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Agricultural exports and retaliatory trade actions: An empirical assessment of the 2018/2019 trade conflict
(2021-01)We estimate the ex-post agricultural trade impacts of retaliatory measures imposed by foreign countries in response to United States' Section 232 and 301 tariffs using a theoretically consistent, monthly, product line ... -
Utilizing Consumer Perception of Edamame to Guide New Variety Development
(2021-01-18)Consumption of edamame (vegetable soybeans) has increased significantly in the U.S. over the last 20 years. Although market demand has been increasing, most edamame is still imported from Asian countries. A team of multistate ... -
Codex in Motion: Food Safety Standard Setting and Impacts on Developing Countries' Agricultural Exports
(2021-01-12)The Codex Alimentarius, or 'food code', was established to set international standards to ensure the safety and quality of food and agricultural products while at the same time creating a level playing field for international ... -
Andean potato diversity conserved in the International Potato Center genebank helps develop agriculture in Uganda: the example of the variety 'Victoria'
(2020-05)The International Potato Center (CIP) genebank conserves and facilitates access to highly diverse germplasm of potato, sweetpotato, and Andean roots and tubers as a global public good for food security. While it is generally ... -
The curious case of C-88: impacts of a potato variety on farmers in Yunnan, China
(2021-01-19)Background Limited analysis has been conducted of the role of agricultural research in promoting Chinese agricultural growth in less-favored areas. This paper analyzes how a particular potato variety ... -
SKiM 2020 Steering Committee Meeting: The Value of Alternative Agricultural Research Programs
(2020-12-17)Presentation of research results to project steering committee -
An Investigation of Institutional, Technological and Economic Conditions in the Markets for Blackberry, Cocoa, and Dragon Fruit in Ecuador, and Yerba Mate in Paraguay
(2020-07-08)Presentation of research progress to multinational research team led by the Interamerican Development Bank. -
Poverty measurement and basic principles
(2020-01-28)Workshop presentation to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Zimbabwe. -
Child poverty report: Overview and main findings
(2020-01-20)Presentation to kick-off release of the Child Poverty Report in Zimbabwe at UNICEF headquarters in Harare. Press and more than 75 people attended 1 hour presentation. -
How the adoption of drought-tolerant rice varieties impacts households in a non-drought year: Evidence from Nepal
(IFAD, 2021-01-08)Stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) are bred to be high yielding and tolerant to climate shocks such as drought. In Nepal, several drought-tolerant STRVs have been released and widely adopted. This paper estimates the ... -
Effect of agribusiness support services on choice of dairy cooperative market channel in Kenya
Kenya is witnessing an immense increase in number of smallholder dairy agripreneurs sourcing income from the dairy sub-sector. Smallholder dairy agripreneurs who dominate the production sector are forced to sell milk to ... -
The impact of iron-biofortified bean adoption on bean productivity, consumption, purchases and sales
(Elsevier, 2021-03-01)Staple food crops tend to be low in micronutrients; therefore, individuals whose diets rely heavily on them can suffer from micronutrient deficiency. Biofortification addresses this issue through the breeding of staple ... -
Overview of a Survey on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Virginia Farms and Agribusinesses, Fall 2020
(2021-01-04)This short report summarizes a survey conducted to gauge the impacts of COVID-19 on Virginia farms and agribusinesses. -
Promoting Behavioral Change Using Text Messages: A Case Study of Blackberry Farmers in Ecuador
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-08)This study measures the effect of text message receipt on behavioral change by Ecuadorean blackberry farmers. We examine whether text messages affect knowledge about specific technologies or serve as reminders to farmers ... -
Funding Dam Removals Through Section 404 and Natural Resource Damage Regulatory Compliance
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Economic Impacts of the COVID−19 Lockdown in a Remittance‐Dependent Region
The economic impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on poor and vulnerable households living in rural areas of developing countries are not well understood due to a lack of detailed micro-survey data at the household level. Utilizing ... -
Regulatory costs on Pacific coast shellfish farms
(2020-07)Concern within the U.S. aquaculture industry and a developing research literature on aquaculture regulations have prompted attempts to quantify on-farm regulatory compliance costs. A survey was conducted of the Pacific ...
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