New markets and technological change for the traditional cereals in semi-arid Sub-Saharan Africa: The Malian case

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dc.contributorUSAIDen
dc.contributorINTSORMILen
dc.contributorUniversity of Nebraskaen
dc.contributorUaiene, Rafaelen
dc.contributorMcCarl, Bruce A.en
dc.contributorHurt, Chrisen
dc.contributorHoelscher, Lauraen
dc.contributorRice, Maryen
dc.contributor.authorVitale, J.en
dc.contributor.authorSanders, J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMalien
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:31Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses the need for development and research to be invested in semiarid regions of sub-Saharan Africa - not just in the high rainfall and irrigated regions, which have been the focus of efforts in the last three decades. The authors also describe the negative impact of the lack of policy regarding profitability of food crops. Good weather causes price collapse and bad weather creates crises that require food aid or subsidized food imports. The authors suggest the need for demand-side dissemination of improved technologies. To evaluate the effect of technological change and demand shifts for sorghum, the authors apply a sector model. The model simulates the impacts of policy combinations that cause farmers to receive higher prices after adopting higher-input technologies. The model also compares a policy focused on increasing yield and demand for sorghum in the semiarid region to policy strategies for high-rainfall zones.en
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dc.identifier262en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Economics 32: 111-129en
dc.identifier.issn0169-5150en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65325en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam ; New York: Elsevieren
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectStorage infrastructureen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectMarket demanden
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectCrediten
dc.subjectRainfed agricultureen
dc.subjectMarketsen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectSorghumen
dc.subjectMilleten
dc.subjectPrice collapseen
dc.subjectInventory crediten
dc.subjectFixed harvest income objectiveen
dc.subjectDemand expansionen
dc.subjectSector modelen
dc.subjectCrop yieldsen
dc.subjectAgricultural policiesen
dc.subjectInputsen
dc.subjectTechnologyen
dc.subjectFood marketsen
dc.subjectFood processingen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governanceen
dc.titleNew markets and technological change for the traditional cereals in semi-arid Sub-Saharan Africa: The Malian caseen
dc.title.alternativeNew markets and technological change for the traditional cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Malian caseen
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