Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

• Incentivising teachers? Evaluating the incentive effect of China’s teacher performance‐based compensation reform in rural China

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Zhang, J., Jin, S., & Si, W. (2020). Incentivising teachers? Evaluating the incentive effect of China’s teacher performance‐based compensation reform in rural China. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 64(1), 171-188.

• Competitive advantage and processor demand for local and imported food ingredients: analysis from an urban dairy market in West Africa

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Vroegindewey, R., Richardson, R.B., Chung, K., Theriault, V. and Ortega, D.L. (2021), Competitive advantage and processor demand for local and imported food ingredients.... Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies.

• The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Bozzola, M., & Smale, M. (2020). The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya. World Development, 135, 105065.

• Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Gatto, M., Le, P. D., Pacillo, G., Maredia, M., Labarta, R., Hareau, G., & Spielman, D. J. (2021). Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam. Journal of Crop Improvement, 1-27.

• The role of large traders in driving sustainable agricultural intensification in smallholder farms: Evidence from Kenya

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Mulwa, C.K., Muyanga, M., & Visser, M. The role of emergent large grain traders: Evidence from sustainable agricultural intensification practices in Kenya. Agricultural Economics. 2021; 1– 13.

• Land size and productivity in the livestock sector: evidence from pastoral areas in China

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Xia, F., Hou, L., Jin, S., & Li, D. (2020). Land size and productivity in the livestock sector: evidence from pastoral areas in China. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

• Disparate access to quality land and fertilizers explain Malawi’s gender yield gap

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Burke, W. J., & Jayne, T. S. (2021). Disparate access to quality land and fertilizers explain Malawi’s gender yield gap. Food Policy, 102002.

• Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Belton, B., Little, D. C., Zhang, W., Edwards, P., Skladany, M., & Thilsted, S. H. (2020). Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-8

• Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Love, D. C., Allison, E. H., Asche, F., Belton, B., Cottrell, R. S., Froehlich, H. E., ... & Zhang, W. (2021). Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system. Global Food Security, 100494

• Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Minten, B., Tamru, S., & Reardon, T. (2021). Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia. Food Policy, 98, 101860.