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Contract farming, farm mechanization, and agricultural intensification : the case of rice farming in Cote d’Ivoire
Mano, Yukichi Y.; Takahashi, Kazushi; Ōtsuka, Keijirō - 2017
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Agricultural mechanization and agricultural transformation
Diao, Xinshen; Silver, Jed; Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526999
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Can big companies' initiatives to promote mechanization benefit small farms in Africa? : a case study from Zambia
Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina - 2018
After many years of neglect, there is a renewed interest in agricultural mechanization in Africa. Since government … demand for hired labor. The analysis is based on a survey of 250 smallholders and focus group discussions using Participatory … to provide services to smallholders, to use mechanization more effectively to increase land productivity, and to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867484
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Have Conway's predictions about the effects of the Green Revolution been realized? : an investigation of six decades of Bangladeshi rice data
Alauddin, Mohammad; Tisdell, Clement A.; Sarkar, Md. … - 2021
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Agricultural intensification in Africa : a regional analysis
Nin, Alejandro - 2015
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Agricultural Subsidies and Forest Pressure in Malawi's Miombo Woodlands
Fisher, Monica G.; Shively, Gerald E. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32 (2007) 02
This paper examines impacts of an agricultural subsidy program on forest pressure in Malawi. Using household survey data, we measure the effect on forest product marketing and on forest clearing of Malawi's Starter Pack Scheme (SPS). Regression results show households receiving a free packet of...
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Do organic inputs in African subsistence agriculture raise productivity? : evidence from plot data of Malawi household surveys
Zant, Wouter - 2014
We exploit plot data from the agricultural module of the third Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS-3) to investigate how organic cultivation techniques contribute to productivity of non-subsidized local maize and what to expect from using organic inputs on a larger scale. We approximate...
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Limits to green revolution in rice in Africa : the case of Ghana
Ragasa, Catherine; Chapoto, Antony - 2016
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The Green Revolution and Its Significance for Economic Development
Fujita, Koichi - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), … - 2010
South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The main implication of this situation for sub-Saharan Africa is that improvement in …
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