Search Results - subject:"Non-food cash crops"

Oil palm adoption, household welfare and nutrition among smallholder farmers in Indonesia

Euler, Michael; Krishna, Vijesh; Schwarze, Stefan; … - 2015

The recent expansion of oil palm in Indonesia is largely smallholder-driven. However, its socio-economic implications are under-examined. Analyzing farm-household data from Jambi Province, Sumatra, oil palm adoption is found to have positive consumption and nutrition effects. However, these...

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Oil palm adoption, household welfare and nutrition among smallholder farmers in Indonesia

Euler, Michael; Krishna, Vijesh; Schwarze, Stefan; … - 2015

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Oil palm adoption, household welfare, and nutrition among smallholder farmers in Indonesia

Euler, Michael; Krishna, Vijesh; Schwarze, Stefan; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 93 (2017), pp. 219-235

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Marital Status, Farm Size and other Influences On the Extent of Cash Cropping in Kenya: A Household Case Study

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

crops declines as the farm size increases while the proportion of land allocated to non-food cash crops rises as the size of …-cash food crops but also on non-food cash crops. Married women seem to lose their decision-making ability with growth of … no power to change the way land is allocated between food and non-food cash crops. …

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Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Policy Bias and Food Purchases by Farm Households

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

production of non-food cash crops and a case for greater encouragement of subsistence food production. Increased …

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Gender, Marital Status, Farm Size and other Factors Influencing the Extent of Cash Cropping in Kenya: A Case Study

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2002

district. We find that good quality land is allocated to non-food cash crops, which may lead to a reduction in non-cash food … declines as the farm size increases while the proportion of land allocated to non-food cash crops rises as the size of farm … crops including non-food cash crops. Evidence indicates that women living with husbands work longer hours than those married …

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Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Urban Bias on Food Availability in Farm Households

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2002

This study investigates the effect of cash cropping on food availability and examines the determinants of the proportion of income allocated for food expenditures in the Nyeri district in Kenya. Using a Tobit model, the results suggest that in general food expenditure allocations suffer due to...

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