89 research outputs found
Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Senegal: Second round
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Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Senegal: Round 1
No full textPrepared by Fleur Wouterse (IFPRI-AFR
The Future of Social Protection in Africa
No full textFleur Wouterse POLICY SEMINAR Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025 in Africa: The Role of Social Protection MAY 2, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM ED
Can human capital variables be technology changing?: An empirical test for rural households in Burkina Faso
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Migration and technical efficiency in cereal production: Evidence from Burkina Faso
No full textThis article uses a double bootstrap procedure and survey data from Burkina Faso in a two‐stage estimation to explore ways in which continental and intercontinental migration determine efficiency in cereal production of rural households. Findings suggest that continental migration has a positive relation and intercontinental migration no relation with technical efficiency. For continental migrant households, migration has removed surplus male labor, a cause for inefficiency in production. Intercontinental migration leads to a gender imbalance in the household, which cannot be compensated for by investments in farm equipment. The failure of intercontinental migration to transform cereal production from traditional to modern is attributed to an imperfect market environment
Internal migration and rural service provision in northern Ghana
No full textThis paper uses a two-stage conditional maximum likelihood procedure and new data from Ghana to identify the determinants of rural-urban migration at the individual, household and community levels, with a particular focus on rural services. The econometric evidence supports the theoretical expectation that human-capital and network variables as well as assets are important determinants of migration. Taking the possible endogeneity of rural services into account, the evidence suggests that rural service improvements aimed at reducing economic isolation can enhance labor mobility and free up on-farm labor for migration by lowering transaction costs
Summary and Conclusion [In Fostering transformation and growth in Niger’s agricultural sector]
No full textFor Niger, the development of agriculture is essential to strategies to raise incomes and eradicate poverty in a sustainable manner, that is without further depleting its natural resource base. Africa is increasingly emphasising the role of innovation in development. The Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024, for example, takes into consideration the social, economic, and technological progress Africa has made over the last decade. Innovation for sustainable agricultural growth forms an important part of this ambition. Traditional approaches to agricultural development have emphasised food security and have been rather technology focused – helping farmers to grow enough to feed themselves and their families, and perhaps a surplus to sell. However, reducing rural poverty across the board requires more than a green revolution. More recently, concern with markets has become prominent. Even subsistence farmers need cash, goes the reasoning; they need to be able to grow things they can sell. And if they have a market for their produce, they have an incentive to grow more to earn more. This ushers in a virtuous cycle of higher yields and production, greater incomes, higher living standards, and more investment in production. The agricultural value chain perspective provides a reference point for improvements in supporting services and the business environment and can contribute to pro-poor initiatives and better linking of smallholders to markets. In summary, this volume has shed light on several interesting innovations that could contribute to enhancing agricultural productivity. Particularly interesting is the emphasis on the grassroots nature of some of these innovations. At the same time, the chapters also highlight changes to the institutional environmental that could further enhance Niger’s sustainable agricultural transformation
Migration and technical efficiency in cereal production: Evidence from Burkina Faso
No full textThis paper uses data envelopment analysis and new data from Burkina Faso to test the impact of intercontinental and continental migration on technical efficiency in the production of two cereals—millet and sorghum—by rural households. Econometric evidence supports our theoretical expectation that the impact of emigration varies by migrant destination. I find evidence of a positive relation between continental migration and technical efficiency and a negative relation between intercontinental migration and technical efficiency. In an imperfect market environment, continental migration is associated with greater efficiency because it removes a male labor surplus; explanations for the negative relationship between intercontinental migration and technical efficiency should be sought in a surplus of female labor supply. Overall, findings suggest that migration does not lead to a transformation of cereal production from traditional to modern, because in an imperfect market environment, liquidity received in the form of remittances cannot compensate for labor shortfalls
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