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Assessing Rural Women Food Producers Capacity to Adopt Modern ICTs – A case Study of the Mfantsiman District of Ghana

Sampong, D.D.; Egyir, Irene Susana; Yaw, Osei-Asare - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs). For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity. Issues of level...

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Opportunities for African Small Farmers in Ethical Foods Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective

Amanor-Boadu, Vincent - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Income growth in many countries is fuelling expansion of the ethical consumer segment and creating an unprecedented opportunity for small African farmers. The challenge is how to organize these farmers to seize the opportunities being offered by the emerging market. We argue in this paper that...

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Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya

Gathungu, E.; Musyoka, M.P. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This study determines the factors that influenced contract choice, labour demand and examines the existence of labour hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development was used for the analysis.. A two step...

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Institutional Innovations for Smallholder Compliance with International Food Safety Standards: Experiences from Kenya, Ethiopian and Zambian Green Bean Growers

Okello, Julius Juma; Narrod, Clare A.; Roy, Devesh - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Many African countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets requires meeting food safety standards brought about by several demand and supply side factors....

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Organic Rural Innovation Systems and Networks: Findings From a Study of Ethiopian Smallholders

Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing the ways in which information and knowledge are used by smallholders. While this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities...

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Did farmers’ livelihood improve? An impact assessment of incorporating forages into the crop-livestock system in the coastal savannah zone of Ghana

Ameleke, G.Y.; Okantah, S.A.; Sottie, E.T.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The study used programming methods to assess the farm-level impact of incorporating forages, including dual purpose Cajanus cajan (C. cajan), into the crop-livestock system in the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana. The system was modeled in GAMS and solved using linear programming. The optimal...

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Designing Regional Systems of Biotechnology Regulation A Transaction Cost Approach to Regulatory Governance

Birner, Regina; Linacre, Nicholas A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Many developing countries are currently in the process of designing regulatory systems that should make it possible to use the potential of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for agricultural development, while at the same time managing the risks for food safety and the environment that are...

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Gendered impact of NERICA Adoption on Farmers’ Production and Income in Central Benin

Agboh-Noameshie, Afiavi R.; Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Today, development and dissemination of new technologies constitute an important strategy for agricultural intensification, poverty reduction and food security in developing countries. Rice is an important source of farmers’ income and foreign currencies in developing countries. Although women...

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Recent Developments in the Rwandan Agriculture: The Challenges of Attaining Food Security and Abolishing Absolute Poverty

Jose, Ariyappillil Mathai - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The paper intends to take stock of the situation in the agricultural sector of Rwanda. The main purpose is to identify the gaps in the efforts so far; and subsequently to consider new policy interventions that are needed to achieve the goal of eliminating the ‘Fear of Want’. The sector’s...

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The Prevalence of Under-Nourished Child Obese Mother Phenomenon in Rural Areas: Evidence from Central Province of Kenya

Mburu, John G.; Okello, Julius Juma - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

-Saharan Africa countries are yet to make significant progress in becoming nutritionally secure. Over the years, maternal obesity and … child under-nutrition have concurrently been on the increase. The rise in obesity and child under-nutrition is attributed to … stress-related medical conditions. Studies in Asia and Latin America have associated co-existence of adult obesity and child …

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