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  1. Library Resource

    Land Use Policy Volume 95

    Peer-reviewed publication
    June, 2020
    China, Russia, United States of America

    The dilemma between preserving farmland and urbanization has attracted many policymakers’ attention. One sound solution that has been practiced in several developed countries is the “transfer of development rights” (TDR). This study examines a specific TDR program in China—the Chongqing Land Quotas Trading program. We use a synthetic control method on the 2001–2014 statistics of 57 prefectures to quantitatively assess the program’s effect on farmland preservation and economic growth.

  2. Library Resource

    Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    November, 2015
    Kenya

    Despite myriad challenges, Kenya has emerged in recent years as one of Africa’s frontier economies, with headline growth in the most recent decade propelling the country toward middle-income status. Less well understood is how risk dynamics associated with production, markets, and policy adversely impact sector performance, in terms of both influencing ex ante decision making among farmers, traders, and other sector stakeholders and causing ex post losses to crops, livestock, and incomes - destabilizing livelihoods and jeopardizing the country’s food security.

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2015

    This report seeks to understand the
    successes, challenges and opportunities of Cambodia’s
    agricultural transformation over the past decade to derive
    lessons and insights on how to maintain future agricultural
    growth, and particularly on the government’s role in
    facilitating it. It is prepared per the request of the
    Supreme National Economic Council and the Ministry of
    Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries and is based on the

  4. Library Resource
    July, 2016

    Improving the productivity of
    smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best
    chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural
    poor, by building on the limited resources farming
    households already possess. It is also the best and shortest
    path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from
    farmers' maize and rice fields, and comparisons with
    Asia, this paper examines why the set of technologies

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