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2. Farmers markets thrive, as do concerns
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Snyder, Stephanie (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-10-06
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02348
- Notes:
- Center for Food Integrity, Washington, D.C. 3 pages.
3. Is Agricultural Extension Helping the Poor? Evidence from Rural Mozambique
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cunguara, Benedito (author) and Moder, Karl (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-05-11
- Published:
- International: Oxford Academic
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12490
- Journal Title:
- Journal of African Economies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 20 (4)
- Notes:
- 35 pages, Mozambique remains predominantly poor. The official statistics show that poverty incidence barely changed from 54% in 2002–03 to 55% in 2008–09, which stands way above the government's target of 45% by the year 2009. This places the country off-target to cut hunger and poverty by half by 2015, despite an annual economic growth of about 7% in the period 1994–2010. In rural areas, poverty levels have slightly increased, due to the underperformance of the agricultural sector. Extension services can have a significant impact on poverty reduction through stimulating growth in agricultural productivity. Based on a nationally representative household survey from Mozambique, this paper uses three econometric models, namely an OLS regression, the doubly robust estimator and matching and regression to estimate the economic impact of receipt of extension. The results suggest that the receipt of extension increases farm incomes by 12%. However, rather than crafting resource-poor technologies, extension services tend to target wealthier households who are relatively more likely to adopt the existing technologies. This might increase income inequality. The impact of extension, and therefore its contribution to poverty reduction, can be enhanced through several mechanisms (e.g., programme design and the number of staff).
4. Two views on GMOs (genetically modified organisms)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Petrini, Carlo (author / Founder, Slow Food Movement) and Bressanini, Dario (author / Professor, Theoretical Chemistryx, University of Insurbia)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2011-07
- Published:
- International: AgriCultures Network, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36948
- Notes:
- AgriCultures Newsletter. 7 pages.