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Is there a gender gap in housing? Marital property rights in Ecuador

Twyman, Jennifer; Deere, Carmen Diana - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

This study conducts a gender analysis of homeownership in Ecuador, drawing upon data collected through the nationally …-representative 2010 Ecuador Household Asset Survey carried out by the authors. The survey collected data on asset ownership both at the …

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The Sustainable Choice: How Gendered Difference in the Importance of Ecological Benefits Affect Production Decisions of Smallholder Cacao Producing Households in Ecuador

Useche, Pilar; Blare, Trent - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

Our research examines how the changing cultural norms and legal status in Ecuador have impacted women’s empowerment in … ecological importance to Ecuador and the region. The traditional cacao agroforests also provide many ecological services such as …’s status in rural Ecuador. To determine the value that men on women place on these nonmarket benefits and ability of women to …

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The Sustainable Choice: How Gendered Difference in the Importance of Ecological Benefits Affect Production Decisions of Smallholder Cacao Producing Households in Ecuador

Blare, Trent; Useche, Pilar; Grogan, Kelly A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

political rights. Yet, Ecuador has made advances in gender equality in recent years. Women now have greater access to … changing cultural norms and legal status in Ecuador impact women’s empowerment in the agricultural sector and in rural … economic and ecological importance to Ecuador and the region. This industry employs 12% of Ecuador’s economically active …

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Strategies to Develop Market Access that Contribute to Resilience in the Bolivian Highlands, Case study: PMCA and BAP for chuno and tunta

Figueroa, Maria; Valdivia, Corinne - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008

communities in Umala-Bolivia. At a first stage, the study identifies how local native potato varieties' programs (NPVP) developed …

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A Dynamic Regional Model of Irrigated Perennial Production

Franklin, Bradley; Knapp, Keith C.; Schwabe, Kurt A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

Perennial crop production is inherently dynamic due to several salient physical characteristics including an establishment period of several years with low or no yields, long lives in commercial production (40 years or more), and path-dependence of yields on input use and other exogenous...

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California Farmland Valuation: A Hedonic Approach

Cai, Xiaowei; Noel, Jay E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

. Specifically, higher productivity and net returns contribute to the increase in the farmland values. Urban influence factors have …

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GENERATING PLAUSIBLE CROP DISTRIBUTION MAPS FOR SUB-SAHARA AFRICA USING SPATIAL ALLOCATION MODEL

You, Liangzhi; Wood, Stanley; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004

Spatial data, which are data that include the coordinates (either by latitude/longitude or by other addressing methods) on the surface of the earth, are essential for agricultural development. As fundamental parameters for agriculture policy research agricultural production statistics by...

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Paving the Way for Development: The Impact of Road Infrastructure on Agricultural Production and Household Wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ulimwengu, John M.; Funes, Jose; Headey, Derek D.; You, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

Given its vast land resources and favorable water supply, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) natural agricultural potential is immense. However, the economic potential of the sector is handicapped by one of the most dilapidated transport systems in the developing world (World Bank, 2006)....

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Meta-Regression Estimates for CGE Models: A Case Study for Input Substitution Elasticities in Production Agriculture

Boys, Kathryn A.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

The selection of appropriate parameters for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models critically affects the results of applied economic modeling exercises. Valid and reliable parameter selection models are needed, and typically comprise direct estimation, expert opinion, or copycatting of...

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Agricultural Productivity and Anticipated Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Spatial Sample Selection Model

Ward, Patrick S.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

effects of spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence in explaining agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa …

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