May 11, 2017 — Much of the current analysis on agricultural productivity is hampered by the lack of consistent, high quality data on soil health. A new joint study implemented by the World Bank, the World Agroforestry Centre, and the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia has
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March 15, 2017 — Despite high returns for public spending in agriculture and rural markets, Sub-Saharan countries tend to underinvest in them. Rebalancing the composition of public agricultural spending toward high return investments could reap massive payoffs.
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February 2, 2017 — Data from 1,200 rice farmers in Ghana suggest that non-cognitive skills significantly affect simple adoption decisions and technical efficiency in rice production, and that the size of the estimated impacts exceeds that of traditional human capital measures.
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