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Acknowledgment

Preface

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CONFERENCE OPENING REMARKS

Welcome Remarks, Chair, LOC and AAAE-West Africa,   Egnonto M. Koffi-Tessio, Université de Lomé

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Keynote Address: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Monty Jones, Executive Secretary FARA

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AAAE Presidential Address: Increasing Productivity and Competitiveness in African Agriculture and the Role of Agricultural Economists. Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Out-Going President of AAAE, Professor of Agricultural Economics at University of Nairobi, and Director of CMAAE Program

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THEMATIC PAPERS AND AUTHOR

Improved Markets for African Farmers for Poverty Reduction 

Linking Farmers to Markets through Modern Information and Communication Technologies: The Case of KACE in Kenya. Adrian W. Mukhebi, J. Kundu, A. Okolla, M. Wambua, W. Ochieng and G. Fwamba.  Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE)

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Policy and Institutional Effects on Market Participation by Smallholder Rice Farmers: Case Studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Ali Touré, Ibrahim Bamba, Aliou Diagne, Koré Harouna, Youssouf Cissé, Daniel Kaboré. Rice Policy and Market Development, WARDA

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Finding a Sustainable Linkage between the Emerging Farmer and Formal Markets: The Case of Pick ‘N Pay and the Zanyokwe Farmers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Flash A. Bediako.  University of Fort Hare

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Changing Face of the Agri-Food Market: A Farmers Response and Possible Solutions from a Provincial Perspective. Bongiswa Matoti, Nick Vink, and Estelle Bienabe. Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa

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Agricultural Value Chain Development in West Africa – Methodological Framework and Case Study of Mango in Benin. Cathelijne Van Melle, Ousmane Coulibaly and Kerstin Hell.  International Institute of tropical Agriculture (IITA), Benin

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Patterns of Restructuring Food Markets in South Africa: The Case of Fresh Produce Supply Chains.  D. Chikazunga. Joordan. D, Biénabe. E and Louw A.  University of Pretoria

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Competitiveness and Revealed Comparative Advantage in the SADC Maize Industry. Emelly Mutambatsere. Cornell University

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Trade Liberalization in the South African Livestock Industry: Implications for Rural Development. Oyewumi, O.A., Jooste, A., Britz, W., and van Schalkwyk, H.D.. University of the Free State and Markets and Economic Research Centre (MERC)

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Compétitivité de la filière anacarde au Bénin: une analyse des effets aux prix de référence Oloukoï L. et Adégbola Y.P.

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Cereal Price Instability in Ethiopia: An Assessment of Sources and Policy Options. Rashid Shahidur and Meron Assefa.  International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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The Market of Cattle of the Governorship of Sidi Bouzid: A Lever of Rural Development of the Tunisian Center.  Salah Selmi, Mohamed Elloumi, Chercheur A L’inra, Leila Allagui and Walid Chouaibi.  Enseignant-chercheur à l’ESA-Mograne

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Linking Farmers to Markets:  The Case of Grain Marketing Information in Western Kenya. Martin Odendo, and Hugo De Groote. Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)

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Has Imported Rice Crowded-Out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What Has Been The Role Of Policy? Sam Asuming Brempong and Yaw Bonsu Osei-Asare. University of Ghana, Legon

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Alternative to Disincentive Rice Producer Prices in Madagascar: Case Study in Alaotra Prefecture and Bongolava Prefecture. Tsilavo Ralandison and Yoshiharu Shiratake. Saga University

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Durability of the Systems of Production of the Small Ruminants: An Approach of Animal Health – Marketing. Lokman Zaibet and Abdelhafidh Hassen.  Ecole Supérieure d’Agriculture de Mograne

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Advancing Technical Change in African Agriculture: Public Policy Issues and Strategic Choices

Determinants of Adoption and Intensity of Use of Balanced Nutrient Management Systems Technologies in the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. Akinola Adebayo, Arega D. Alene, R. Adeyemo, D. Sanogo, A.S. Olanrewaju, C. Nwoke, G. Nziguheba

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Financing Agricultural Inputs in Northern Togo through Inventory Credit System: An Economic Analysis of Institutional Response. Abdou Konlambigue. International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC)

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Smallholder Agricultural Surplus and Input Use under Transactions Costs: Maize Supply and Fertilizer Demand in Kenya.  Arega D. Alene, Victor M. Manyong, Gospel Omanya, H.D. Mignouna, Mpoko Bokanga, George D. Odhiambo. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of Hybrid Maize in Malawi: An Empirical Test of an Agricultural Household Model under Credit Market Failure. Franklin Simtowe, Manfred Zeller. Bunda College of Agriculture

