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Agric Econ 2018 Jul 2;49(4):409-421. Epub 2018 Jul 2.

International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC 20005.

In 2013, Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency introduced the Wheat Initiative to increase smallholder productivity. In this article, we measure the impacts of the Wheat Initiative package of technologies, and its marketing assistance component alone, on yields among a promotional group of farmers. The package includes improved techniques, improved inputs, and a guaranteed market for the crop. Read More

Agric Econ 2008 Dec;39(1):465-476

UCLA School of Public Affairs, 3250 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656, USA.

World food prices have increased dramatically in recent years. We use panel data from 2006 to examine the impact of these increases on the consumption and nutrition of poor households in two Chinese provinces. We find that households in Hunan suffered no nutrition declines. Read More