Rapid Budget Analysis of the Agricultural Sector for the General Budget Support Annual Review 2010/11.

The main objective of the budget analysis chapter is to provide an overall assessment of how well the approved budget allocations in 2010-11 align with the strategic objectives and with sector strategic priorities of the Second National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (known by its Kiswahili acronym, MKUKUTA II). It also assesses the consistency of the actual spending and approved budget in 2009-10. In evaluating the alignment of the budget and MKUKUTA's strategic objectives and sector strategic priorities, the analysis gauges the accuracy and reliability of the macro and budget framework, share of the budget allocated to MKUKUTA cluster strategies, share of the budget allocated to capital investment, and strategic prioritization within key sectors. This budget analysis chapter summarizes nine background notes that covered six key sectors and three thematic areas. The six key sectors are education, health, water, roads, energy, and agriculture; the three thematic areas are the wage bill, local government, and aggregate analysis. The six sectors were selected because they consume approximately 60 percent of the overall budget and are keys to achieving the MKUKUTA strategic objectives of growth and reduction of poverty. The three thematic areas were selected because of their crosscutting nature, as they touch each key sector but also are critical for achieving the MKUKUTA strategic objectives.

Rapid budget analysis of the agricultural sector for the General budget support annual review 2010/11

The main objective of the budget analysis chapter is to provide an overall assessment of how well the approved budget allocations in 2010-11 align with the strategic objectives and with sector strategic priorities of the Second National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (known by its Kiswahili acronym, MKUKUTA II). It also assesses the consistency of the actual spending and approved budget in 2009-10. In evaluating the alignment of the budget and MKUKUTA's strategic objectives and sector strategic priorities, the analysis gauges the accuracy and reliability of the macro and budget framework, share of the budget allocated to MKUKUTA cluster strategies, share of the budget allocated to capital investment, and strategic prioritization within key sectors. This budget analysis chapter summarizes nine background notes that covered six key sectors and three thematic areas. The six key sectors are education, health, water, roads, energy, and agriculture; the three thematic areas are the wage bill, local government, and aggregate analysis. The six sectors were selected because they consume approximately 60 percent of the overall budget and are keys to achieving the MKUKUTA strategic objectives of growth and reduction of poverty. The three thematic areas were selected because of their crosscutting nature, as they touch each key sector but also are critical for achieving the MKUKUTA strategic objectives.status: publishe

Studium dynamiki ruchu narzędzia roboczego do formowania bruzd

The furrow depth in the corn furrow drilling is directly connected with the working depth of the furrower hoe, their evenness being determinative for the stability of the drill ploughshare depth. The main factors which influence the furrower movement stability are the field microrelief, the soil condition, the tillage mode and their design parameters. The effect of first two factors on the hoe of the furrower is of a random character and is determined as the sum of dispersions of each variable at the output of the dynamic unit. A transfer function has been determined on the basis of the obtained mathematical model. It reproduces fluctuations of angle ψ as the fluctuations of the tillage depth and represents a conservative link. The obtained transfer function allowed to calculate the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the dynamic system. The analysis of the theoretical amplitude-frequency characteristics showed that an elastic articulated joint of the cultivator hoe with the furrower in the form of wing flaps or blades connected to the frame of the row-crop drill results in increased amplitude fluctuation in a transversely-vertical plane. It has been established that this occurs within a frequency range from 1.3 to 1.6 Hz representing the field microrelief fluctuations, yet they do not belong to the range of resonance oscillations. It has been proved that significant decrease in the fluctuations of the furrower is possible after its equipment with a spring of high deflection rate. Under real conditions the elastic articulated joint of a combined working tool with a row-crop drill frame practically corresponds to the rigid one with more than 20 kN m-1 deflection rate

Rapid Budget Analysis of the Agricultural Sector for the General Budget Support Annual Review 2010/11

The main objective of the budget analysis chapter is to provide an overall assessment of how well the approved budget allocations in 2010-11 align with the strategic objectives and with sector strategic priorities of the Second National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (known by its Kiswahili acronym, MKUKUTA II). It also assesses the consistency of the actual spending and approved budget in 2009-10. In evaluating the alignment of the budget and MKUKUTA's strategic objectives and sector strategic priorities, the analysis gauges the accuracy and reliability of the macro and budget framework, share of the budget allocated to MKUKUTA cluster strategies, share of the budget allocated to capital investment, and strategic prioritization within key sectors. This budget analysis chapter summarizes nine background notes that covered six key sectors and three thematic areas. The six key sectors are education, health, water, roads, energy, and agriculture; the three thematic areas are the wage bill, local government, and aggregate analysis. The six sectors were selected because they consume approximately 60 percent of the overall budget and are keys to achieving the MKUKUTA strategic objectives of growth and reduction of poverty. The three thematic areas were selected because of their crosscutting nature, as they touch each key sector but also are critical for achieving the MKUKUTA strategic objectives.status: publishe

Can self-sufficiency policy improve food security? An inter-temporal assessment of the wheat value-chain in Uzbekistan

There is a controversial debate about what is the best public policy a government should adopt to achieve an affordable and stable supply of staple food for its citizens so to ensure food security. This paper contributes to the debate on the socio-economic impacts of food self-sufficiency policy (SSP) in three ways. First, it thoroughly outlines the costs and advantages of the self-sufficiency policy presented in the literature. It argues that self-sufficiency policies are not neutral but have to be assessed for their distributional impacts across the different agents and over time, and in their context-specificity. Second, using the case of wheat self-sufficiency policy in Uzbekistan, it unpacks its effects on the different economic agents and institutions. Third, it reflects on the relevance of wheat self-sufficiency policy for food security in a context of dynamic economic development