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Did Farmers’ Livelihood Improve? An Impact Assessment of Incorporating Forages into the Crop-Livestock System in the Coastal Savannah of Ghana. Godwin Ameleke, Okantah S.A., Sottie, E.T., Marfo-Ahenkora E. A  and Aboe, P.A.T. CSIR Animal Research Institute

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Soil Fertility Management and Maize Productivity in Malawi: Curvature Correct Efficiency Modeling and Simulation. Hardwick Tchale and Johannes Sauer.  World Bank

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Backyard Fish Farmers Information Needs in Osun State, Nigeria. Israel Ogunlade.  University of Ilorin

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Consumer Perception of Sorghum Variety Attributes in The Lake Zone Tanzania.  January Mafuru, David W. Norman, John (Sean) Fox. ARI- Ukiriguru

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Risk Aversion and Sustainable Maize Production in Nigeria: Some Challenges and Prospects for Agricultural and Economic Development. Luke O. Olarinde and Victor M. Manyong. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

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Classification and influence of agricultural information on striga and stemborer control in Suba and Vihiga Districts, Kenya. Esther M. Njuguna, David M. Amudavi, Zeyaur R. Khan, Stephen G. Mbogoh, Rose A. Nyikal, Joseph Karugia. University of Nairobi

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Gendered Impact of Nerica Adoption on Farmers’ Production and Income in Central Benin   Agboh-Noameshie, Rita Afiavi, Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, F.M. and Diagne, A. WARDA

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Financing Smallholder Agricultural Production in Kenya: An Analysis of Effective Demand for Credit. Rose A Nyikal.  University of Nairobi

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Impact Assessment of Agricultural Research and Development to Reduce Virus Problems in Tomato Production in Mali: Farmers’ Perceptions. Nouhoheflin. Theodore T., Coulibaly O., Norton G., Soumare S., Sissoko P.. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Demand-driven and cost effective production: what the farmers ought to know. A case of local chicken enterprise in Masindi District-Uganda. Alum W., Kanzikwera R.. and Sanginga, P.NARO, Uganda

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Analysis of Factors Influencing Adoption of Dairy Technologies in Western Kenya. Makokha Stella N., Karugia J., Staal S. and Willis Oluoch-Kosura.  Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

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The role of credit access in improving cocoa production in West African countries. Nyemeck J.B., Gockowski J., and Nkamleu G.B.. IITA, Yaounde

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Organic rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders. Spielman D.J., Davis K.E., Negash M. and Gezahegn Ayele. IFPRI

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The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: Recent Experiences from Africa  

Integrating Small Scale Farmers into Bread Wheat Marketing Chain through Contract Farming in Ethiopia. Getaneh Wubalem and Bekabil Fufa. Haramaya University

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Cereal Marketing and Household Market Participation in Ethiopia: The Case of Teff, Wheat and Rice. Berhanu Gebremedhin and Dirk Hoekstra. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

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Assessing Potential Impact of a Farmer Field School Training on Perennial Crops in Cameroon. Njankoua Wandji Dieu ne dort, Nyemeck Binam, Sonii David, Jonas Mva Mva and James Gockowski. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Strategies to Promote Market-Oriented Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case of Kenya.  John Omiti, David Otieno, Ellen McCullogh, Timothy Nyanamba. Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

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Agriculture and The Challenge to Reduce Poverty in East Africa. Evelyne A. Lazaro & Jeremia R. Makindara. Sokoine University of Agriculture

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Garment Industry and Economic Empowerment: A Case Study of Swaziland. Anthony Panin, and Thabile.T. Mthombob. University of Swaziland

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Multivariate Typology of Farm Households Based on Socio-Economic Characteristics Explaining Adoption of New Technology in Rwanda. J.C. Bidogeza, P.B.M.Berentsen , J.De Graaff  and A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink. Wageningen University

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Investigating the Sources of Agricultural Growth in Africa: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, and Technology Absorption. Guy Blaise Nkamleu. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Expanding the Agricultural Finance Frontier: A Kenyan Case. Betty Kibaara and James Nyoro. Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development

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Impediments to Competitiveness of Small-and Medium-Scale Maize Milling Enterprises in South Africa. Orefi Abu. University of Pretoria, Pretoria     

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The Distributional Effects of Horticultural Export Value Chains Among Smallholders in Southern Ghana. Victor Afari-Sefa. Center for Development Research, Bonn

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Les marges de commercialisation et l’équité du commerce des produits alimentaires au Togo. Egnonto M. Koffi-Tessio, Kokou Tossou et Etsri Homevoh. LARPSAD, ESA-UL

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Tea Farming Enterprise Contribution to Smallholders Well Being in Central and Western Highlands of Kenya. Francis Mwaura and Ogise Muku. Tea Research Foundation of Kenya

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Farmers’ Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Metarhizium Based Biopesticide to Control Cotton Bollworms in Benin (West Africa) Adetonah, Sounkoura, O. Coulibaly, T. Nouhoheflin, C. Kooyman, D.Kpindou. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.

