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Gendered Impact of Irrigated Rice Schemes’ Governance on Farmers’ Income, Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Benin
Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, Florent M.; Diagne, Aliou; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
inequalities in access to land and the governance of the groups, and their gender-differentiated impacts on farmers' productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068399
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Rural media, agricultural technology adoption and productivity: evidences from small rice farmers in Burkina Faso
Alia, Didier Y.; Nakelse, Tebila; Diagne, Aliou - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
improved rice varieties and its indirect effect on productivity with focus of the rural radio in Burkina Faso. The econometrics … and increase rice farmer productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207486
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology-based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
Ochieng, Sylvester O.; Okello, Julius J.; Otieno, David J. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
it inhibits adoption of modern technologies that have the capacity to enhance productivity of smallholder farms. Hence …, farm productivity and agricultural transformation is stifled, leaving smallholder famers in grinding poverty. Improved … productivity in Kenya, using Propensity Score Matching technique. It finds that participation in ICT-based MIS project has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207503
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Innovation Adoption, Farm Productivity and Poverty Status of Rural Smallholder Farm Households in South-East, Nigeria
Iheke, Onwuchekwa Raphael; Nwaru, Jude Chukwudi - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
productivity. This necessited this study on innovation adoption, farm productivity and poverty status of rural smallholder farm … households in South-Eastern Nigeria. This was premised on the fact that increasing agricultural productivity can increase food … and positive impact on farm productivity. Also, the study revealed improved livelihood or better welfare for innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207526
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Labor-savings of Roundup Ready Maize: Impact on Cost and Input Substitution for South African Smallholders
Regier, Gregory K.; Dalton, Timothy J. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
This study examines the impact of genetically modified maize on labor, cost, and input substitutability for smallholders in South Africa. Data was collected during the 2009- 2010 maize production season from 184 households with a total of 212 maize plots in two regions, Hlabisa and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207481
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Unexploited Agricultural Growth: The Case of Crop–Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe
Homann, Sabine; Rooyen, Andre van - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Livestock is the most important source of cash for small-scale farmers in the semi-arid tropics of southern Africa. However, with limited access to markets, farmers do not have the incentive to invest in improved livestock management. Livestock production and off-takes remain low and farmers are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004974008
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Effects Of EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Reforms On Prospects For Eastern And Southern Africa’s Trade With The EU Under The Economic Partnership Agreements
Echessah, Protase N. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Due to the size of the European Union’s agricultural production and its market, the impact of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reaches far beyond Europe and has major implications for trade in agricultural goods all over the world including the ESA region. Since the 1950s, the CAP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004974010
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Linking Farmers to Markets through Modern Information and Communication Technologies in Kenya
Mukhebi, A.W.; Kundu, J.; Okolla, A.; Wambua, M.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper highlights a market information and linkage system (MILS) developed and tested by the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange Limited (KACE) that increases the efficiency of agricultural markets to work better for smallholder farmers and other small and medium sized agro-enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068361
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L’impact socio-économique du VIH/SIDA sur les familles rurales ET SUR l’éducation des jeunes AU CAMEROUN
Nkendah, Robert - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Au Cameroun comme dans beaucoup d’autres pays en Afrique subsaharienne, les recherches sur le VIH/SIDA se sont confinées dans les zones urbaines et ignorant en quelque sorte les zones rurales. C’est ainsi que ses liens avec l’agriculture et le développement rural n’ont reçu que peu...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068362
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Striga Management through Herbicide Resistance: A Public-Private Partnership in Action
Woomer, Paul L.; Savala, Canon N. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Striga is an indigenous parasitic weed that attacks cereals and other crops in Africa. In maize croplands alone, Striga infests over 2.3 million ha resulting in 1.6 million tons of grain loss worth US $383 million annually. An innovative approach to controlling the parasite was to induce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068363