15 pages, Food security and agricultural-led industrialisation are pivotal development objectives in Ethiopia. One of the main challenges this country faces is increasing agricultural productivity by integrating smallholder farmers into a high-value agricultural commodity supply chain. This paper examines an integrated project—the Agricultural Value Chains Project in Oromia (AVCPO)—that aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholders in the Bale Zone by involving them in the production of high-quality durum wheat and linking them to the pasta industry via farmers’ cooperatives. Using primary data collected in 2014 and retrospective information, this paper investigates the AVCPO’s effects on the quantity of cereal production, the share of cereals that have been sold through cooperatives, food security, and education. In order to account for potential violations of the exclusion restriction assumption, an instrumental variable approach is applied, together with three additional estimation strategies.
The results suggest that the project has had a large and positive effect on gross and net values of cereal production per hectare, as well as on the share of production sold to pasta makers through cooperatives. These benefits accrue equally to land-rich and land-poor farmers. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that the AVCPO has improved educational outcomes and reduced food insecurity, without affecting crop rotation practices. Overall, our findings point to the effectiveness of the project. Before replicating or scaling up this intervention, however, it is necessary to understand how to better involve poorer farmers and which adjustments are needed if the areas selected have a lower potential than Bale Zone.
3 pages., Via online journal., Increased global trade coupled with diversified employment opportunities have generated demand for college graduates to possess enhanced interpersonal and foreign communication skills and a well-developed understanding of foreign culture. Horticultural employment opportunities also require students to possess a mastery of horticultural theory with an established record of direct, hands-on experience. Despite these needs, financial limitations of students and academic departments coupled with a lack of available opportunities may restrict students from developing these critical skills. Through development of cooperative learning programs, students have an opportunity to master and refine their horticultural skills while simultaneously raising funds, which are allocated for professional development including an international learning program. This article provides a successful overview of a student-based cooperative learning program that enhances student learning opportunities.
Agricultural Communications faculty (author / University of Illinois)
Format:
Project files
Publication Date:
1982-01-01
Published:
Pakistan: Office of Agricultural Communications, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10034
Notes:
The project file is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Pakistan - TIPAN" file folder., This project file describes formation and early activities of the Office of Agricultural Communications, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois participation in the Northwest Frontier Province in Pakistan. This $15.2 million project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, was a collaborative effort with the Northwest Frontier Province Agricultural University. Agricultural communications faculty and staff members were involved in several initiatives, including development of courses and curricula, a learning resources center, and a continuing education center.
Agricultural Communications faculty (author / University of Illinois)
Format:
Project files
Publication Date:
1980-1984
Published:
International: Office of Agricultural Communications, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10031
Notes:
The project file is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "PACE" file folder., This project file describes formation and early activities involving the International Project in Agricultural Communications Education (PACE) at the University of Illinois. This initiative is built upon growing need and potential for home-country, university-based academic programs focused on journalism and communications related to agriculture.
Agricultural Communications faculty (author / University of Illinois)
Format:
Project files
Publication Date:
1980-1990
Published:
International: Office of Agricultural Communications, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10042
Notes:
The project file is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program,ACES College, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file folder., This project file describes collaborative initiatives of the University of Illinois in planning and proposing an international program for agricultural communications education in Southeast Asia.
Opio-Odongo, J.M.A. (author / Abmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.) and Abmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00585