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Science in Agricultural Relief and Development Programs:  The Case of Conservation Farming In Zimbabwe. Kizito Mazvimavi, Steve Twomlow, Conrad Murendo and Tawedzegwa Musitini. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

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L’impact socio-économique du VIH/SIDA sur les familles rurales ET SUR l’éducation des jeunes AU Cameroun. Robert Nkendah. Université de Douala (FSEGA),

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Recent Developments in the Rwandan Agriculture: The Challenges of Attaining Food Security and Abolishing Absolute Poverty. Jose Ariyappillil Mathai. National University of Rwanda  

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Expanding the Frontiers of Agricultural Economics to Meet the Challenges of Agricultural Development in achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Linking Mara Fruits and Vegetable Growers to Serengeti National Park Tourist Hotels Market. Adventina Babu, Han van de Meerendonk and Cipridion Maganga.  Ukiriguru Agricultural Research and Development Institute

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A Game Theoretic Approach to Analyse Cooperation between Rural Households in Northern Nigeria. Marloes Gerichhausen, E.D. Berkhout, H.J.M. Hamers, Victor  Manyong. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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Emperical Analysis of Agricultural Growth and Unemployment in Nigeria. Ope Ayinde, K. Ayinde, I.J.B. Memudu, and V. I. Ojehomon. University of Ilorin

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Gender Contribution and Constrains To Rural Agriculture and Household Food Security in Kenya: Case Of Western Province. Joyce Omwoha.  Moi University

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Assessing Rural Women Food Producers Capacity to Adopt Modern ICTs – A case Study of the Mfantsiman District of Ghana. Sampong D.D., Egyir I.S. and Yaw Osei-Asare. University of Ghana

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The Economics of Biotechnology (Gmos) and the Need for A Regional Policy: The Case for COMESA Countries. Minde I.J. and Kizito Mazvimavi. ICRISAT, Zimbabwe

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Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya. Peter Shimon Otieno, Rose Adhiambo Nyikal and Fred Inuani Mugivane. University of Nairobi

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Effects of Ill Health and Weather Variability on Savings. Ndirangu L., Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

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Evaluation de la diffusion et de l’adoption des variétés de riz NERICA en Guinée. Aliou Diagne, Marie-Josée Sogbossi, Sékou Diawara, Abdoulaye Sadio Diallo et  Alpha Bacar Barry. ADRAO Cotonou

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Does Participation in Microfinance Programs Improve Livelihoods: Empirical Evidence from Makueni District, Kenya.  Joy  Kiiru, John Mburu and Klaus Flohberg.  Bonn University

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A Discriminant Analysis Of Factors Associated With The Adoption Of Certified Organic Farming By Smallholder Farmers In Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Maggie Kisaka. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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Gendered Impact of Irrigated Rice Schemes’ Governance on Farmers’ Income, Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Benin. Florent M. Kinkingninhoun-Mêdagbé, Aliou Diagn, Afiavi R. Agboh-Noameshie and Patrice Y. Adégbola. WARDA

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Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya. Gathungu Edith and Philiph Musyoka. Egerton University

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Heterogeneous Impacts of Cooperatives on Smallholders’ Commercialization Behavior: Evidence from Ethiopia. Tanguy Bernard, Eleni Gabre-Madhin and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse.  IFPRI

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Measuring Irrigation Water Efficiency with a Stochastic Production Frontier: An Application for Citrus Producing Farms in Tunisia. Boubaker Dhehibi, Lassaad Lachaal, Mohammed Elloumi And Emna B. Messaoud. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie

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Gender, Food Security and Livelihoods: The Case of Plan Ghana and Sissala. Bediako J.A. and Debrah, K. University for Development Studies

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Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development

Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty And Hunger In Africa. Zipora Awuor Otieno. University Of Nairobi

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Determinants of Selected Agricultural Export Crops in Nigeria: An ECM Approach. S.A. Yusuf and W.A. Yusuf. University of Ibadan

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Vegetable Production and Pesticide Use in Ghana: Would GM Varieties have an Impact at the Farm Level? Daniela Horna, Samuel Timpo, Ramatu M. Al-Hassan, Melinda Smale, José Falck-Zepeda. IFPRI

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Development and Dissemination of Improved Cassava Varieties in Uganda: Analysis of Adoption Rates, Variety Attributes and Speed of Adoption. Steffen Abele, Edgar Twine, Pheneas Ntawuruhunga, Yonah Baguma, Charles Kanobe and Anthony Bua.  NARO, Namulonge, Uganda

