stewardship in Mexico
This paper evaluates the history and outcomes of community forest management in Mexico. This paper is based on the keynote speech delivered by L. Merino in […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J. Sarukhan; L. Merino
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
Measuring the efficiency of coffee producers in Vietnam: Do outliers matter?
Abstract: Coffee is one of Vietnam’s most valuable exports, earning up to $600 million a year. However, a drop in producer coffee prices in the late […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): N.A. Tran
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
Technical change and productive efficiency: Irrigated rice in the Philippines
Abstract: Panel data are used to study the technical efficiency of rice producers in the Philippines. Production efficiency over time is measured using a stochastic frontier […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): R.T. Yao; G.E. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
An economic analysis of smallholder coffee production in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Vietnam
Abstract: Coffee is one of the most important export commodities in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Vietnam. Unfortunately, a recent decline in the price of coffee due […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): M. Salazar
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
Understanding decentralized forest governance: An application of the institutional analysis and development framework
Summary: Analyzes how local institutional arrangements affect the outcomes of decentralization policies in the non-industrialized world, particularly related to forest governance. Relies on the Institutional Analysis […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): K. Andersson
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
Understanding alternatives to forest use in Malawi
Over-reliance on forest resources for household income negatively impacts forest ecosystems and the long-term economic stability of low-income households in Malawi. In order to develop economic […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): SANREM CRSP
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
