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20 Year Retrospective on Agricultural Trade

September 20, 2019 admin

For some of us, 1999 doesn’t feel like it was that long ago.  We were two years into the Asian…

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Coping with Climate Change in Zambia

August 30, 2019 Nicolas Gatti Leave a comment

When I was invited to come to Zambia to do fieldwork, I tried not to make expectations about the country…

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Filed under: Climate Change, Field work, Zambia

From Science to Implementation

August 1, 2019 Yujun Zhou

During my summer internship, I closely observed how scientific models are combined with real-time data to generate tailored information for…

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Farmer Visits & Cropping Decisions

June 27, 2019 Armand Dagbegnon Tossou Leave a comment

Mrs Renette who lives in Custine in the commune of Cavaillon turned out to be the main object of today’s…

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Filed under: cropping decisions, demand for irrigation, Haiti, household assets, rainfall

Irrigating a Communal Plot in Haiti

June 25, 2019 Armand Dagbegnon Tossou Leave a comment

As an objective for this endline fieldwork, I want to observe farmers irrigating their fields. By so doing, I seek…

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Filed under: cropping choice, Haiti, inefficient irrigation system, lack of trust, liquidity constraint

Why They Can’t All Be Trade Surpluses

April 4, 2018 admin

As the potential for a trade war with China escalates, and the rhetoric about NAFTA continues to heat up, we thought we’d…

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Illinois Ag Perspectives on Trade Matters

February 7, 2018 admin

Concerns about agricultural trade continue to weigh heavily on farmers in Illinois and across the country as renegotiations over NAFTA…

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