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  1. Aligning private incentives with societal goals in smallholder agriculture
  2. Quality upgrading and actor behaviour in Uganda’s dairy value chain
  3. Smallholder farm management under evolving land institutions: Evidence from Zambia
  4. Economic and environmental impacts of sustainable wheat intensification: insights from the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
  5. Predictive mapping of wholesale crop prices for rural areas in Tanzania
  6. Steps to transform African opportunity crops into reality crops
  7. Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?
  8. The dawn of a legume revolution in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and implications
  9. Productivity and Welfare Impacts of Sustainable Intensification in Rice‐Wheat Crop Rotations: Evidence From the Eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plains
  10. Try Before You Buy: Experimental Evidence on Willingness to Pay for Tailored Agricultural Advice in Nigeria
  11. Soil acidity remediation in sub-Saharan Africa requires targeted investments
  12. Fertilizer, soil health, and economic shocks: A synthesis of recent evidence
  13. Farmers' pesticide use, disposal behavior, and pre-harvest interval: a case study from Nigeria
  14. Realizing soil health for food security in Africa
  15. Mapping Field-Level Maize Yields in Ethiopian Smallholder Systems Using Sentinel-2 Imagery
  16. The burden of acid soils for crop production in sub-Saharan Africa
  17. Young people, livelihood building and the transformation of African agriculture: A reality check
  18. Land and technology requirements for economically prosperous smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Tanzania
  19. Is agricultural lime a profitable investment for African smallholders? Evidence from Rwanda
  20. Measuring Land Rental Market Participation in Smallholder Agriculture: Can Survey Design Innovations Improve Land Market Participation Statistics?
  21. Smallholder maize yield estimation using satellite data and machine learning in Ethiopia
  22. Sustainable maize intensification through site-specific nutrient management advice: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
  23. Failure to scale in digital agronomy: An analysis of site-specific nutrient management decision-support tools in developing countries
  24. Near-real-time welfare and livelihood impacts of an active war: Evidence from Ethiopia
  25. Revisiting the size–productivity relationship with imperfect measures of production and plot size
  26. Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis
  27. Insights for climate change adaptation from early sowing of wheat in the Northern Indo-Gangetic Basin
  28. Does Wild Food Contribute to Food Security? Evidence From Rural Bhutan
  29. Digital tools and agricultural market transformation in Africa: Why are they not at scale yet, and what will it take to get there?
  30. Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency
  31. The Role of Spatial Inequalities on Youth Migration Decisions: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
  32. How to boost wheat and barley yields in Ethiopia by addressing acidic soil problems.
  33. Does Wild Food Contribute to Food Security? Evidence from Rural Bhutan
  34. Rebalancing global nitrogen management in response to a fertilizer and food security crisis
  35. Access to health services, food, and water during an active conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia
  36. Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
  37. Social protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopia
  38. Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates: Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa
  39. Site-specific agronomic information and technology adoption: A field experiment from Ethiopia
  40. Field Data Collection Methods Strongly Affect Satellite-Based Crop Yield Estimation
  41. Soil Investments on Rented versus Owned Plots: Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample in Malawi
  42. Fertilizer and grain prices constrain food production in sub-Saharan Africa
  43. Farm- and community-level factors underlying the profitability of fertiliser usage for Ethiopian smallholder farmers
  44. Usage and Impacts of Technologies and Management Practices in Ethiopian Smallholder Maize Production
  45. Absentee tenants and farmland transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Malawi
  46. Rising land commodification in sub-Saharan Africa: Reconciling the diverse narratives
  47. Challenges for sustainable maize production of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
  48. Estimating the global number and distribution of maize and wheat farms
  49. Is land certification pro-poor? Evidence from Ethiopia
  50. How accurate are yield estimates from crop cuts? Evidence from smallholder maize farms in Ethiopia
  51. The geography of agricultural input markets in rural Tanzania
  52. Farms worldwide: 2020 and 2030 outlook
  53. Digital extension, price risk, and farm performance: experimental evidence from Nigeria
  54. Implications of intra-plot heterogeneity for yield estimation accuracy: Evidence from smallholder maize systems in Ethiopia
  55. Adapting the QUEFTS model to predict attainable yields when training data are characterized by imperfect management
  56. COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria
  57. Do more Vibrant Rural Areas have Lower Rates of Youth Out-Migration? Evidence from Zambia
  58. The role of active soil carbon in influencing the profitability of fertilizer use: Empirical evidence from smallholder maize plots in Tanzania
