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Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie
Researcher at Michigan State University
Publications - 92
Citations - 1533
Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Agricultural productivity. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 85 publications receiving 1058 citations. Previous affiliations of Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie include CGIAR & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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Is increasing inorganic fertilizer use for maize production in SSA a profitable proposition? Evidence from Nigeria
TL;DR: It is found that fertilizer use in Nigeria is not as low as conventional wisdom suggests, and low marginal physical product and high transportation costs significantly reduce the profitability of fertilizer use.
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Agricultural input credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Telling myth from facts.
TL;DR: This work uses recent nationally representative data from four countries to explore input financing and the role of credit therein, and consistently shows that traditional credit use, formal or informal, is extremely low.
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The Processed food revolution in African food systems and the Double Burden of Malnutrition.
Thomas Reardon,David L. Tschirley,Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie,Titus O. Awokuse,Jessica Fanzo,Bart Minten,Rob Vos,Michael Dolislager,Christine M. Sauer,Rahul Dhar,Carolina Vargas,Anna Lartey,Ahmed Raza,Barry M. Popkin +13 more
TL;DR: The global experience suggests that double duty actions are most important as are selected policies focused on healthy weaning foods for addressing stunting and taxes on SSBs, nutrition labeling, and other measures can steer consumers away from unhealthy ultra-processed foods to addressing obesity and possibly child nutrition and stunting.
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Fertilizer subsidies, political influence and local food prices in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Nigeria.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the effect of a fertilizer subsidy program on the seasonal growth rates of grain prices in Nigeria and find that political influence played a role in the distribution of subsidized fertilizer.
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A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions
Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie,Ayala Wineman,Sarah Young,Justice A. Tambo,Carolina Vargas,Thomas Reardon,Guigonan Serge Adjognon,Jaron Porciello,Nasra Gathoni,Livia Bizikova,Alessandra Galiè,Ashley Casandra Celestin +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, a scoping review covers 202 studies on non-contract interactions between small farmers and both small-and large-scale value chain actors, including product traders, logistics firms, processors and retailers.