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Institutional Innovations for African Smallholder Compliance with International Food Safety Standards: Experiences from Kenyan, Ethiopian and Zambian Green Bean Growers. Julius Juma Okello, Clare Narrod and Devesh Roy.  University of Nairobi

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Striga Management through Herbicide Resistance: A Public Private Partnership in Action.  Paul L. Woomer and Canon N. Savala, FORMAT Kenya

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Labour Requirements and Profitability of Alternative Soil Fertility Management Options in Zambia. Ajayi Olu C. and Akinnifesi F.K.  World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

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Unexploited Agricultural Growth: The Case of Crop–Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe. Sabine Homann and Andre van Rooyen. ICRISAT

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Structure, Coûts Des Transactions Et Integration Spatiale Des Marches Des Produits Alimentaires Au Togo. Koffi-Tessio Egnonto; Tossou Kokou  A, and Yovo Koffi. Université de Lomé/E.S.A

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Livestock and Livelihoods: Development Goals and Indicators Applied to Senegal. Roland-Holst, D. and J. Otte. University of California Berkeley

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Benefit-Cost Analysis and Socio-Economic Considerations of Trypanosomiasis Control and Treatment in Northern Ghana. Wahab, Salifu and Sam Asuming-Brempong.  Tuskegee University.

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Effects of EU Common Agricultural Policy Reforms on Eastern and Southern Africa’s Trade with the EU under the EPAs. Protase N. Echessah

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Relationship between social capital and livelihood enhancing capitals among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Annet Abenakyo, Pascal Sanginga, Jemimah Njuki, Susan Kaaria1, Robert Delve. CIAT, Uganda

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Perception de la Dégradation des Terres et Adoption des Technologies de Conservation des Eaux et des Sols au Nord du Burkina Faso : le cas du Zaï et des Cordons Pierreux. Modeste L. Kinané, Michel Koné and Amadou Sidibé. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya. Victor M. Manyong, Arega D. Alene, George. D. Odhiambo, Mignouna, H.D. Mpoko Bokanga, Gospel Omanya, and S.J. Nindi. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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Meeting Africa’s Food and Nutrition Challenges

The Impact of Drought on Household Food Security in the Limpopo Basin of Semi Arid Southern Africa: The Case of Kgatleng District in Botswana. Benjamin K. Acquah. University of Botswana

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The Prevalence of Under-Nourished Child Obese Mother Phenomenon in Rural Areas: Evidence from Central Province of Kenya. John G. Mburu and Julius J. Okello . University of Nairobi

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Food Drying Production Plant. Namuli M. Kasozi, William Mwegombi. Tropical Horticulture Enterprises (U) Ltd

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Impact Des Politiques D’alphabetisation Sur La Production Et La Securite Alimentaires Au Togo. Egnonto Koffi-Tessio,  Kpotogbe Homevor et Komi Kouma. LARPSAD, ESA-UL

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Food Security and Poverty of the Rural Households in Kwara State, Nigeria. Omotesho O.A., Adewumi, Olaniyi Matthew and Fadimula, K.S. University of Ilorin

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Foreign Development Assistance to Agriculture and Food Security in Africa in the Last Decade: Lessons for Tomorrow. Simeon K. Ehui and I. Okike. World Bank, Abuja, Nigeria

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Principaux facteurs qui affectent l’état nutritionnel et de santé des enfants exposés à l’aflatoxine au Bénin: Application du Model Probit.  Allomasso, Raymond, O. Coulibaly, I. Glitho, K. Hell-Institut International d’Agriculture Tropicale, Station du Bénin

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Giving Chance to Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Sustainable Nutrition Improvement Interventions. Kondwani Nanchukwa. Foundation for Irrigation and Sustainable Development

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Politiques D’ajustement Et Securite Alimentaire En Afrique. Fidele Tshingombe Mulubay, l’Universite de Kinshasa

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Opportunities for African Small Farmers in Ethical Foods Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective. Vincent Amanor-Boadu.  Kansas State University, Manhattan

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Household Food Security in a Subsistence Economy: Application of Translog Cost Function to Cross-Sectional Data in Vihiga District, Kenya. Philip Nyangweso, Odhiambo M.O., Odunga, and Serem A.K.. Moi University

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Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: A Must for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Saa Dittoh, Abdul-Razak Abizari and Margaret Akuriba. University for Development Studies, Tamale Ghana

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Designing Regional Systems of Biotechnology Regulation – A Transaction Costs Approach to Regulatory Governance Regina Birner and Nicolas Linacre.  International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Appendix 1. Conference Program

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Appendix 2: Conference Participants

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