  59. African soil properties and nutrients mapped at 30 m spatial resolution using two-scale ensemble machine learning
  60. Does rainfall variability explain low uptake of agricultural credit? Evidence from Ethiopia
  61. Are land rental markets responding to rising population pressures and land scarcity in sub-Saharan Africa?
  62. Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
  63. Fertilizer profitability for smallholder maize farmers in Tanzania: A spatially-explicit ex ante analysis
  64. Landscapes of opportunity: patterns of young people’s engagement with the rural economy in sub-Saharan Africa
  65. Seasonal, annual, and spatial variation in cereal prices in Sub-Saharan Africa
  66. Rural in‐migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia
  67. The Role of Active Soil Carbon in Influencing the Profitability of Fertilizer Use: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Maize Plots in Tanzania
  68. The Role of Active Soil Carbon in Influencing the Profitability of Fertilizer Use: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Maize Plots in Tanzania
  69. Design of Digital Agricultural Extension Tools: Perspectives from Extension Agents in Nigeria
  70. Spatial variation in fertilizer prices in Sub-Saharan Africa
  71. Correction to: Unravelling the variability and causes of smallholder maize yield gaps in Ethiopia
  72. Does farm structure affect rural household incomes? Evidence from Tanzania
  73. Landscapes of Rural Youth Opportunity
  74. IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 53 Youth Access to Land, Migration and Employment Opportunities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Papers of the 2019 Rural Development Report
  75. Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security: Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria
  76. Impacts of Covid-19 on Food Security: Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria
  77. Unravelling the variability and causes of smallholder maize yield gaps in Ethiopia
  78. How do informal farmland rental markets affect smallholders’ Well‐being? Evidence from a matched tenant‐landlord survey in Malawi
  79. Farmers' preferences for high-input agriculture supported by site-specific extension services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria
  80. A spatial framework for ex-ante impact assessment of agricultural technologies
  81. Transaction Costs, Land Rental Markets, and Their Impact on Youth Access to Agriculture in Tanzania
  82. Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation
  83. Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers
  84. Rural transformation, cereals and youth in Africa: What role for international agricultural research?
  85. A comparative political economic analysis of maize sector policies in eastern and southern Africa
  86. Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms
  87. The geography of Zambia’s customary land: Assessing the prospects for smallholder development
  88. Participation in Rural Land Rental Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Who Benefits and by How Much? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia
  89. The Anatomy of Medium-Scale Farm Growth in Zambia: What Are the Implications for the Future of Smallholder Agriculture?
  90. Does Smallholder Land Titling Facilitate Agricultural Growth?: An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia
  91. Scarcity amidst abundance? Reassessing the potential for cropland expansion in Africa
  92. How does population density influence agricultural intensification and productivity? Evidence from Malawi
  93. Land pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis
  94. Unpacking the Meaning of ‘Market Access’: Evidence from Rural Kenya
  95. Yield gaps and potential agricultural growth in West and Central Africa
  96. An Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy: expanding the range of available information for development planning
  97. Generating Plausible Crop Distribution Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatial Allocation Model
  98. Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Information for Rural Development: an introduction to the special issue
  99. An investigation of the spatial determinants of the local prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi
  100. Assessing biodiversity conservation priorities: ecosystem risk and representativeness in continental Ecuador