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Recent Research Papers, Policy Briefs, & Reports:

• MY REPORT ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE BENUE SOIL PRODUCTIVITY INDEX RATING PROJECT I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE PART

  Published on January 2, 2022
  NAPA Highlights #2. First person account of the Benue soil productivity index rating project and training.

• Explaining transhumance-related violence: Fulani Ethnic Militia in rural Nigeria

  Published on January 1, 2022
  J., George, A., Adelaja, O., Vaughan, T., Awokuse (2022). Explaining transhumance-related violence: Fulani Ethnic Militia in rural Nigeria. Journal of Rural Studies, 89, 275-286.

• The economic contribution of CGIAR germplasm health units to international agricultural research: the example of rice blast disease in Bangladesh

  Published on January 1, 2022
  Enriquez, Y., Smale, M., Jamora, N., Hossain, M., & Kumar, P. L. (2022). The economic contribution of CGIAR germplasm health units to international agricultural research: the example of rice blast disease in Bangladesh. In biblio1.iita.org.

• A Geometric Analysis of Technological Heterogeneity in the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from Maize in Tanzania

  Published on January 1, 2022
  Research Paper # 12: This paper presents a new framework to measure farm-level heterogeneity, and productivity change, and to study the rate and direction of technical change within an agricultural sector.

• Market System Performance Measurements: Summary of Insights from the Literature

  Published on December 31, 2021
  Mywish Maredia, 2021. Market System Performance Measurements: Summary of Insights from the Literature. FSP Research Paper 182.

• TRADE FLOW PATTERNS IN NEPAL

  Published on December 28, 2021
  Research Paper #7. Nepal’s agriculture sector is characterized by low productivity, inadequate infrastructure, reliance on rain-fed traditional agriculture, and a feeble supply chain that slows agriculture even within the country.

• SRI LANKA’S AGRI-FOOD TRADE: STRUCTURE, OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES & IMPACTS OF COVID-19

  Published on December 26, 2021
  Research Paper #6. This paper analyses Sri Lanka’s opportunities and challenges in agri-food trade amid COVID-19.

• Diverse crops and input subsidies: a village-scale analysis in Mali

  Published on December 25, 2021
  Assima, A., Smale, M., & Kone, B. (2021). Diverse crops and input subsidies: a village-scale analysis in Mali. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 1–16.