Should farmers farm more? Comparing marginal products within Malawian households

Micro-lending for Small Farmers in Bangladesh: Does It Affect Farm Households Land Allocation Decision?

MSSD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that most Discussion Papers will eventually be published in some other form, and that their content may also be revised. This paper is available at http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/divs/mssd/dp.htm MICRO-LENDING ...

Is Knowledge Shared Within Households?

"the Farmer Is of More Consequence than the Farm, and Should Be First Improved."

The management of the prison is vested in a board of three members, appointed for six years by the governor, serving without pay. Only two of the members can be of the same political party. The governor is ex officio member of the board. The board meets once a month, and audits all bills before they are paid. They make rules for the management of the prison. No member of the board can become an...

'the Farmer Is of More Consequence Than^he Farm, and Should Be First Improved."

We all agree with the Hibernian " that the roads were jist bad enough and can't be no wusser." But you have published already papers containing excellent advice both theoretical and practical on improving our country roads that it seems hopeless to expect to say anything new, and an attempt to rehash at this time may seem superfluous, but the tremendous importance of the matter to every one,esp...

'THE FARMER IS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN gHE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED."

To the careless observer and general critic the making of a law is a very easy thing. But to the actual lawmaker who meets the usual difficulties and encounters the practical obstacles it is a very different matter, and it may be of interest to many to follow the course of a bill from beginning to end. In the first place it may be said that the legislature is only the "machine" through which la...